Details
Name / Japanese | Bubble Gum Fellow / バブルガムフェロー |
Birth Year | 1993 |
Sex | male |
Earnings | 554,430,000 yen |
Races-Win / G1-Win | 13-7 / 6-2 |
Sire | Sunday Silence |
Dam (Sire) | Bubble Company (Lyphard) |
Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
Awards | JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt (1995) |
All G1 races + G2 races he won
Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. | ![]() |
1995 10/12 |
Nakayama T1600 |
Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes (G1) | 4 | 1 | ◆ |
1996 24/03 |
Nakayama T1800 |
Fuji TV Spring Stakes (G2) | 2 | 1 | G |
1996 27/10 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 4 | 1 | ◆ |
1996 24/11 |
Tokyo T2400 |
Japan Cup (G1) | 6 | 13 | ◆ |
1997 15/06 |
Hanshin T2000 |
Naruo Kinen (G2) | 10 | 1 | G |
1997 06/07 |
Hanshin T2200 |
Takarazuka Kinen (G1) | 6 | 2 | ◆ |
1997 05/10 |
Tokyo T1800 |
Mainichi Okan (G2) | 6 | 1 | G |
1997 26/10 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 7 | 2 | ◆ |
1997 23/11 |
Tokyo T2400 |
Japan Cup (G1) | 13 | 3 | ◆ |
- In 1995 (age 2), he won the Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes.
By this victory, he won the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt (1995). - In the Fuji TV Spring Stakes, the trial race of Satsuki Sho, he overtook other horses in the home stretch and won.
He was sometimes called “Sunday Big Four” along with Dance in the Dark, Royal Touch and Ishino Sunday.
He was expected to win the classic races, but he broke and rested for the spring season. - Returning to the autumn, his connections decided to run in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) instead of the last classic race Kikuka Sho.
- In the Tenno Sho (Autumn), he won defeating such as Mayano Top Gun, Sakura Laurel and Marvelous Sunday.
It was the first time in history that a 3-year-old horse won the race. - In the Japan Cup (1996), he was totally unmotivated to run and lost.
All his racing results were 3rd or higher except this race.
His jockey, Yukio Okabe, was asked by a reporter, “Was he injured (broken)?”
He asserted “It was the horse’s head(brain) that was broken.” - In his active days, he was a very good horse, but not the protagonist.
He was a horse with a strong impression as a foil to such as Air Groove and Marvelous Sunday.
Stud Career
- His older brother Candy Stripes produced many good horses as a stallion in the U.S. and Argentina.
Therefore, he was also expected to be a good stallion. - He left many crops.
But there are no G1 horse in his crops in Japan. - He also worked as stallion in Australia .
Rockabubble won a G1 race in New Zealand.
Tags: Turf