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LEGEND · 2010s

Gold Ship

ゴールドシップ

2009–THOROUGHBRED

A grey with six Grade 1 wins: the Satsuki Sho, Kikuka Sho, Arima Kinen, two Takarazuka Kinen and the Tenno Sho (Spring).

Gold Ship — Hanshin Daishoten, Hanshin Racecourse, 2015 — Photo: Nadaraikon / CC BY-SA 3.0

02

Horse profile

Fields that could not be verified are omitted.
Sex
Colt / Horse
Coat
Grey
Foaled
6 Mar 2009
Sire
Stay Gold
Dam
Point Flag
Damsire
Mejiro McQueen
Breeder
Deguchi Bokujo
Owner
Eiichi Kobayashi
Trainer
Naosuke Sugai
Career
28 starts, 13 wins

03

Career overview

28
Starts
13
Wins
6
G1 wins
18
Top-three finishes

Racing career 2011–2015

04

Major victories

Grades as printed for each year’s running.

  1. 01 · 15 Apr 2012

    Satsuki Sho

    皐月賞

    GI · Nakayama · Turf 2000m · Hiroyuki Uchida · 2:01.3

  2. 02 · 21 Oct 2012

    Kikuka Sho

    菊花賞

    GI · Kyoto · Turf 3000m · Hiroyuki Uchida · 3:02.9

  3. 03 · 23 Dec 2012

    Arima Kinen

    有馬記念

    GI · Nakayama · Turf 2500m · Hiroyuki Uchida · 2:31.9

  4. 04 · 23 Jun 2013

    Takarazuka Kinen

    宝塚記念

    GI · Hanshin · Turf 2200m · Hiroyuki Uchida · 2:13.2

  5. 05 · 29 Jun 2014

    Takarazuka Kinen

    宝塚記念

    GI · Hanshin · Turf 2200m · Norihiro Yokoyama · 2:13.9

  6. 06 · 03 May 2015

    Tenno Sho (Spring)

    天皇賞（春）

    GI · Kyoto · Turf 3200m · Norihiro Yokoyama · 3:14.7

FILM

On film

Films published by the JRA official YouTube channel, shown through YouTube’s embedded player.
Gold Ship in the Hanshin Daishoten
Gold Ship — the 62nd Hanshin Daishoten, 23 March 2014Photo: Ogiyoshisan · CC BY 3.0

06

The story

In 2012 he won the Satsuki Sho and Kikuka Sho — two legs of the Triple Crown — and then the Arima Kinen, earning the JRA award for best three-year-old colt.

He won the Takarazuka Kinen in 2013 and 2014 and the Tenno Sho (Spring) in 2015. Six wins from eight starts at Hanshin made him known as a Hanshin specialist.

07

Career timeline

Race records are taken from the “Racing record” tables of each horse’s Japanese Wikipedia article (which cite netkeiba.com and JBIS-Search) and cross-checked against the career start count. Grades are shown as printed for that year’s running — current grades are never applied retroactively. “R” marks a record time at the time.

2011

  1. 09 JulNewcomer raceHakodate · Turf 1800m · Shinichiro Akiyama1st1:51.2 R
  2. 10 SepCosmos ShoOPSapporo · Turf 1800m · Shinichiro Akiyama1st1:53.6
  3. 01 OctSapporo Nisai StakesGIIISapporo · Turf 1800m · Katsumi Ando2nd1:50.9
  4. 24 DecRadio Nikkei Hai Nisai StakesGIIIHanshin · Turf 2000m · Katsumi Ando2nd2:02.6

2012

  1. 12 FebKyodo Tsushin HaiGIIITokyo · Turf 1800m · Hiroyuki Uchida1st1:48.3
  2. 15 AprSatsuki ShoGINakayama · Turf 2000m · Hiroyuki Uchida1st2:01.3
  3. 27 MayTokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby)GITokyo · Turf 2400m · Hiroyuki Uchida5th2:24.0
  4. 23 SepKobe Shimbun HaiGIIHanshin · Turf 2400m · Hiroyuki Uchida1st2:25.2
  5. 21 OctKikuka ShoGIKyoto · Turf 3000m · Hiroyuki Uchida1st3:02.9
  6. 23 DecArima KinenGINakayama · Turf 2500m · Hiroyuki Uchida1st2:31.9

2013

  1. 17 MarHanshin DaishotenGIIHanshin · Turf 3000m · Hiroyuki Uchida1st3:05.0
  2. 28 AprTenno Sho (Spring)GIKyoto · Turf 3200m · Hiroyuki Uchida5th3:15.1
  3. 23 JunTakarazuka KinenGIHanshin · Turf 2200m · Hiroyuki Uchida1st2:13.2
  4. 06 OctKyoto DaishotenGIIKyoto · Turf 2400m · Hiroyuki Uchida5th2:23.2
  5. 24 NovJapan CupGITokyo · Turf 2400m · Hiroyuki Uchida15th2:27.5
  6. 22 DecArima KinenGINakayama · Turf 2500m · Ryan Moore3rd2:33.8

