Symboli Kris S (シンボリクリスエス) was a dark bay Japanese stallion of the early 2000s, bred by Takahiro Wada and raced in the colors of Symboli Stud. Foaled on 21 January 1999, he was trained at Miho by Kazuo Fujisawa and developed into one of the era’s defining JRA performers. By the American sire Kris S. out of Tee Kay, a daughter of Gold Meridian, he brought an international pedigree into top-class Japanese competition and later retired to stud.
His race record stood at 15 starts for 8 wins, and his earnings reached ¥984,724,000. Symboli Kris S first announced himself as a major talent in 2002, winning the Aoba Sho and Kobe Shimbun Hai before rising to the highest level in autumn. That season he captured the Tenno Sho (Autumn) and then the Arima Kinen, a year that established him as a genuine championship horse rather than simply a promising classic-generation runner.
If 2002 made him elite, 2003 secured his historical place. Symboli Kris S returned to win the Tenno Sho (Autumn) again, becoming the first horse in history to take that race twice. Contemporary accounts highlight the way he moved to the inside and accelerated clear, winning by a length and a half for his third G1 success. He followed up by winning the Arima Kinen for the second straight year, giving him back-to-back victories in two of Japan’s most prestigious autumn prizes and confirming his reputation as a powerful late-running top-level horse.
His 2003 campaign also included another appearance in the Japan Cup, where he finished third behind Tap Dance City in a race remembered for the winner’s record margin. Even so, the broader shape of Symboli Kris S’s career was one of remarkable consistency at the very top, and he was recognized with the JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse in 2003. Across just two seasons at peak level, he built a résumé that combined major-race repeatability with a rare capacity to dominate the autumn championship scene.
After retirement, Symboli Kris S entered stud duty, extending the influence of a horse already closely associated with the Symboli name. He died on 8 December 2020. He remains especially remembered for consecutive victories in both the Tenno Sho (Autumn) and Arima Kinen, achievements that made him one of the standout Japanese racehorses of his generation.