Mejiro McQueen

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Mejiro McQueen

JP
Race record 21 starts: 12-6-1
Race entries 21
Gallery images 13
Mejiro Mcqueen メジロマックイーン Birthday: April 3 Class: Junior Division Dorm: Ritto VA: Saori Onishi

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Mejiro McQueen carries herself with the kind of poise that makes “elegant” feel almost too small a word. A member of the Junior Division and a resident of Ritto Dorm, she gives off a polished, aristocratic air, right down to her refined self-pronoun, watakushi. Yet that stately image is balanced by the wonderfully human little details that keep her from feeling distant: she calls her mentor Trainer-san, shares a room with Ikuno Dictus, and even has the memorable official weight note, “Slight increase (making frantic adjustments!).” For all her grandeur, McQueen is not above a moment of fluster.

Mejiro McQueen was one of Japan’s standout grey champions of the late 1980s and early 1990s, a horse whose record and staying-class made him a lasting name in JRA history. Foaled on 3 April 1987 and bred in Japan by Katashi Yoshida, he raced in the colours of Mejiro Shoji and was trained by Yasuo Ikee. Over a relatively compact career, he compiled a record of 21 starts for 12 wins, 6 seconds and 1 third, with total earnings of 1,014,657,700 yen.