2014

  1. 23 MarHanshin DaishotenGIIHanshin · Turf 3000m · Yasunari Iwata1st3:06.6
  2. 04 MayTenno Sho (Spring)GIKyoto · Turf 3200m · Craig Williams7th3:15.6
  3. 29 JunTakarazuka KinenGIHanshin · Turf 2200m · Norihiro Yokoyama1st2:13.9
  4. 24 AugSapporo KinenGIISapporo · Turf 2000m · Norihiro Yokoyama2nd1:59.2
  5. 05 OctPrix de l'Arc de TriompheG1Longchamp · Turf 2400m · Norihiro Yokoyama14th
  6. 28 DecArima KinenGINakayama · Turf 2500m · Yasunari Iwata3rd2:35.4

2015

  1. 25 JanAmerican Jockey Club CupGIINakayama · Turf 2200m · Yasunari Iwata7th2:14.1
  2. 22 MarHanshin DaishotenGIIHanshin · Turf 3000m · Yasunari Iwata1st3:05.9
  3. 03 MayTenno Sho (Spring)GIKyoto · Turf 3200m · Norihiro Yokoyama1st3:14.7
  4. 28 JunTakarazuka KinenGIHanshin · Turf 2200m · Norihiro Yokoyama15th2:15.6
  5. 29 NovJapan CupGITokyo · Turf 2400m · Norihiro Yokoyama10th2:25.1
  6. 27 DecArima KinenGINakayama · Turf 2500m · Hiroyuki Uchida8th2:33.3

08

Pedigree

Source: the pedigree table in Japanese Wikipedia, which cites JBIS-Search.

Horse

Parents

Grandparents

Great-grandparents

Stay Goldステイゴールド1994
Point Flagポイントフラッグ1998
Sunday Silenceサンデーサイレンス1986
ゴールデンサッシュ1988
パストラリズム1987
Halo
Wishing Well
Dictus
ダイナサッシュ
メジロティターン
メジロオーロラ
Pluralisme
トクノエイティー

Sire lineDam lineIn this archive (linked)Family 星旗系

09 — MAJOR RACES

Great races contested

10 — JOCKEYS

Riders

  • Hiroyuki Uchida12 rides · 7 wins · G1 4
  • Norihiro Yokoyama6 rides · 2 wins · G1 2
  • Yasunari Iwata4 rides · 2 wins
  • Shinichiro Akiyama2 rides · 2 wins
  • Katsumi Ando2 rides · 0 wins
  • Ryan Moore1 rides · 0 wins
  • Craig Williams1 rides · 0 wins

11 — RIVALS

Grade 1 opponents

  • フェノーメノTenno Sho (Spring) 2013 · Tenno Sho (Spring) 2014
  • ジェンティルドンナJapan Cup 2013 · Arima Kinen 2014
  • ワールドエースSatsuki Sho 2012
  • ディープブリランテTokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) 2012
  • スカイディグニティKikuka Sho 2012
  • オーシャンブルーArima Kinen 2012

Recorded as the winner (in defeat) or runner-up (in victory). Names as recorded in Japanese.

12

Gallery

13

Legacy

  1. 2012JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt

14 — CULTURAL CROSS REFERENCE

From racing history
to popular culture

Where the record meets the culture it inspired.

  1. REAL RACING ARCHIVE(documented racing history)

    Gold Ship

    ゴールドシップ

    2009– · 6 G1 wins

    A real racehorse. The records, pedigree and honours on this page are documented facts with sources.

  2. FICTION / POP CULTURE REFERENCE(a reference to a work of fiction)

    UMA MUSUME: PRETTY DERBY — A GAME

    ゴールドシップ

    The game “Umamusume: Pretty Derby” features a character who bears the name of this racehorse. The character is fictional; details of the game’s story are not part of the horse’s documented history.

    Official character list ↗

This site is not affiliated with the game’s rights holders. Character artwork is not shown because permission has not been confirmed. Sources: Wikipedia / Cygames

SOURCES & REFERENCES

Sources & References

Race records are taken from the “Racing record” tables of each horse’s Japanese Wikipedia article (which cite netkeiba.com and JBIS-Search) and cross-checked against the career start count. Grades are shown as printed for that year’s running — current grades are never applied retroactively.

  1. 01
    ゴールドシップ — Wikipedia（日本語版）

    Wikipedia · Reference · Accessed 2026-09-26

  2. 02
    Gold Ship — Wikipedia (English)

    Wikipedia · Reference · Accessed 2026-09-26

  3. 03
    ゴールドシップ｜JBISサーチ

    公益社団法人 日本軽種馬協会（JBIS-Search） · Racing record · Accessed 2026-09-26

  4. 04
    ウマ娘 プリティーダービーの登場キャラクター — Wikipedia（日本語版, revision 111119000）

    Wikipedia · Reference · Accessed 2026-09-26

  5. 05
    CHARACTER｜ウマ娘 プリティーダービー 公式ポータルサイト

    Cygames · Official · Accessed 2026-09-26

IMAGE CREDITS

Image credits

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