Jantar Mantar (horse)
| Jantar Mantar ジャンタルマンタル | |
|---|---|
2024 NHK Mile Cup | |
| Sire | Palace Malice[1] |
| Grandsire | Curlin[1] |
| Dam | India Mantuana[1] |
| Damsire | Wilburn[1] |
| Sex | Colt[1] |
| Foaled | March 21, 2021[1] |
| Country | Japan[1] |
| Color | Dark Bay[1] |
| Breeder | Shadai Farm[1] |
| Owner | Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd.[2] |
| Trainer | Tomokazu Takano[2] |
| Record | 10:6-2-1[2] |
| Earnings | 712,498,000 JPY[3] |
| Major wins | |
| Daily Hai Nisai Stakes (2023) Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2023) NHK Mile Cup (2024) Yasuda Kinen (2025) Mile Championship (2025) | |
| Awards | |
| JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt (2023)[4] | |
| Last updated on November 23, 2025 | |
Jantar Mantar (Japanese: ジャンタルマンタル, foaled March 21, 2021) is an active Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse.[1][2] His major wins include the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes, the NHK Mile Cup, the Yasuda Kinen, and the Mile Championship.
He was named after Jantar Mantar, an astronomical observatory in India.[3] He was awarded the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt for 2023.[4]
Racing career
2023: two-year-old season
Jantar Mantar debuted at the Kyoto Racecourse on October 8, 2023, in a two-year-old newcomer race on turf at a distance of 1,800 meters. Ridden by Katsuma Sameshima, he was the second favored horse. After settling in a good position from the start of the race, he broke away at the final stretch to win by two and a half horse lengths over Keep Calm.[5]
On December 17, he made his first grade one stakes race debut at the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at Hanshin Racecourse. Ridden by Yuga Kawada, he was the most favored horse to win the race. Settling near the rail at the middle of the pack early on, he moved up near the front by the fourth corner as the race progressed. Then at the final straight, he quickly broke away from the pack and successfully held off the fast-finishing Ecoro Walz to win the race and clinch his first grade one win.[6][7]
2024: three-year-old season
Jantar Mantar made his three-year-old season debut at the Kyodo Tsushin Hai, moving back up to a distance of 1,800 meters at Tokyo Racecourse. He settled in midfield throughout the race but failed to chase down Justin Milano, who moved up early, finishing second place.[8]
Two months later, he once again moved up in distance to race at the Satsuki Shō (Japanese 2000 Guineas) over 2,000 meters at Nakayama Racecourse. After surviving through the grueling fast pace set by Meisho Tabaru, he moved up to the front early in the final stretch but was overtaken by the fast-finishing Justin Milano and Cosmo Kuranda and ended up in third place.[9][10]
Three weeks later, he dropped down in distance to a mile to race at the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse. He broke off well from the gates and settled in a good position up front. In the final straight, he pulled away from the pack and maintained the lead to win the race, holding off Ascoli Piceno.[11] After the race, he was set up for Fuji Stakes but forced to withdrawn after contacted a fever.[12] He was invited to ran in Hong Kong Mile next but due to lengthen rest period and just recovered from the fever, he ran poorly, got hit by horses on both sides and finished in disappointing 13th.[13]
2025: four-year-old season
He returned to training centre on May in order to prepare for Yasuda Kinen.[14] During the race, Jantar Mantar was quick out of the gate and raced prominently in third behind Mad Cool. His jockey, Yuga Kawada then started to accelerate after the 400 meter pole, then gained much speed for the lead 100 meters before the line and maintained that position to win by one and a half length margin to the second place finisher, Gaia Force.[15] This is the first occasion where the NHK Mile Cup winner also won the Yasuda Kinen.[16] His owner registered him on Prix Jacques le Marois and Prix du Moulin de Longchamp but later cancelled the trip and prepared for the race he missed last year due to fever, the Fuji Stakes.[17][18] Jantar Mantar ran well in this race but at 400 meters to the line, Gaia Force got the better of him and won the race over him.[19]
