Details
Name / Japanese | Espoir City / エスポワールシチー |
Birth Year | 2005 |
Sex | male |
Earnings | 1,023,197,000 yen |
Races-Win / G1-Win | 40-17 / 23-9 |
Sire | Gold Allure |
Dam (Sire) | Eminent City (Brian’s Time) |
Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
Awards | JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse (2009, 2010) |
All G1 races + grade-races he won
Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. | ![]() |
2009 22/02 |
Tokyo D1600 |
February Stakes (G1) | 12 | 4 | ◆ |
2009 29/03 |
Nakayama D1800 |
March Stakes (G3) | 11 | 1 | G |
2009 05/05 |
Funabashi D1600 |
Kashiwa Kinen (G1) | 6 | 1 | G |
2009 12/10 |
Morioka D1600 |
Mile Championship Nambu Hai (G1) | 3 | 1 | ◆ |
2009 06/12 |
Hanshin D1800 |
Japan Cup Dirt (G1) | 1 | 1 | ◆ |
2010 21/02 |
Tokyo D1600 |
February Stakes (G1) | 4 | 1 | ◆ |
2010 05/05 |
Funabashi D1600 |
Kashiwa Kinen (G1) | 12 | 1 | G |
2010 11/10 |
Morioka D1600 |
Mile Championship Nambu Hai (G1) | 3 | 2 | ◆ |
2010 07/11 |
Churchill Downs D2012 (10F) |
Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) | 11 | 10 | G |
2011 21/03 |
Nagoya D1900 |
Nagoya Daishoten (G3) | 4 | 1 | G |
2011 05/05 |
Funabashi D1600 |
Kashiwa Kinen (G1) | 10 | 3 | G |
2011 29/06 |
Ohi D2000 |
Teio Sho (G1) | 11 | 2 | G |
2011 10/10 |
Tokyo D1600 |
Mile Championship Nambu Hai (G1) | 7 | 4 | ◆ |
2011 06/11 |
Kyoto D1800 |
Miyako Stakes (G3) | 6 | 1 | G |
2011 04/12 |
Hanshin D1800 |
Japan Cup Dirt (G1) | 6 | 3 | ◆ |
2012 19/02 |
Tokyo D1600 |
February Stakes (G1) | 9 | 5 | ◆ |
2012 02/05 |
Funabashi D1600 |
Kashiwa Kinen (G1) | 7 | 1 | G |
2012 27/06 |
Ohi D2000 |
Teio Sho (G1) | 13 | 2 | G |
2012 08/10 |
Morioka D1600 |
Mile Championship Nambu Hai (G1) | 10 | 1 | ◆ |
2012 02/12 |
Hanshin D1800 |
Japan Cup Dirt (G1) | 4 | 10 | ◆ |
2012 29/12 |
Ohi D2000 |
Tokyo Daishoten (G1) | 7 | 5 | ◆ |
2013 17/02 |
Tokyo D1600 |
February Stakes (G1) | 6 | 2 | ◆ |
2013 06/05 |
Funabashi D1600 |
Kashiwa Kinen (G1) | 1 | 2 | G |
2013 14/10 |
Morioka D1600 |
Mile Championship Nambu Hai (G1) | 8 | 1 | ◆ |
2013 04/11 |
Kanazawa D1400 |
JBC Sprint (G1) | 12 | 1 | ◆ |
2013 01/12 |
Hanshin D1800 |
Japan Cup Dirt (G1) | 4 | 7 | ◆ |
- In 2009 (age 4), he showed a good performance.
He won three G1 races. - In the March Stakes, he won by 1+1/2 lengths.
It was his first grade-race win. - In the Kashiwa Kinen, he was 2nd favorite.
He won by 3/4 lengths defeating Kane Hekili.
He impressed the generational shift from Kane Hekeli.
It was his first G1 win. - In 2010 (age 5), he won two G1 races.
He also tried for the Breeders’ Cup, but finished 10th.
That race is famous for being the first and only race Zenyatta has ever lost. - In 2011 (age 6), he was in poor form, partly due to the previous year’s tour of the United States.
He couldn’t win a G1 race. - In 2012 (age 7), he was back in form and won two G1 races.
- In 2013 (age 8), he won two G1 races.
He’s retired from a long active career. - He defeated famous horses such as Kane Hekili, Success Brocken, Furioso and Hokko Tarumae.