Verxina

Verxina, (born on March 5, 2009) is a retired race horse sired by Deep Impact, and out of Halwa Sweet.[2][3] She is owned by a former professional baseball player, Kazuhiro Sasaki.[4]

Verxina
Verxina at the 39th Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup
BreedThoroughbred
SireDeep Impact
GrandsireSunday Silence
DamHalwa Sweet
DamsireMachiavellian
SexMare
FoaledMarch 5, 2009
CountryJapan
ColorBlack
BreederNorthern Farm
OwnerKazuhiro Sasaki
TrainerYasuo Tomomichi
Earnings¥460,795,000
Major wins
Daily Hai Queen Cup (2012)
Victoria Mile (2013, 2014)[1]

Life

Verxina, a black mare, was foaled on March 5, 2009 by Deep Impact out of Halwa Sweet. She was bred by Northern Farm in Japan. Verxina's dam, Halwa Sweet, went on to birth two other successful racehorses, Cheval Grand and Vivlos, both of which are also owned by Sasaki.[5]

Career

She began her racing career as a 2-year-old, but debuted as a 3-year-old at the Daily Hai Queen Cup.. Her major wins were at the Queen Cup, and twice at the Victoria Mile. During her time as a racer, Verxina represented the stables she resided in, Yasuo Tomomichi, twice.[6]

Verxina was ridden by Hiroyuki Uchida for most of her races.[7]

3 year old

At age 3, Verxina won the Daily Hai Queen Cup in Japan. She placed second at the Yushun Himba, Oka Sho, Shuka Sho, Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup, and Kansai Telecasting Corporation Sho Rose Stakes.[3]

4-5 years old

Verxina won the Victoria Mile twice, once as a 4-year-old and again a year later. She was favored both times.[7] Both the Tokyo Shimbun Hai and the Hanshin Himba Stakes had a major defeat with 11 landings, and although Victoria Mile was welcomed as the 11th most popular despite becoming champion the previous year. After the Victoria Mile, she went to Takarazuka Kinen.

Her rating was 8th most popular. However, in the race that Yuichi Fukunaga switched to, she ran away in the same way as before, dropping to a super slow pace of 1000 minutes passing 62 seconds. Although replaced by the Gold Ship and Karen Milotick at the last line, Verxina showed a good fight, entering 3rd.

In autumn Verxina went to the Queen Elizabeth II Cup and Arima Kinen, but lost both races.[4] Verxina retired at age 5 to become a breeding mare at Northern Racing in Abira, Hokkaido.[4]

References
  1. "Virushina issue of racehorse deregistration". 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  2. Nancy Sexton (June 2, 2016). "Dominant Deep Impact proving international hit". Racing Post. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. "Pedigree of Verxina". Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  4. "ヴィルシーナ引退　"大魔神"佐々木氏所有、ヴィクトリアＭ連覇". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 2015-01-05. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  5. "Family:Dam Information | Halwa Sweet(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  6. "Stable representative". Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. "Victoria Mile". Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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