Agnes Flora Explained

Horsename:Agnes Flora
Sire:Royal Ski
Grandsire:Raja Baba
Dam:Agnes Lady
Damsire:Remand
Sex:Mare
Foaled:June 18, 1987
Country:Japan
Color:Bay
Breeder:Takao Watanabe
Owner:Takao Watanabe
Earnings:¥160,484,400
Wins:Oka Sho (1990)
Awards:1990 JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly
Updated:2023-01-20

Agnes Flora (born June 18, 1987 - August 8, 2005)[1] by Royal Ski, and out of Agnes Lady at Masayoshi Orite was a bay racehorse who won the Oka Sho in Japan. She is also known as the dam of Agnes Flight and Agnes Tachyon, the former a Derby winner and the latter the Leading Sire of Japan in 2008.[2] [3]

Life and career

Agnes Flora was a bay mare by Royal Ski, and out of Agnes Lady. She was mostly known for her major win at the Oka Sho carrying four hundred and fifty-two pounds.[4] She also won the Tulip Sho and Elfin Stakes in Japan. In 1990, Agnes Flora won the JRA Award for "Best Three-Year-Old Filly."

She was retired from racing soon after coming in second place behind Eishin Sunny at the Yushun Himba in 1990 after developing symptoms of tendonitis while in the process of recovering from a cracked bone.

Flora died on August 8, 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agnes Flora history . 20 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Agnes Flight(JPN) JBIS-Search . 2023-01-20 . www.jbis.jp.
  3. Web site: Agnes Tachyon(JPN) JBIS-Search . 2023-01-20 . www.jbis.jp.
  4. Web site: JBIS for Agnes Flora . 3 February 2017.