Details
| Name / Japanese | Orewa Matteruze / オレハマッテルゼ |
| Birth Year | 2000 |
| Sex | male |
| Earnings | 384,574,000 yen |
| Races-Win / G1-Win | 38-9 / 8-1 |
| Sire | Sunday Silence |
| Dam (Sire) | Curly Angel (Judge Angelucci) |
| Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
All G1 races + grade-races in which he finished third or higher
| Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. |  |
| 2005 15/05 |
Tokyo T1400 |
Keio Hai Spring Cup (G2) | 10 | 2 | G |
| 2005 05/06 |
Tokyo T1600 |
Yasuda Kinen (G1) | 4 | 11 | ◆ |
| 2006 28/01 |
Tokyo T1600 |
Tokyo Shimbun Hai (G3) | 16 | 2 | G |
| 2006 26/02 |
Hanshin T1400 |
Hankyu Hai (G3) | 10 | 3 | G |
| 2006 26/03 |
Chukyo T1200 |
Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) | 11 | 1 | ◆ |
| 2006 13/05 |
Tokyo T1400 |
Keio Hai Spring Cup (G2) | 12 | 1 | G |
| 2006 04/06 |
Tokyo T1600 |
Yasuda Kinen (G1) | 17 | 10 | ◆ |
| 2006 01/10 |
Nakayama T1200 |
Sprinters Stakes (G1) | 7 | 9 | ◆ |
| 2007 18/02 |
Tokyo D1600 |
February Stakes (G1) | 11 | 16 | ◆ |
| 2007 25/03 |
Chukyo T1200 |
Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) | 16 | 5 | ◆ |
| 2007 12/05 |
Tokyo T1400 |
Keio Hai Spring Cup (G2) | 11 | 3 | G |
| 2007 03/06 |
Tokyo T1600 |
Yasuda Kinen (G1) | 7 | 18 | ◆ |
| 2007 30/09 |
Nakayama T1200 |
Sprinters Stakes (G1) | 4 | 14 | ◆ |
- He wasn’t until he was five years old that he finally ran a grade-race.
He hadn’t won a graded race since he turned six. - In the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (2006), he was 4th favorite.
He took the lead 150m before the finish-line.
He beat Rhein Kraft by a neck.
It was his first G1 win. - He won the next race, Keio Hai Spring Cup, as well.
He was 1st favorite in the next race, Yasuda Kinen, but finished 10th.
He retired without ever winning again.
Episode
- His owner, Yuichi Odagiri, is famous for giving his horses unusual and strange names.
His name, Orewa Matteruze, is derived from a Japanese movie.
(If you’re familiar with the Japanese language, you’ll know that’s not a name you’d normally give a horse.)
The English translation of Orewa Matteruze (俺は待ってるぜ) is colloquially known as “I’m waiting!“
According to the owner, it can also be read as “Ore Hamatteruze (俺、嵌まってるぜ)” .
The English translation of Ore Hamatteruze (俺、嵌まってるぜ) is “I’m getting hooked”. - He had a old-sister named Egao o Misete (エガオヲミセテ).
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(Since 1997, the JRA has conditionally allowed the letter “ヲ” to be used in names.
The owner took notice of this and gave her a name that included the letter “ヲ”.
She was the first horse in Japan to have a name with the letter “ヲ” in it.)
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The English translation of Egao o Misete (エガオヲミセテ) is colloquially known as “Smile for me!“
She was also loved by racing fans as a horse with a strange name.
But she burned to death in a fire while on active duty.
Her death was very sad for the racing community.
The day she died was five days after Orewa Matteruze was born.
As a sire
- He wasn’t expected to be much of a stallion, and he wasn’t really a success.
- Hana’s Goal is representative crop.
She won the Tulip Sho (G3) defeating Joie de Vivre, the two-year-old queen, and Gentildonna, the future Triple Crown filly.
She also won the All Aged Stakes, a G1 race in Australia.