The other day, Loves Only You won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup in Hong Kong.
With this, the number of children of Deep Impact who won grade and GI races overseas has now reached 20!
The number includes the horses bred in foreign countries.
The victories abroad are achieved in the following period:
＊Last update: March 29, 2022
Wins in group races: 11 consecutive years from 2012
Wins in GⅠ races: 9 consecutive years from 2014
I’ve written stories about childrens of Deep Impact who have won major overseas races.
Today, I will summarize the data just for your information.
Countries and places where children of Deep Impact won graded races
First, below is a list of countries where his children have won graded races.
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
- France
- Dubai
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Australia
- United States
As I said before, in short, they are the places where big races overseas are held.
Children of Deep Impact who won big races overseas
The following is a list of his children who have won the world’s GI and graded races as of October 26, 2022.
26 children of Deep Impact won GI and graded races overseas
5 GI winners
Study of Man, Beauty Parlour, Fancy Blue, Profondo
Auguste Rodin
2 winners in graded races
Bartaba, Harajuku
13 GI winners
Vivlos, A Shin Hikari, Glory Vase, Saxon Warrior
Gentildonna, Tosen Stardom, Fierce Impact
Real Impact, Real Steel, Loves Only You
Snowfall, Shahryar, Glint Of Hope
6 winners in graded races
Akihiro (renamed Stimulation), Aquamarine, Kizuna,
Geniale, Savarin, Makahiki
Number of wins in GⅠ and graded races overseas 42
Year-by-year winners of major overseas races
Below is a list of winners by year. The horses written in red are GI winners.
2012
Beauty Parlour, Aquamarine
2013
Kizuna
2014
Gentildonna
2015
A Shin Hikari, Real Impact
2016
Real Steel, A Shin Hikari
Stimulation, Makahiki
2017
Vivlos, Tosen Stardom
Saxon Warrior
2018
Saxon Warrior, Study OF Man
Bartaba, Fierce Impact
2019
Fierce Impact, Glory Vase
Savarin
2020
Fancy Blue, Fierce Impact
2021
Loves Only You, Harajuku
Snowfall, Profondo, Glory Vase
2022
Shahryar, Glint Of Hope, Auguste Rodin
It was only 2013 that children of Deep Impact could not win GI races overseas during the above period.
Gentildonna went to Dubai for the first time and finished second in the year.
When I think about it now, it was regrettable in terms of records.
If Kizuna also won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, the record was set.
However, the winners in the races were strong, so they couldn’t help it.
Number of wins by country
The number of wins by country is as follows.
Ireland
GⅠ: 1 Graded race: 2 win Total: 3 wins
France
GⅠ: 4 Graded: 9 Total: 13
U. K.
GⅠ: 6 Graded: 1 Total: 7
Australia
G: 8 Graded: 1 Total: 9
Dubai
GⅠ: 4 Total: 4
Hong Kong
GⅠ: 5 Total: 5
United States
GⅠ: 1 Total: 1
There are many winners in France as I expected.
Both Japanese horses and the one bred overseas won graded races there.
Other records
From here, I will write other detailed records.
The first overseas group race winner
Beauty Parlor was the first daughter of Deep Impact who won a group race overseas.
She won the Prix de la Grotte (GIII) in France on April 15, 2012.
About two weeks later, Aquamarine won the Prix Allez France (GⅢ).
Beauty Parlor is also the first GI winner.
She won the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches at the Longchamp Racecourse in France On May 13, 2012.
The race is also called the French 1000 Guineas.
Her achievements are really great.
Horses that have won multiple times
The following is the horses who have won GI or group races overseas multiple times.
Beauty Parlour, Fancy Blue, Saxon Warrior, Fierce Impact
Tosen Stardom, A Shin Hikari, Snowfall, Loves Only You
Glory Vase
Among them, the horses shown below won GI races multiple times.
Fancy Blue, Saxon Warrior, Fierce Impact
Tosen Stardom, A Shin Hikari, Snowfall, Loves Only You
Glory Vase
Fierce Impact, Snowfall and Loves Only You won GI races most. They won in three races.
A demon in races overseas
This is limited to Japanese horses, but I dedicate the title of “a demon in races overseas” to Vivlos.
A Shin Hikari was also strong overseas, but I wonder if his achievement cannot match the one of Vivlos.
It is interesting that there are horses who can obtain better results overseas than they can do in Japan.
Although there are only a few generations left, I hope that children of Deep Impact will win as many major races as possible overseas.
Click here for details on each horse↓
Added on May 2, 2021:
On the following day when this article in Japanese was published, a new group race win was achieved!
Harajuku has won the Prix Cleopatre (GⅢ) in France!
As a result of this victory, the number of wins by children of Deep Impact in group races overseas has reached 30.
The data on this page has also been updated.
Harajuku is active as a racehorse.
So, I’d like to see her GI wins in the near future and expect further record breaks.
Added on May 13, 2021:
Yesterday, Snowfall won a group race in the U.K.
The race was the Musidora Stakes (GⅢ) held at York Racecourse.
The data on this page has also been updated.
Added on June 28, 2021:
Snowfall achieved an overwhelming victory in the British Oaks held on June 4.
The data on this page has also been updated.
Added on July 31, 2021:
Snowfall achieved an overwhelming victory in the Irish Oaks held on July 17.
The data on this page has also been updated.
The above text is almost the same as the postscript on June 28th 💦
I want Snowfall to continue to win. If possible, win overwhelmingly!
Added on September 25, 2021:
Snowfall won the Yorkshire Oaks on August 19th.
The data on this page has also been updated.
Unfortunately, she finished second in the Prix Vermeille on September 12.
According to Trainer O’Brien, she plans to run in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
