Details
| Name / Japanese / Hong Kong | A Shin Hikari / エイシンヒカリ / 榮進之光 |
| Birth Year | 2011 |
| Sex | horse |
| Earnings | 197,315,000 yen (only Japan) |
| Races-Wins / G1-Wins | 15-10 / 6-2 |
| Sire | Deep Impact |
| Dam (Sire) | Catalina (Storm Cat) |
| Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
All grade races + Ireland Trophy
| Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. |  |
| 2014 19/10 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Ireland Trophy (L) | 2 | 1 | G |
| 2014 13/12 |
Hanshin T1800 |
Challenge Cup (G3) | 4 | 9 | |
| 2015 14/06 |
Tokyo T1800 |
Epsom Cup (G3) | 6 | 1 | G |
| 2015 11/10 |
Tokyo T1800 |
Mainichi Okan (G2) | 13 | 1 | G |
| 2015 01/11 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 9 | 9 | ◆ |
| 2015 13/12 |
Sha Tin T2000 |
Hong Kong Cup (G1) | 11 | 1 | G |
| 2016 24/05 |
Chantilly T1800 |
Prix d’Ispahan (G1) | 3 | 1 | G |
| 2016 15/06 |
Ascot T9F212Y |
Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1) | 1 | 6 | G |
| 2016 30/10 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 1 | 12 | ◆ |
| 2016 11/12 |
Sha Tin T2000 |
Hong Kong Cup (G1) | 1 | 10 | G |
- In the Ireland Trophy, he was the 1st favorite.
He took the lead right from the start of the race.
In the homestretch, he ran diagonally toward the outside instead of straight ahead, surprising many onlookers.
It was a pretty lossy run, but he won by 3+1/2 lengths.
He won the Listed race five straight times from his debut race. - In the Epsom Cup, he won by a neck over 2nd place finisher, Satono Aladdin.
- He also won the Mainichi Okan.
- In the Tenno Sho (Autumn 2015), he was the 2nd favorite.
He tried to take the lead as usual, but ended up running in 2nd place.
He ended up finishing 9th, unable to run as well as he excelled. - In the Hong Kong Cup (2015), he took the lead and ran away from the horses following him.
He won his first G1 race in his specialty.
He broke the race record. - His connections had his next race set for the Queen Elizabeth II Cup in Hong Kong, on the same track as the Hong Kong Cup, but he was not in good shape and had to be avoided.
His connections then announced that he would go to Europe and run in G1 races in France and Britain. - In the Prix d’Ispahan, he ran 2nd from the front.
Once he took the lead in the homestretch he widened the gap on the rest of the pack and won by 8 lengths.
His performance shocked the world.
He became the first Japanese horse since Just A Way to be ranked No. 1 in the preliminary World’s Best Racehorse Rankings. - In the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, he had become a local attraction, but finished last out of six horses.
- After that he retired without a good showing and became a stallion.