Details
| Name / Japanese | Flower Park / フラワーパーク |
| Birth Year | 1992 |
| Sex | female |
| Earnings | 363,939,000 yen |
| Races-Win / G1-Win | 18-7 / 5-2 |
| Sire | Nihon Pillow Winner |
| Dam (Sire) | Northan Flower (Northern Taste) |
| Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
| Awards | JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler (1996) Best Horse By Home-bred Sire (1996) |
All grade-races
| Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. |  |
| 1996 28/04 |
Kyoto T1200 |
Silk Road Stakes (G3) | 8 | 1 | G |
| 1996 19/05 |
Chukyo T1200 |
Takamatsunomiya Hai (G1) | 10 | 1 | ◆ |
| 1996 09/06 |
Tokyo T1600 |
Yasuda Kinen (G1) | 4 | 9 | ◆ |
| 1996 23/11 |
Chukyo T1200 |
CBC Sho (G2) | 1 | 2 | G |
| 1996 15/12 |
Nakayama T1200 |
Sprinters Stakes (G1) | 11 | 1 | ◆ |
| 1997 02/03 |
Hanshin T1600 |
Yomiuri Milers Cup (G2) | 11 | 4 | G |
| 1997 20/04 |
Kyoto T1200 |
Silk Road Stakes (G3) | 10 | 4 | G |
| 1997 18/05 |
Chukyo T1200 |
Takamatsunomiya Hai (G1) | 12 | 8 | ◆ |
| 1997 25/10 |
Kyoto T1400 |
Swan Stakes (G2) | 11 | 6 | G |
| 1997 22/11 |
Chukyo T1200 |
CBC Sho (G2) | 9 | 4 | G |
| 1997 14/12 |
Nakayama T1200 |
Sprinters Stakes (G1) | 1 | 4 | ◆ |
- She was scheduled to debut in the fall of 1994.
But she broke bones several times and and made her debut in the autumn of 1995. - In the Silk Road Stakes, she was 4th favorite.
She made a pace with Hishi Akebono.
She passed Hishi Akebono in the home stretch.
She won by 3/4 lengths.
It was her first grade-race win. - Takamatsunimiya Hai became 1200m G1 race from 1996.
(Until then it was a 2000m G2 race.)
In the Takamatsunimiya Hai (1996), the first time as G1 race, Narita Brian attracted attention.
Flower Park was 3rd favorite. (1st favorite: Hishi Akebono , 2nd: Narita Brian)
She took the lead at the beginning of the last corner.
Other horses could not keep up with her.
She won by 2+1/2 lengths.
It was her first G1 win. - In the CBC Sho (1996), she lost to Eishin Washington by 3/4 lengths.
- In the Sprinters Stakes (1996), she was 1st favorite.
Eishin Washington made a pace as a front-runner.
Flower Park ran while marking Eishin Washington.
Eishin Washington and Flower Park finished side by side.
After 12 minutes of photo judge, Flower Park beat Eishin Washington by 1cm.
(Google Images)
Her jockey Seiki Tabara said “It was also OK with tie.” (nicovideo)
Tabara later gave a unique explanation “Just before the finish line, I used the theory that a rubber ball swells up at the side when it is gripped.” - She won the JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler (1996) and Best Horse By Home-bred Sire (1996).
After that she couldn’t win.