Buena Vista (horse)
| Buena Vista | |
|---|---|
Buena Vista during her retirement ceremony in 2011 | |
| Breed | Thoroughbred |
| Sire | Special Week |
| Grandsire | Sunday Silence |
| Dam | Biwa Heidi |
| Damsire | Caerleon |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 14 March 2006 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Dark Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | Northern Farm |
| Owner | Sunday Racing |
| Trainer | Hiroyoshi Matsuda |
| Record | 23: 9-8-3 |
| Earnings | 1,478,869,700 JPY Japan: 1,386,433,000 JPY UAE: 1,000,000 USD |
| Major wins | |
| Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2008) Tulip Sho (2009) Oka Sho (2009) Yushun Himba (2009) Victoria Mile (2010) Tenno Sho (Autumn) (2010) Japan Cup (2011) | |
| Awards | |
| JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly (2008) JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly (2009) JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare (2010, 2011) Japanese Horse of the Year (2010) | |
| Last updated on 12 November 2025 | |
Buena Vista (foaled 14 March 2006, ブエナビスタ (Buena Bisuta)) is a Japanese retired Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who was the 2010 Japanese Horse of the Year after winning the first two races in the Japanese Fillies Triple Crown.
Background
Buena Vista was foaled on 14 March 2006. She was sired by the 1999 Japan Cup winner, Special Week and out of 1995 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies winner, Biwa Heidi.[1] Buena Vista was owned by Sunday Racing and bred by Northern Farm.[2] She was initially named as "Biwa Heidi 6" before receiving her current racing name Buena Vista, meaning beautiful scenery in Spanish.[3]
Racing career
2 years old (2008)
In her maiden race (1800 m at Kyoto), Buena Vista finished third behind future 2009 Satsuki Sho's winner, Unrivaled. Her jockey, Katsumi Ando commented about Buena Vista - "She was hesitant for a while after the start and she wasn't in the groove yet. I thought she could catch up to the lead even from there".[4][5] She raced again at the same racecourse in shorter distance (1600 m) where she started from the back, then overtook the others on the outside of the straight to take the lead, and without Ando's help, she won by three lengths, earning her first victory.[6]
Her final race of the year would be at the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. She started slowly and worked her way back, then moved to the outside in the straight and made a strong comeback.[5] With 200 meters remaining, she overtook the pack to take the lead, and with 100 meters remaining, Ando was confident of victory and did not urge her on any further. She crossed the finish line two and a half lengths ahead of the rest, winning the GI race.[5] This marked a dam-offspring victory as her dam won the race 13 years prior.[7] This was the first time a horse had won two consecutive races since its first victory, and it was the first time since the race was restricted to fillies.[7][1] At the end of the year, Buena Vista won the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly where 299 out of 300 journalists voted for her.[8][9]
3 years old (2009)
Buena Vista started the year with Tulip Sho. The condition for that day is rainy and she was put on the inside gate for the race.[10] Most of the race, she waited at the back of the pack. In the final 300 meters, Ando began to pursue, he closed the gap and overtook Sakura Mimosa, finishing in first place by one and a quarter lengths.[11] With the strong momentum, she joined the Oka Sho at Hanshin. She was not in good temperament that day but became more composed by the care of her stablehand.[12] As usual, Buena Vista started pretty slow on the beginning but closed the gap at the final corners and surpassed her rival, Red Desire from the outside in the final 100 meters and took the win.[13] On May 24, Buena Vista challenged the Yushun Himba which being held at Tokyo. Without changing anything, Buena Vista stayed mostly at the back of the pack and started to move and speed up on the outside at the final 400 meters.[14] On the other side, Red Desire managed to close up so much at the final straight and the race ended with a photo finish. After the review, The judges gave the win to Buena Vista by a nose.[15]
