Details
| Name / Japanese | Hokuto Vega / ホクトベガ |
| Birth Year | 1990 |
| Sex | female |
| Earnings | 888,126,000 yen |
| Races-Win / G1-Win | 42-16 / 7-1 |
| Sire | Naguruski |
| Dam (Sire) | Takeno Falcon (Philip of Spain) |
| Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
| Awards | JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse (1996) NAR Grand Prix for Special Recognition Award (1996) |
Until 1995
All G1 races + grade-races she won + Empress Hai (1995)
| Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. |  |
| 1993 20/03 |
Nakayama T1800 |
Flower Cup (G3) | 3 | 1 | G |
| 1993 11/04 |
Hanshin T1600 |
Oka Sho (G1) | 16 | 5 | ◆ |
| 1993 23/05 |
Tokyo T2400 |
Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) (G1) | 14 | 6 | ◆ |
| 1993 14/11 |
Kyoto T2400 |
Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) | 1 | 1 | ◆ |
| 1994 03/07 |
Sapporo T2000 |
Sapporo Kinen (G3) | 10 | 1 | G |
| 1995 14/05 |
Tokyo T1600 |
Yasuda Kinen (G1) | 10 | 5 | ◆ |
| 1995 13/06 |
Kawasaki D2000 |
Empress Hai | 7 | 1 | G |
| 1995 29/10 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 18 | 16 | ◆ |
- In 1993 (age 3), Hokuto Vega won the Flower Cup.
- In the Oka Sho, the first classic race, it was a first race with Vega.
It was called “East West Vega Showdown” and attracted attention.
(Vega was 1st favorite and called “西の一等星 (West First-Magnitude Star)”.
Hokuto Vega was called “東の一等星 (East First-Magnitude Star)” as if to counter Vega.)
She lost to Vega and finished in 5th place. - In the Yushun Himba, she lost to Vega again.
- Before the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1), it was noted whether Vega will achieve the Triple Crown.
Hokuto Vega overtook Vega and North Flight at the last corner.
Hokuto Vega finished in 1st place and broke the record time.
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The phrase that the TV commentator said
“ベガはベガでもホクトベガです!” and
” 東の一等星ホクトベガ、輝いたのは北斗のベガです! ” went viral.
(Forcibly translating the phrase into English would be
“Vega is Vega, but Hokuto Vega! (It’s Vega, but it’s Hokuto Vega!)” and
“First magnitude star of east, The shining one is Vega of Hokuto!”.)
(Hokuto means North Dipper.) - After that she couldn’t win much.
Her connections tried to make her convert to a steeplechase horse.
She did the jump training.
After that she got good results in turf races, so the conversion was canceled. - In 1995,
In the Empress Hai (1995), a big turning point came for her.
She was easy to win the race by 18 lengths.
Her jockey Norihiro Yokoyama didn’t make a move.
After the race, she lost five turf races.
Her connections decided to make her convert to a dirt horse.
Since 1996
All Races
| Y D/M |
Track | Race | No | Pl | |
| 1996 24/01 |
Kawasaki D2000 |
Kawasaki Kinen | 9 | 1 | G |
| 1996 17/02 |
Tokyo D1600 |
February Stakes (G2) | 5 | 1 | G |
| 1996 20/03 |
Funabashi D2400 |
Diolite Kinen | 8 | 1 | G |
| 1996 05/05 |
Takasaki D1500 |
Gunma Kinen | 2 | 1 | G |
| 1996 19/06 |
Ohi D2000 |
Teio Sho | 10 | 1 | G |
| 1996 15/07 |
Kawasaki D2000 |
Empress Hai | 2 | 1 | G |
| 1996 10/10 |
Morioka D1600 |
Mile Championship Nambu Hai | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 10/11 |
Kyoto T2200 |
Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) | 2 | 4 | ◆ |
| 1996 04/12 |
Urawa D2000 |
Urawa Kinen | 8 | 1 | G |
| 1996 22/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 9 | 9 | ◆ |
| 1997 05/02 |
Kawasaki D2000 |
Kawasaki Kinen | 7 | 1 | G |
| 1997 03/04 |
Nad Al Sheba D2000 |
Dubai World Cup | 1 | G |
There are no individual video in some races.
Here are may be some videos.
競馬 20世紀の名馬 ホクトベガ
競馬 ダート最強馬 ホクトベガG1総ナメ集
- She continued to win the dirt races by wide margins.
Kawasaki Kinen, February Stakes, Teio Sho and Mile Championship Nambu Hai would be G1 races a year or two year later.
She attracted many fans and was called “Sand Queen (Dirt Queen)”.
The crowd was sometimes close to twice the upper limit of the racetrack. - In the Kawasaki Kinen (1997), it was a last race for her in Japan.
She has achieved 10 dirt grade races wins in a row.
She showed the victory to many fans and went to Dubai. - She was scheduled to retire after the Dubai World Cup.
And she was scheduled to be mated to a top European stallion.
She fell in the last corner.
She was euthanized.
Her body could not be brought back to Japan due to quarantine.
Only her mane was in her grave.
Episode
- She was good friends with Hishi Amazon.
- Her trainer said “She is Mona Lisa, whose strength is an eternal secret”.
- She was a prize-winning queen until it was broken by Vodka.