Details
Name / Japanese | Chrysoberyl / クリソベリル |
Birth Year | 2016 |
Sex | horse |
Earnings | 379,602,000 yen |
Races-Wins / G1-Wins | 11-8 / 5-4 |
Sire | Gold Allure |
Dam (Sire) | Chrysoprase (El Condor Pasa) |
Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
Awards | JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse (2019) |
All grade races + Saudi Cup
Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. | ![]() |
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2019 02/05 |
Sonoda D1870 |
Hyogo Championship (G2) | 9 | 1 | G | |
2019 10/07 |
Ohi D2000 |
Japan Dirt Derby (G1) | 12 | 1 | ◆ | |
2019 23/09 |
Funabashi D1800 |
Nippon TV Hai (G2) | 11 | 1 | G | |
2019 01/12 |
Chukyo D1800 |
Champions Cup (G1) | 5 | 1 | ◆ | E |
2020 29/02 |
King Abdulaziz D1800 |
Saudi Cup | 3 | 7 | G | |
2020 24/06 |
Ohi D2000 |
Teio Sho (G1) | 8 | 1 | ◆ | |
2020 03/11 |
Ohi D2000 |
JBC Classic (G1) | 5 | 1 | ◆ | |
2020 06/12 |
Chukyo D1800 |
Champions Cup (G1) | 15 | 4 | ◆ | E |
2021 29/09 |
Funabashi D1800 |
Nippon TV Hai (G2) | 2 | 6 | ◆ | E |
- He was on another level with the other horses from his debut race.
He won his debut race by 7 lengths, then won his next race by 7 lengths. - In the Hyogo Championship, he won his first grade race by 5 lengths.
- In the Japan Dirt Derby, he was by far the most favorite.
He won by 3 lengths.
He became the Japan Dirt Derby winner, the same as his full brother Chrysolite. - In the Nippon TV Hai, he won by 4 lengths over 2nd place finisher, London Town.
- In the Champions Cup (2019), he was the 2nd favorite.
Inti made a fast pace in the lead.
Chrysoberyl passed Inti and Gold Dream in the homestretch to finish 1st.
He broke the race record. - He was invited and ran in the first Saudi Cup but finished 7th.
His winning streak since his debut stopped at six. - After returning to Japan, he won the Teio Sho and the JBC Classic.
In both cases, Omega Perfume came in 2nd and Chuwa Wizard 3rd. - In the Champions Cup (2020), he lost to Chuwa Wizard and finished 4th.
It was his first defeat in Japan.
After the race it was discovered that he had suffered a ligament injury. - He returned to racing in September 2021 in the Nippon TV Hai, finishing 6th.
After the race he retired when it was discovered that he had wheezing.
As a sire and His pedigree
- He became a stallion with a stud fee of 3 million yen, a high price for a Japanese dirt horse.
The number of stallions in the first year was full, indicating that he is expected to be a stallion. - He is expected to do well, probably because his close relatives are also successful in racing.
As a stallion, he is expected not only to produce dirt horses but also turf horses.
The following are his close relatives.
Gold Dream is his full brother and has won the Japan Dirt Derby and other races.
His sister Marialite (sire: Deep Impact) won the Queen Elizabeth Cup and the Takarazuka Kinen.
His brother Lia Fail (sire: Zenno Rob Roy) won the Kobe Shimbun Hai, a G2 race, and finished 3rd in the Kikuka Sho.
Alondite, winner of the Japan Cup Dirt, is his uncle.
Orthoclase, a colt by Marialite, finished 2nd twice in G1 races and is scheduled to become a stallion in Turkey.