Sunday Racing and her trainer, Matsuda proposed to go Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after Buena Vista's fifth win in the row for the year but cancelled immediately after she finished the race in second place at Sapporo Kinen behind Yamanin Kingly.[16] Sapporo Kinen was meant to be the preparation races for the France tour and the defeat there causing the owner to reconsider their decision. The team concerned that Buena Vista's second-place finish in Sapporo Kinen was not good enough for the Arc.[16] The focus shifted towards an attempt for the triple tiara in Shuka Sho which held at her debut racecourse, Kyoto.[17] On the race day, Buena Vista got a good start and positioned herself well in the middle pack before chasing Red Desire, who got off early from the outside and both horses reached the line in another photo finish fashion. This time, the winner is Red Desire who was ahead only by a nose.[18] Furthermore, Buena Vista was demoted to third-place finish after she interfered with Broad Street by moving diagonally when the final result was released 17 minutes later.[18][19]
Buena Vista's luck did not improved much after Shuka Sho. She raced in Queen Elizabeth II Cup where the top 2 finishers of that race, Queen Spumante and T.M. Precure burst early and opened a big gap up to 20 lengths.[20] Buena Vista tried to recover but failed to do so and finished third on the day.[21] Her great performances in the year accumulated almost 100,000 votes by the fans for her to race in Arima Kinen in which she did. She was second most voted horses to be included but promoted to first since the most favourite, Vodka was scratched.[22] Due to lack of wins in the last three races, The team switched the jockey from Ando to Norihiro Yokoyama.[23] The race began well for Buena Vista as she sit in sixth position and managed to pass 2007 winner, Matsurida Gogh to take the lead but lost it in the final straight to Dream Journey and finished second half a length behind.[24] Due to her excellent form throughout the year by winning three races and snatching two out of three tiaras, Buena Vista won JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly with 286 out of 287 votes (she lost one vote to Red Desire).[25][26]
4 years old (2010)
In the next year, Buena Vista first race was decided to be in Kyoto Kinen with Yokoyama remaining as her jockey.[27] This race was important since it would be the decider whether the planned Dubai trip would be executed.[28] On the race day, She held off the main contender, Jaguar Mail and claimed her first win since Yushun Himba nine months prior.[29] After winning the race, the invitation was accepted and Buena Vista would be racing in Dubai Sheema Classic.[30] Initially, the chosen jockey was Christophe Soumillon but he declined. Then the task fall onto Olivier Peslier which he accepted.[31] Buena Vista was mainly blocked throughout the race but found an opening on final 100 meters in which she capitalized and finished second, behind Dar Re Mi.[32]
The next race decided for Buena Vista would be Victoria Mile on May 16 in which her fiercest rival, Red Desire also competed in.[33] Back with Yokoyama again, she started late in the race but rapidly caught up with Red Desire on the outside before finally overtook Hikaru Amaranthus for her fourth G1 win in total.[34][35] In June, Buena Vista gained 92,000 votes in the fan poll for Takarazuka Kinen race which made her the first favourite on the bunch.[36] In similar fashion as previous race, Buena Vista got the right position in the beginning and passed Earnestly to take the lead[37] but failed to maintain the momentum when Nakayama Festa pulled a powerful late burst and beat her by half length to the finish line.[38]
After the summer break ended, Buena Vista started the autumn season with Tenno Sho (Autumn) to boot. Before this race, Yokoyama got an injury on his cervical vertebrae and a fracture in the skull, thus rendering him unable to race.[39] In this condition, Soumillon took over the reins.[40] Different jockey does not affect Buena Vista much as her normal strategy of running late in the middle before spurting was being played as usual.[41] This time, Buena Vista started her sprint in final 300 meters and she won her fifth G1 by ease, with Soumillon stopped pushing near the finishing line.[42] Continuing the good momentum, Sunday Racing sticked with Soumillon for her next race, Japan Cup.[43] Staying back for majority of the race, Buena Vista dashed in the final straight and passed both Victoire Pisa and Rose Kingdom for the first-place finish. 24 minutes later, Buena Vista was demoted to second because she veered to the inside and impeded Rose Kingdom in the final straight. Rose Kingdom was promoted as the official winner of the race and Soumillon was suspended for two weeks.[44][45]
