Details
| Name / Japanese | Kizuna / キズナ |
| Birth Year | 2010 |
| Sex | male |
| Earnings | 476,399,000 yen (only Japan) |
| Races-Win / G1-Win | 14-7 / 4-1 |
| Sire | Deep Impact |
| Dam (Sire) | Catequil (Storm Cat) |
| Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
| Awards | JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt (2013) |
- Phalaenopsis is his 15 year older sister.
- Sunday Break (USA) is his half brother.
- Biwa Hayahide and Narita Brian are his cousins.
All grade races
| Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. |  |
| 2012 22/12 |
Hanshin T2000 |
Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes (G3) | 6 | 3 | G |
| 2013 03/03 |
Nakayama T2000 |
Hochi hai Yayoi Sho (G2) | 6 | 5 | G |
| 2013 23/03 |
Hanshin T1800 |
Mainichi Hai (G3) | 6 | 1 | G |
| 2013 04/05 |
Kyoto T2200 |
Kyoto Shimbun Hai (G2) | 5 | 1 | G |
| 2013 26/05 |
Tokyo T2400 |
Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) (G1) | 1 | 1 | ◆ |
| 2013 15/09 |
Longchamp T2400 |
Prix Niel (G2) | 8 | 1 | G |
| 2013 06/10 |
Longchamp T2400 |
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) | 14 | 4 | G |
| 2014 06/04 |
Hanshin T2000 |
Sankei Osaka Hai (G2) | 7 | 1 | G |
| 2014 04/05 |
Kyoto T3200 |
Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1) | 14 | 4 | ◆ |
| 2015 15/02 |
Kyoto T2200 |
Kyoto Kinen (G2) | 4 | 3 | G |
| 2015 05/04 |
Hanshin T2000 |
Sankei Osaka Hai (G2) | 7 | 2 | G |
| 2015 03/05 |
Kyoto T3200 |
Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1) | 13 | 7 | ◆ |
- Before the Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes, his jockey Tetsuzo Sato injured and rested.
It was Yutaka Take who became the alternative jockey.
He lost to Epiphaneia in the race. - In the Mainichi Hai, he won by 3 lengths.
It was his first grade race win. - In the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), he was 1st favorite.
He stayed off the pace.
Epiphaneia (No.9) took the lead in the home stretch.
Kizuna passed the other horses including Epiphaneia from the outside.
It was his first and only G1 win.
It was the 5th victory of Derby for Yutaka Take. - After that, he went on an expedition to France.
His performance in France was reasonably good. - He was often injured after he became an old horse.
Episode
- The meaning of Kizuna is bonds (ties).
His owner Shinji Maeda was encouraged by the locals in Dubai two weeks after the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
(He is the owner of Transcend who participated in the Dubai World Cup (2011).
His connections were working hard in the turmoil.)
Maeda was impressed by the efforts of his connections and the encouragement of the people of Dubai.
Maeda felt the bonds of friendship and affection.
He named the best horse he owned “Kizuna”. - In the 2000s, Yutaka Take was already called the best jockey of all time and had many glory.
Riding on The Taiki in the Mainichi Hai (2010), he fell and was seriously injured.
He did not perform well due to the effects of the injury even after recovering from the injury.
He had more than 200 wins in a year at one time, but in 2012 he had only 56 wins.
When Kizuna’s connections entered for the Mainichi Hai (2013), Take’s agent asked them to stop the race because of the 2010 accident.
After all Take and Kizuna participated in the race and won.
Take broke the nasty image of three years ago.
He was called “お帰り (Welcome back)” by many fans in the derby winning jockey interview, and he replied “帰ってきました (I’m back)”. (Youtube)
He had 97 wins in this year.
In 2015 he had 106 wins.
It was the first time in six years since 2009 that he won more than 100 races.
Kizuna was exactly the horse that revived Take. - Kizuna is a horse that is often overrated because of his popularity.
Kizuna is also a horse that is often underestimated because of many overestimations.
His race performance could have been better without the expedition to France and the challenge to the Tenno Sho (Spring), which would not have been suitable for him.
As a sire
- His first crops were very successful despite their poor dams’ qualities.
Therefore he is highly expected as Deep Impact’s successor stallion. - His crops ran well but had not won a G1 race, but Akai Ito won the Queen Elizabeth Cup (2021).