Efforia
| Efforia | |
|---|---|
 2021 | |
| Sire | Epiphaneia |
| Grandsire | Symboli Kris S |
| Dam | Katies Heart |
| Damsire | Heart's Cry |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 10 March 2018[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Northern Farm |
| Owner | U Carrot Farm |
| Trainer | Yuichi Shikato |
| Record | 4: 4-0-0 |
| Earnings | ¥192,148,000 |
| Major wins | |
| Tokinominoru Kinen (2021) Satsuki Sho (2021) | |
Efforia (Japanese: エフフォーリア foaled 10 March 2018) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. After winning two minor races as a two-year-old in 2020 he won the Tokinominoru Kinen on his first run of 2021 and maintained his unbeaten record by taking the Satsuki Sho on his next start.
Background[]
Efforia is a bay colt with a white sock on his left hind leg bred in Japan by Northern Farm. He was sent into training with Yuichi Shikato and raced in the green, white and red colours of the Northern Farm affiliate U Carrot Farm. He was ridden in his first four races by Takeshi Yokoyama.
He was from the second crop of foals sired by Epiphaneia who won the Kikuka Sho and the Japan Cup and was rated the second-best horse in the world in 2014.[2] Efforia's dam Katies Heart showed some racing ability in Japan, winning three minor races on dirt from fifteen starts.[3] She was a half-sister to the dam of Admire Moon and a grand-daughter of the Irish-bred mare Katies whose other descendants have included Sleepless Night (Sprinters Stakes) and (Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup).[4]
Racing career[]
2020: two-year-old season[]
Efforia made his first appearance in a 2000 metre contest for previously unraced juveniles on firm ground at Sapporo Racecourse on 23 August 2020. Starting the 0.4/1 favourite in a seven-runner field he tracked the leaders before taking the lead in the straight and winning by three quarters of a length from Escobar. On 8 November over the same distance at Tokyo Racecourse he started second favourite behind Veil Nebula for a minor race and came from fourth place on the final turn to win by one and a quarter lengths.[5]
Commenting on the colt's juvenile campaign, Yuichi Shikato said "physically and mentally he was a little weak, and his hindquarters weren’t so strong, so it took him a bit of time to recover from races."[6]
2021: three-year-old season[]
For his first run as a three-year-old Efforia was stepped up in class to contest the Grade 3 Tokinominoru Kinen over 1800 metres at Tokyo on 14 February and started the 5.8/1 fourth choice in the betting behind Stella Veloce (winner of the Saudi Arabia Royal Cup), Shahryar and the filly Leftovers. After tracking the early leaders Efforia made strong progress early in the straight, went to the front approaching the last 200 metres and drew away to win by two and a half lengths from Victipharus.[7] Yuichi Shikato commented: "He ran very smoothly... in what was a perfect race for him".[8]
On 18 April Efforia moved up to Grade 1 class for the Satsuki Sho over 2000 metres at Nakayama Racecourse. He went off the 2.7/1 second favourite behind Danon The Kid in a sixteen-runner field which also included Victipharus, Lagom (Kisaragi Sho), Stella Veloce, Gratias (Keisei Stakes), Titleholder (Yayoi Sho) and Red Belle Aube (Daily Hai Nisai Stakes). Takeshi Yokoyama settled in fourth place as Titleholder and World Revival set the pace before making rapid progress to take the lead entering the straight. He quickly opened up a clear advantage and was never challenged, winning by three lengths from Titleholder. After the race Yokoyama said "I was fortunate to have been able to ride this colt since his debut.. I believed that if I put my concentration on using whatever skills I had as a rider and bring out the best performance from my horse, that we would have a great chance of winning. The pace wasn't that fast, so we were able to cruise along in a good position but we were a little tight going into the stretch and I could not be sure of my win until the end."[9]
Pedigree[]
| Sire Epiphaneia (JPN) 2010 |
Symboli Kris S (USA) 1999 |
Kris S | Roberto |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Queen | |||
| Tee Kay | Gold Meridian | ||
| Tri Argo | |||
| (JPN) 2002 |
Special Week | Sunday Silence (USA) | |
| Campaign Girl | |||
| Kirov Premiere (GB) | Sadler's Wells (USA) | ||
| Querida (IRE) | |||
| Dam Katies Heart (JPN) 2009 |
Heart's Cry (JPN) 2001 |
Sunday Silence (USA) | Halo |
| Wishing Well | |||
| Irish Dance | Tony Bin (IRE) | ||
| Buper Dance (USA) | |||
| Katies First (USA) 1987 |
Kris (GB) | Sharpen Up | |
| Doubly Sure | |||
| Katies (IRE) | Nonoalco (USA) | ||
| Mortefontaine (FR) (Family: 7-f)[4] |
- Efforia was inbred 3 × 4 to Sunday Silence, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Efforia pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "The 2014 World Thoroughbred Rankings". International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Katies Heart – Horse information". JBIS.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Hermione - Family 7-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ "Efforia: Race Records:Lifetime Starts". JBIS.
- ^ "Satsuki Sho Comments from runners' connections". Horse Racing in Japan. 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Tokinominoru Kinen result". JBIS. 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Satsuki Sho Preview". Horse Racing in Japan. 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Unbeaten Efforia Claims Satsuki Sho Title". Horse Racing in Japan. 18 April 2021.
- 2018 racehorse births
- Racehorses bred in Japan
- Racehorses trained in Japan
- Thoroughbred family 7-f