In the end of the year, Buena Vista being voted again to race in Arima Kinen. Soumillon return for the race with Buena Vista as his suspension ended before the race was held.[46] During the later phase of this race, Buena Vista surged instantly at the end to chase Victoire Pisa in final 200 meters before both horses finished almost at the same time.[47] This race gave a third photo finish in career for Buena Vista.[48] Just like in Shuka Sho previous year, Buena Vista came second.[48] With an excellent form (3 wins and 4 second places), Buena Vista won JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare and also getting the most prized award of the year, Japanese Horse of the Year for the 2010 season.[49] For the best filly award, Buena Vista got a unanimous vote from 285 journalists.[50]
5 years old (2011)
Unlike previous years, Buena Vista started the year with an international race with Dubai World Cup in sight. Together with Transcend and Victoire Pisa, The trio went to Dubai with another Japanese horse, Rulership who would be racing in Dubai Sheema Classic.[51] The jockey for this race was Ryan Moore as Soumillon had another commitment. The race was fine in the beginning but due to slow pace throughout the race, Buena Vista timing became off and she failed to show her late chasing pace and finished eighth, which is the first time she finished outside the podium.[52] When she got back to Japan, she initially planned to return at Takarazuka Kinen but her good condition allowed her to defend the title in Victoria Mile.[53] Her jockey this season would be Yasunari Iwata, which will continue the task until the end of the season.[53] As per usual, Buena Vista placing herself at the back and spurting at the end, catching Lady Alba Rosa but failed to overtake previous year triple tiara winner horse, Apapane and finished second.[54]
Buena Vista became the first favourite and most voted horse for Takarazuka Kinen for second successive year with approximately 100,000 votes being polled this time.[55] The bad luck continued as she finished second behind Earnestly by one and a half length behind.[56] Later in the autumn season, Buena Vista failed to defend her Tenno Sho (Autumn) reign where she finished fourth, three-quarters of a length behind the winner, Tosen Jordan.[57] The trainer, Matsuda spoke about her recent declining form - "The horse was a little out of sorts. I think he'll do better next time".[57] The place for the slump to end would be the Japan Cup, where Buena Vista came second last year due to demotion. This year, Buena Vista was second favourite behind a German horse, Danedream. She got off to a good start and moved outside, battled one on one with Tosen Jordan before reached the line first and redeemed her mishap in the previous year.[58] Iwata, Matsuda and her stablehand, Keiji Yamaguchi were in tears after the win and the loud chant of "Iwata!" roaring at the Tokyo Racecourse that day.[59]
Not long after the win, the team decided that Buena Vista last race would be the Arima Kinen.[60] She was the first favourite of the race with 110,000 fans voted for her to win.[61] She started from the inside gate and entered the straightaway in a good position in third place, but showed no signs of accelerating and fell back. She finished seventh, her first time missing the board (the racecourse electronic board) in Japan.[62] The retirement ceremony being held soon after, in front of 60,000 fans on the Nakayama that day with Buena Vista wore a sash that she got from the Japan Cup win.[63] Matsuda spoke about Buena Vista's career in whole - "I'm just relieved she ran and came back without any incident. She has give us some wonderful memories.".[64] Even with a shaky season than usual, Buena Vista strived to win the best filly and mare award for fourth year straight where she won another JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare for second successive year in a row with 277 votes out of possible 285 journalists.[65]
Race Statistics
Buena Vista raced in 23 races in which she won 9 races (including 6 Group 1 wins), finished runner-up in 8 races, and third place in 3 races. This data available is based on JBIS search,[66] netkeiba.com.[67] and racingpost.com.[68][69] The races are considered all weather.
| Date | Racecourse | Race | Grade | Distance (condition) |
Entry | HN | Odds (Favored) |
Finish | Time | Margins | Jockey | Winner (Runner-up) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Oct 26 | Kyoto | 2YO Newcomer | 1,800 m (Firm) | 11 | 4 | 2.3 (1) | 3rd | 1:52.0 | 0.3 | Katsumi Ando | Unrivaled | |
| Nov 15 | Kyoto | 2YO Maiden | 1,600 m (Firm) | 14 | 4 | 1.2 (1) | 1st | 1:34.9 | –0.5 | Katsumi Ando | (Happy Parade) | |
