Ines Fujin
Japanese-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Ines Fujin (Japanese: アイネスフウジン, Hepburn: Ainesu Fuujin; 10 April 1987, 5 April 2004) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He participated in 8 races in 1989 and 1990, participating in G1 races as a two-year-old colt, and climbing from G1 races as a three-year-old colt, placing first in 4 of them.
Ines Fujin died on April 5, 2004 at the Saito Farm in Osaki, Miyagi due to volvulus.
01Appearance
Ines Fujin was a dark brown horse with a small white irregular star on his forehead. He often raced in a light colored blinker hood.
02Background
Ines Fujin was bred in Japan by breeder Kozo Nakamura, and sired by Sea Hawk, who was a thoroughbred racehorse that raced in G2 and G3 races. He was owned by Masaaki Kobayashi, trained by Shuho Kato, and jockeyed by Eiji Nakano.
Ines Fujin won the JRA Awards for Best Two-Year-Old Colt in 1989 and Best Three-Year-Old Colt in 1990.
03Racing career
1989: two-year-old season
Ines Fujin participated in four races as two-year-old colt. The first two were 1600 meter newcomer races, where he placed second in both. The third was a maiden race, also 1600 meters, where he placed first of 8. The fourth and final race of his two-year-old season was the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes 1600 meter event, where he placed first of 15.
1990: three-year-old season
Ines Fujin began his three-year-old colt series in the 1800 meter Kyodo Tsushin Hai event, where he placed first of 8 horses. He was promoted to Grade II and participated in the Yayoi Sho 2000 meter event, placing fourth of 14. This race promoted him to Grade I, where he participated in the G1 Satsuki Sho and Japan Derby, coming second and first of 18 and 22 respectively. In this Japan Derby, 196,517 people visited in the Tokyo Racecourse. This number of visitors is recognized as a world record, but this record has not yet been updated. Ines Fujin retired as a racehorse after suffering from tendonitis not long after the derby.
04Racing statistics
Ines Fujin raced in 8 races in which he won 4 races (including 2 Group 1 wins) and finished in runner up in 3 races. This data is based on JBIS Search and netkeiba.com.
| Date | Racecourse | Race | Grade | Distance (condition) |
Weather | Entry | HN | Odds (Favored) |
Finish | Time | Margins | Jockey | Winner (Runner-up) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 , two-year-old season | |||||||||||||
| Sep 10 | Nakayama | 2YO Debut | 1,600 m (Firm) | Sunny | 11 | 8 | 4.5 (2) | 2nd | 1:36.1 | 0.8 | Eiji Nakano | Fujimi Waimea | |
| Sep 27 | Nakayama | 2YO Debut | 1,600 m (Soft) | Cloudy | 8 | 4 | 1.3 (1) | 2nd | 1:35.5 | 0.0 | Eiji Nakano | Kanesho Knight | |
| Oct 22 | Tokyo | 2YO Maiden | 1,600 m (Firm) | Sunny | 8 | 1 | 1.5 (1) | 1st | 1:36.0 | , 0.3 | Eiji Nakano | (Taifu Oza) | |
| Dec 17 | Nakayama | Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | Sunny | 15 | 8 | 11.5 (5) | 1st | 1:34.4 | , 0.4 | Eiji Nakano | (Sakura Saezuri) |
| 1990 , three-year-old season | |||||||||||||
| Feb 11 | Tokyo | Kyodo News Service Hai Yonsai Stakes | 3 | 1,800 m (Firm) | Rainy | 8 | 1 | 1.7 (1) | 1st | 1:49.5 | , 0.5 | Eiji Nakano | (Wild Fire) |
| Mar 4 | Nakayama | Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho | 2 | 2,000 m (Heavy) | Sunny | 14 | 8 | 1.9 (1) | 4th | 2:05.8 | 0.4 | Eiji Nakano | Mejiro Ryan |
| Apr 15 | Nakayama | Satsuki Sho | 1 | 2,000 m (Firm) | Cloudy | 18 | 2 | 4.1 (1) | 2nd | 2:02.2 | 0.0 | Eiji Nakano | Haku Taisei |
| May 27 | Tokyo | Tokyo Yushun | 1 | 2,400 m (Firm) | Sunny | 22 | 12 | 5.3 (3) | 1st | R2:25.3 | , 0.2 | Eiji Nakano | (Mejiro Ryan) |
Legend:
*R indicated that it was a record finish time.
05Stud career
Ines Fujin's most successful sire was Fast Friend, who won the Teio Sho and Tokyo Daishoten in 2000.
f = filly
bold = grade 1 stakes (GI/JpnI)
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major Wins |
| 1994 | Fast Friend | f | Tokai Stakes, Teio Sho, Tokyo Daishoten |
06In popular culture
A anthropomorphized version of Ines Fujin is featured in the Japanese multimedia franchise Umamusume: Pretty Derby, previously voiced by Tomomi Mineuchi until her retirement from voice acting in 2022 followed by Rika Nagae. She is depicted as a hard-working student repaying her family for enrolling her in Tracen Academy, and works at many part-time jobs to support them and her many younger siblings.
07Pedigree
| Sire Sea Hawk |
Herbager | Vandale | Plassy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanille | |||
| Flagette | Escamillo | ||
| Fidgette | |||
| Sea Nymph | Free Man | Norseman | |
| Fantine | |||
| Sea Spray | Ocean Swell | ||
| Pontoon | |||
| Dam Tesco Pearl |
Tesco Boy | Princely Gift | Nasrullah |
| Blue Gem | |||
| Suncourt | Hyperion | ||
| Inquisition | |||
| Mutsumi Pearl | Montaval | Norseman | |
| Ballynash | |||
| Masaryu | Tosa Midori | ||
| Yukishiki (Family: 4-d) |
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