This result qualified him for the second major mile races in Japan, the Mile Championship. In the race, Toshin Macau flew out early from the start and set up a tremendous pace and Jantar Mantar stayed mostly on third position. As the pace setter weakened from his early efforts, Jantar Mantar hit the stretch in good striking position, easily snatched the lead 300 meters out and pulled away convincingly to a one and three quarters-length victory again over Gaia Force who finished second.[20] He became the first horse to swept all four Japanese mile race that available for colts and finished the deed in this race by setting the new track record.[21] He also became the ninth horse after Nihon Pillow Winner, North Flight, Taiki Shuttle, Air Jihad, Daiwa Major, Maurice, Indy Champ and Gran Alegria to sweep both the Yasuda Kinen (spring mile race) and the Mile Championship (autumn mile race) in the same season.[22]
Racing statistics
The statistics below are based on data available on JBIS Search,[23] and NetKeiba.[24]
| Date | Track | Race | Grade | Distance (Condition) |
Entry | HN | Odds (Favored) |
Finish | Time | Margins | Jockey | Winner (Runner-up) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Oct 8 | Kyoto | 2yo Newcomer | 1,800 m (Firm) | 12 | 3 | 5.2 (2) | 1st | 1:47.4 | -0.4 | Katsuma Sameshima | (Keep Calm) | |
| Nov 11 | Kyoto | Daily Hai 2yo S | 2 | 1,600 m (Good) | 11 | 2 | 3.9 (1) | 1st | 1:34.5 | -0.3 | Katsuma Sameshima | (Enya Love Faith) |
| Dec 17 | Hanshin | Asahi Hai FS | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 17 | 3 | 2.7 (1) | 1st | 1:33.8 | -0.1 | Yuga Kawada | (Ecoro Walz) |
| 2024 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 11 | Tokyo | Kyodo Tsushin Hai | 3 | 1,800 m (Firm) | 10 | 9 | 2.5 (1) | 2nd | 1:48.2 | 0.2 | Yuga Kawada | Justin Milano |
| Apr 14 | Nakayama | Satsuki Shō | 1 | 2,000 m (Firm) | 17 | 8 | 6.1 (3) | 3rd | 1:57.2 | 0.1 | Yuga Kawada | Justin Milano |
| May 5 | Tokyo | NHK Mile Cup | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 18 | 16 | 2.9 (2) | 1st | 1:32.4 | -0.4 | Yuga Kawada | (Ascoli Piceno) |
| Dec 8 | Sha Tin | Hong Kong Mile | 1 | 1,600 m (Good) | 14 | 12 | 10.0 (4) | 13th | 1:34.80 | 1.46 | Yuga Kawada | Voyage Bubble |
| 2025 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jun 8 | Tokyo | Yasuda Kinen | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 18 | 10 | 4.3 (2) | 1st | 1:32.7 | -0.2 | Yuga Kawada | (Gaia Force) |
| Oct 18 | Tokyo | Fuji Stakes | 2 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 14 | 14 | 1.9 (1) | 2nd | 1:31.8 | 0.1 | Yuga Kawada | Gaia Force |
| Nov 23 | Kyoto | Mile Championship | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 18 | 15 | 1.8 (1) | 1st | 1:31.3 | -0.3 | Yuga Kawada | (Gaia Force) |
Legend:
Turf
Pedigree
| Sire Palace Malice (USA) b. 2010 |
Curlin ch. 2004 |
Smart Strike (CAN) | Mr. Prospector (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classy 'n Smart | |||
| Sherriff's Deputy | Deputy Minister (CAN) | ||
| Barbarika | |||
| Palace Rumour b. 2003 |
Royal Anthem | Theatrical (IRE) | |
| In Neon | |||
| Whisperifyoudare | Red Ransom | ||
| Stellar Affair | |||
| Dam India Mantuana (USA) dk. b. 2014 |
Wilburn b. 2008 |
Bernardini | A.P. Indy |
| Cara Rafaela | |||
| Moonlight Sonata | Carson City | ||
| Wheatly Way | |||
| Speed Wagon blk. 2003 |
Tomorrows Cat | Storm Cat | |
| Tomorrow's Child | |||
| Rajica | El Baba | ||
| Brassica (Family: 9-e)[26] |
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