| Dec 14 | Hanshin | Hanshin Juvenile Fillies | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 18 | 13 | 2.2 (1) | 1st | 1:35.2 | –0.4 | Katsumi Ando | (Danon Berbere) |
| 2009 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Mar 7 | Hanshin | Tulip Sho | 3 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 13 | 5 | 1.1 (1) | 1st | 1:36.5 | –0.2 | Katsumi Ando | (Sakura Mimosa) |
| Apr 12 | Hanshin | Oka Sho | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 18 | 9 | 1.2 (1) | 1st | 1:34.0 | –0.1 | Katsumi Ando | (Red Desire) |
| May 24 | Tokyo | Yushun Himba | 1 | 2,400 m (Firm) | 17 | 7 | 1.4 (1) | 1st | 2:26.1 | 0.0 | Katsumi Ando | (Red Desire) |
| Aug 23 | Sapporo | Sapporo Kinen | 2 | 2,000 m (Firm) | 16 | 11 | 1.5 (1) | 2nd | 2:00.7 | 0.0 | Katsumi Ando | Yamanin Kingly |
| Oct 18 | Kyoto | Shuka Sho | 1 | 2,000 m (Firm) | 18 | 3 | 1.8 (1) | 3rd* | 1:58.2 | 0.0 | Katsumi Ando | Red Desire |
| Nov 15 | Kyoto | QE II Cup | 1 | 2,200 m (Firm) | 18 | 16 | 1.6 (1) | 3rd | 2:13.9 | 0.3 | Katsumi Ando | Queen Spumante |
| Dec 27 | Nakayama | Arima Kinen | 1 | 2,500 m (Firm) | 16 | 2 | 3.4 (2) | 2nd | 2:30.1 | 0.1 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Dream Journey |
| 2010 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 20 | Kyoto | Kyoto Kinen | 2 | 2,200 m (Firm) | 13 | 13 | 1.5 (1) | 1st | 2:14.4 | –0.1 | Norihiro Yokoyama | (Jaguar Mail) |
| Mar 27 | Meydan | Dubai Sheema Classic | 1 | 2,410 m (Firm) | 16 | 10 | 6/1 (1) | 2nd | 2:31.8 | 0.2 | Olivier Peslier | Dar Re Mi |
| May 16 | Tokyo | Victoria Mile | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 18 | 11 | 1.5 (1) | 1st | 1:32.4 | 0.0 | Norihiro Yokoyama | (Hikaru Amaranthus) |
| Jun 27 | Hanshin | Takarazuka Kinen | 1 | 2,200 m (Good) | 17 | 8 | 2.4 (1) | 2nd | 2:13.1 | 0.0 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Nakayama Festa |
| Oct 31 | Tokyo | Tenno Sho (Autumn) | 1 | 2,000 m (Good) | 18 | 2 | 2.2 (1) | 1st | 1:58.2 | –0.3 | Christophe Soumillon | (Pelusa) |
| Nov 28 | Tokyo | Japan Cup | 1 | 2,400 m (Firm) | 18 | 16 | 1.9 (1) | 2nd** | 2:24.9 | –0.3 | Christophe Soumillon | Rose Kingdom |
| Dec 26 | Nakayama | Arima Kinen | 1 | 2,500 m (Firm) | 15 | 7 | 1.7 (1) | 2nd | 2:32.6 | 0.0 | Christophe Soumillon | Victoire Pisa |
| 2011 – five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Mar 26 | Meydan | Dubai World Cup | 1 | 2,000 m (Firm) | 14 | 13 | 7/1 (3) | 8th | 2:06.8 | 0.9 | Ryan Moore | Victoire Pisa |
| May 15 | Tokyo | Victoria Mile | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 17 | 13 | 1.5 (1) | 2nd | 1:31.9 | 0.0 | Yasunari Iwata | Apapane |
| Jun 26 | Hanshin | Takarazuka Kinen | 1 | 2,200 m (Firm) | 16 | 8 | 2.8 (1) | 2nd | 2:10.3 | 0.2 | Yasunari Iwata | Earnestly |
| Oct 30 | Tokyo | Tenno Sho (Autumn) | 1 | 2,000 m (Firm) | 18 | 5 | 2.8 (1) | 4th | 1:56.4 | 0.3 | Yasunari Iwata | Tosen Jordan |
| Nov 27 | Tokyo | Japan Cup | 1 | 2,400 m (Firm) | 16 | 2 | 3.4 (2) | 1st | 2:24.2 | 0.0 | Yasunari Iwata | (Tosen Jordan) |
| Dec 25 | Nakayama | Arima Kinen | 1 | 2,500 m (Firm) | 13 | 1 | 3.2 (2) | 7th | 2:36.5 | 0.5 | Yasunari Iwata | Orfevre |
- * Finished second but demoted to third due to interference with Broad Street
- ** Finished first but demoted to second due to interference with Rose Kingdom
Legend:
Turf
Dirt
Breeding career
On January 5, 2012, she was removed from the JRA racehorse registration list and became a broodmare at Northern Farm in Abira, Hokkaido.[70] She was stalled next to her mother, Biwa Heidi.[71] As of 2025, none of the Buena Vista's foal won the graded races yet where the best one recently are Social Club and Tantalus which both raking 4 wins in their career.[72]
In popular culture
An anthropomorphized depiction of Buena Vista appears in the Umamusume: Pretty Derby multimedia franchise, voice-acted by seiyuu Fūka Izumi.[73]
Pedigree
| Sire Special Week (JPN) 1995 |
Sunday Silence (USA) 1986 |
Halo | Hail to Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmah | |||
| Wishing Well | Understanding | ||
| Mountain Flower | |||
| Campaign Girl (JPN) 1987 |
Maruzensky | Nijinsky II | |
| Shill | |||
| Lady Shiraoki | Saint Crespin | ||
| Miss Ashiyagawa | |||
| Dam Biwa Heidi (JPN) 1993 |
Caerleon (USA) 1980 |
Nijinsky II | Northern Dancer |
| Flaming Page | |||
| Foreseer | Round Table | ||
| Regal Gleam | |||
| Aghsan (IRE) 1985 |
Lord Gayle | Sir Gaylord | |
| Sticky Case | |||
| Santa Luciana | Luciano | ||
| Uleika (Family: 16-c) |
Notes
1.^ Hanshin Juvenile Fillies only restricted to fillies in 1991.[74]
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External links
- Buena Vista Pedigree
- Buena Vista racing stats (in Japanese)