Mayano Top Gun
| Mayano Top Gun | |
|---|---|
 March 9, 1996 | |
| Sire | Brian's Time |
| Grandsire | Roberto |
| Dam | Alp Me Please |
| Damsire | Blushing Groom |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 24 March 1992[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Etsuo Kawakami |
| Owner | Yu Tadokoro |
| Trainer | Masahiro Sakaguchi |
| Record | 21: 8-4-5[2] |
| Earnings | 810,039,000 JPY |
| Major wins | |
| Kikuka Sho (1995) Arima Kinen (1995) Takarazuka Kinen (1996) Hanshin Daishoten (1997) Tenno Sho (Spring) (1997) | |
| Awards | |
| Japanese Horse of the Year (1995) JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt (1995) | |
| Last updated on February 22, 2010 | |
Mayano Top Gun (マヤノトップガン, March 24, 1992 - November 3, 2019) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. His wins included the Kikuka Sho, Arima Kinen, Takarazuka Kinen, Hanshin Daishoten and Tenno Sho. In 1995, he was awarded the JRA Award Horse of the Year and Best Three-year-old Colt.
Background[edit]
Mayano Top Gun was a chestnut horse with a white blaze and a long white stocking on his left foreleg bred in Japan by Etsuo Kawakami. He was sired by the American stallion Brian's Time, who finished second in the Preakness Stakes in 1988 before becoming a highly successful breeding stallion in Japan. His dam Alp Me Please was sired by Blushing Groom and was a half-sister of the Grand Prix de Paris winner Swink: as a descendant of the broodmare Sonrisa, she was also a distant relative of the Belmont Stakes winner Ruler on Ice.[3]
Racing career[edit]
1995: three-year-old season[edit]
Mayano Top Gun began his career racing on dirt and won three of his nine races in the early part of 1995. He was then switched to turf being placed twice at Grade II level in September and October. He emerged as top class performer in the late autumn, winning the Kikuka Sho over 3000 metres at Kyoto on 5 November. In December he contested one of Japan's most prestigious weight-for-age races, the Arima Kinen over 2500 metres at Nakayama and won from Taiki Blizzard and Sakura Chitose O.
1996: four-year-old season[edit]
In March 1996, Mayano Top Gun was matched against the 1993 Japanese Horse of the Year Narita Brian in the Hanshin Daishoten and was beaten into second place. In June at Kyoto he recorded his biggest success as a four-year-old when he won the Takarazuka Kinen over 2200 metres, beating Sunday Branch and the mare Dance Partner. Later in the year he finished second to Bubble Gum Fellow in the Autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.
1997: five-year-old season[edit]
In March 1997, Mayano Top Gun won the Hanshin Daishoten from Big Symbol and Gigaton. A month later he contested the Spring edition of the Tenno Sho over 3200 metres at Kyoto. He won from Sakura Laurel (winner of the race in 1996) with Marvelous Sunday in third place.
Assessment and awards[edit]
In 1995, Mayano Top Gun was voted Japanese Horse of the Year and Best Three-year-old Colt.
Pedigree[edit]
| Sire Brian's Time |
Roberto | Hail to Reason | Turn-to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothirdchance | |||
| Bramalea | Nashua | ||
| Rarelea | |||
| Kelley's Day | Graustark | Ribot | |
| Flower Bowl | |||
| Golden Trail | Hasty Road | ||
| Sunny Vale | |||
| Dam Alp Me Please |
Blushing Groom | Red God | Nasrullah |
| Spring Run | |||
| Runaway Bride | Wild Risk | ||
| Aimee | |||
| Swiss | Vaguely Noble | Vienna | |
| Noble Lassie | |||
| Gala Host | My Host | ||
| Huspah (Family: 14-a)[3] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mayano Top Gun pedigree". equineline.com.
- ^ Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. "Mayano Top Gun(JPN)". jbis.jp.
- ^ a b "Banter - Family 14-a". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.