Agnes Flora

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Agnes Flora
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Agnes Flora at the Oka Sho
SireRoyal Ski
Grandsire Raja Baba
DamAgnes Lady
DamsireRemand
SexMare
FoaledJune 18, 1987
DiedAugust 8, 2005(2005-08-08) (aged 18)
Country Japan
Color Bay
BreederTakao Watanabe
OwnerTakao Watanabe
Earnings¥160,484,400
Major wins
Oka Sho (1990)
Awards
1990 JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly
Last updated on 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]

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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.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Agnes Flora
Sire
Royal Ski

1974

Raja Baba

1968

Bold Ruler Nasrullah
Miss Disco
Missy Baba My Babu
Uvira
Coz Onijinsky

1969

InvolvementIntent
Lea Lane
GleamTournoi
Flaring Top
Dam
Agnes Lady

1976

Remand

1965

Alcide Alycidon
Chenille
Admonish Palestine
Warning
Ikoma Eikan

1967

Sallymount Tudor Minstrel
Queen of Shiraz
Heatherlands Tenerani
Dark Brocane

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References

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