Details
| Name / Japanese | Nice Nature / ナイスネイチャ |
| Birth Year | 1988 |
| Sex | male |
| Earnings | 623,585,600 yen |
| Races-Win / G1-Win | 41-7 / 16-0 |
| Sire | Nice Dancer |
| Dam (Sire) | Urakawa Miyuki (Habitony) |
| Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
All G1 races + grade-races he won
| Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. |  |
| 1991 25/08 |
Kokura T2000 |
Kokura Kinen (G3) | 7 | 1 | G |
| 1991 13/10 |
Kyoto T2200 |
Kyoto Shimbun Hai (G2) | 11 | 1 | G |
| 1991 03/11 |
Kyoto T3000 |
Kikuka Sho (G1) | 5 | 4 | ◆ |
| 1991 08/12 |
Hanshin T2500 |
Naruo Kinen (G2) | 8 | 1 | G |
| 1991 22/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 5 | 3 | ◆ |
| 1992 01/11 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 11 | 4 | ◆ |
| 1992 22/11 |
Kyoto T1600 |
Mile Championship (G1) | 8 | 3 | ◆ |
| 1992 27/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 1 | 3 | ◆ |
| 1993 31/10 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 7 | 15 | ◆ |
| 1993 28/11 |
Tokyo T2400 |
Japan Cup (G1) | 11 | 7 | ◆ |
| 1993 26/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 12 | 3 | ◆ |
| 1994 24/04 |
Hanshin T3200 |
Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1) | 4 | 4 | ◆ |
| 1994 12/06 |
Hanshin T2200 |
Takarazuka Kinen (G1) | 2 | 4 | ◆ |
| 1994 10/07 |
Chukyo T2000 |
Takamatsunomiya Hai (G2) | 12 | 1 | G |
| 1994 30/10 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 5 | 7 | ◆ |
| 1994 27/11 |
Tokyo T2400 |
Japan Cup (G1) | 11 | 8 | ◆ |
| 1994 25/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 9 | 5 | ◆ |
| 1995 26/11 |
Tokyo T2400 |
Japan Cup (G1) | 15 | 13 | ◆ |
| 1995 24/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 5 | 9 | ◆ |
| 1996 27/10 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 2 | 10 | ◆ |
- He won the Kokura Kinen and Kyoto Shimbun Hai.
He was expected to be a strong contender for the last classic race, Kikuka Sho. - In the Kikuka Sho, he was 2nd favorite.
Tokai Teio, who was supposed to be the most favorite, was unable to run due to injury.
The 1st favorite horse instead was Ibuki Maikagura.
The 3rd favorite, Leo Durban, won the race.
Nice Nature finished 4th. - In the Takamatsunomiya Hai, he won by 1/2 lengths.
He defeated Winning Ticket.
It was his first victory in two years and seven months. - He ran 41 races, a lot.
He retired never having won a G1 race.
Episode
- He made a rare record of finishing third in the Arima Kinen three years in a row.
He was called the Bronze Collector, the Good Fight Man, etc. - He is a very popular horse.
Many fans came to the stables and training center to meet him.
Many letters and gifts were sent to his stables.
Many of the letters said that they were encouraged by Nice Nature’s hard work. - He was very selfish at first, but his stableman, Hideki Baba, was not angry with him.
Eventually he came to trust Baba very much.
Some people commented that it was rare for a horse to be so trusting of a person.
Baba cares very much about the fans of Nice Nature and has a good relationship with them.
Baba was invited to the wedding because two fans of Nice Nature were getting married.
On the way home from the wedding, Baba died in a car accident at the age of 41. - His dam, Urakawa Miyuki, died on June 2, 2017 at the age of 36, which was a Japanese record for a mare at the time.
He’d inherited a strong body from his mother.
He is still alive and well as of December 2020. - In May 2023 he began to show a decline in physical fitness, including a loss of appetite.
On May 30, he was diagnosed as having reached the end of his life and was euthanized with sedatives and anesthesia.