Deep Impact (horse)
| Deep Impact | |
|---|---|
Deep Impact winning Kikuka Sho 2005 | |
| Sire | Sunday Silence |
| Grandsire | Halo |
| Dam | Wind in Her Hair |
| Damsire | Alzao |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 25 March 2002 |
| Died | 30 July 2019 (aged 17) |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Northern Farm |
| Owner | Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. |
| Trainer | Yasuo Ikee |
| Record | 14: 12–1–0 |
| Earnings | 1,454,551,000 Yen |
| Major wins | |
| Yayoi Sho (2005) Satsuki Sho (2005) Tokyo Yushun (2005) Kobe Shimbun Hai (2005) Kikuka Sho (2005) Tenno Sho (Spring) (2006) Takarazuka Kinen (2006) Japan Cup (2006) Arima Kinen (2006) | |
| Awards | |
| JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt (2005) Japanese Horse of the Year (2005, 2006) JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2006) Timeform rating: 134 | |
| Honours | |
| Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (2008) Yayoi Sho (Deep Impact Kinen) | |
| Last updated on November 6, 2023 | |
_20051023_3.jpg){kind=link}
Deep Impact (Japanese : ディープインパクト, March 25, 2002 – July 30, 2019) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Crown in 2005 and the Japan Cup in 2006, as well as three other Grade One races in Japan. As a stallion, he was the leading sire in Japan for 11 consecutive years from 2012 to 2022, and produced Derby horses in four countries: Japan, England, France, and Ireland. In 2020, his son Contrail became the third horse in Japanese horse racing history to win the Classic Triple Crown without losing any races, becoming the first event in the world where a father and son both won the Triple Crown undefeated.