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Rhein Kraft
Rhein Kraft (Rain Kurafuto, ラインクラフト) is a Junior Division Uma Musume whose polished name and poised presence carry an understated dramatic force. Yet the affectionate Kraft, Kuu-chan, and Kuu-chan-senpai soften that sleek impression, making her memorable as someone who can inspire both admiration and familiarity.
A resident of Ritto Dorm, Rhein Kraft stands at 157 cm, with measurements of B85-W55-H83 and shoe sizes of L23.5 cm / R23 cm. Then comes the stat that sweeps formality off its feet: her weight is recorded simply as “Soft and fluffy.” Amid the precise numbers, that charming flourish gives her profile an unexpectedly playful finish.
Her manner of address is equally composed. Rhein Kraft uses Watashi for herself and calls her mentor Trainer-san—simple, respectful choices that match her refined image. Born on April 4, she is voiced by Nanae Kojima, whose performance brings her place in the cast to life.
The name most tightly entwined with Rhein Kraft’s profile is Cesario. They share a room in Ritto Dorm and are listed as stablemates, yet Cesario also stands among Rhein Kraft’s rivals—a striking intersection of proximity and competition. Air Messiah and Daring Heart complete her documented rival circle, while King Halo and Fusaichi Pandora are also named among her related Uma Musume.
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Latest: VICTORIA MILE · 2006-05-14
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Latest: SANKEISPORTS HAI HANSHIN HIMBA STAKES · 2005-12-18
Latest: MILE CHAMPIONSHIP · 2005-11-20
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Rhein Kraft (ラインクラフト) was a top-class Japanese bay mare whose brief career was defined by consecutive top-level mile victories in the 2005 Oka Sho and NHK Mile Cup. Bred by Northern Farm, owned by Shigemasa Osawa and trained by Tsutomu Setoguchi, she won six of 13 starts and earned ¥505,630,000 before her death at only four years old.
Career at a glance
Track record
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Finished 1st · G1 · at Hanshin · over 1600m · Hanshin (JP)
Finished 1st · G1 · at Tokyo · over 1600m · Tokyo (JP)
Finished 1st · G2 · at Hanshin · over 1400m · Hanshin (JP)
At a glance
Origins and pedigree
Foaled in Japan on 4 April 2002, Rhein Kraft was bred by Northern Farm. She was by End Sweep, a son of Forty Niner, and out of Must Be Loved, whose sire was Sunday Silence. Her pedigree therefore brought together the lines of two influential American-bred stallions: Forty Niner through her sire and Sunday Silence through her dam.
Must Be Loved also produced several other runners identified within the family, including Admire Royal, Brautlied and Danon Masters. Admire Royal later became a Group 3 winner in the 2013 Procyon Stakes, but Rhein Kraft was the family’s outstanding racecourse performer, with two Group 1 victories and more than ¥500 million in earnings.
Rhein Kraft raced for Shigemasa Osawa from Tsutomu Setoguchi’s Ritto stable. Yuichi Fukunaga rode her throughout the recorded races of her career, forming the constant partnership behind her rise from a successful two-year-old to one of Japan’s leading three-year-old fillies.
Career at a glance
- Foaled: 4 April 2002
- Sex and colour: Bay mare
- Breeder: Northern Farm
- Owner: Shigemasa Osawa
- Trainer: Tsutomu Setoguchi
- Record: 13 starts, 6 wins, 3 seconds and 2 thirds
- Earnings: ¥505,630,000
- Group 1 wins: Oka Sho and NHK Mile Cup, both in 2005
- Other major wins: Fantasy Stakes, Fillies’ Revue and Hanshin Himba Stakes
- Principal distance: One mile
Racing career
An immediate impact at two
Rhein Kraft began racing at Kyoto on 16 October 2004, contesting a 1,400-metre turf event on good going. Ridden by Fukunaga, she won a field of 16, with Rusunai of Sakura finishing second. The performance sent her directly into stakes company.
Only three weeks later, she returned over the same course, surface and distance for the Group 3 Fantasy Stakes. She again prevailed, this time defeating Monroe Blond in a 13-runner field. Two victories from her first two starts had established her as a significant juvenile prospect before she had raced beyond 1,400 metres.
Her first attempt at a mile—and at Group 1 level—came in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on 5 December. Rhein Kraft finished third among 18 runners behind Shonan Peintre. Although it ended her unbeaten sequence, the placing demonstrated that her early speed could carry into stronger company over 1,600 metres.
She completed 2004 with two wins and a third from three appearances, earning ¥54,641,000. More importantly, she entered her classic season already proven as both a graded-stakes winner and a Group 1-placed filly.
Spring of 2005: from trial winner to classic winner
Rhein Kraft returned at Hanshin on 13 March 2005 in the Group 2 Fillies’ Revue, a 1,400-metre preparatory race. She defeated Daring Heart in a field of 15, recording her third victory at that distance and confirming her position among the leading candidates for the Oka Sho.
The Oka Sho on 10 April was her first defining achievement. Facing 17 rivals over 1,600 metres at Hanshin, she started from draw 17 and defeated Cesario to win the Japanese 1000 Guineas. Daring Heart and Air Messiah were also in the field. The result gave Rhein Kraft her first Group 1 title and established her at the head of a notably strong group of three-year-old fillies.
Rather than move immediately beyond a mile, she next contested the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo on 8 May. Run over 1,600 metres against a field of 18, the race again ended with Rhein Kraft in front, this time with Daring Heart second. Her successive victories in the Oka Sho and NHK Mile Cup made the mile the defining distance of her career: she had now won two Group 1 races over the trip at different courses within four weeks.
Those two victories formed the centrepiece of her reputation. The Oka Sho established her among the best fillies of her generation, while the NHK Mile Cup confirmed that her quality extended beyond a race restricted to fillies.
Autumn challenges over 2,000 metres
Rhein Kraft’s autumn campaign brought a change in emphasis as she was tested over 2,000 metres. She returned in the Group 2 Rose Stakes at Hanshin on 18 September and finished second to Air Messiah. It was her first recorded start beyond a mile and showed that she remained highly competitive over the longer distance.
The same two fillies met again in the Group 1 Shuka Sho at Kyoto on 16 October. Air Messiah again prevailed, with Rhein Kraft runner-up in the 18-runner field. Although Rhein Kraft did not add a third Group 1 title, her second-place finishes in both the Rose Stakes and Shuka Sho demonstrated her ability to sustain top-level form outside her established mile programme.
She returned to 1,600 metres for the Mile Championship at Kyoto on 20 November. Competing against broader company, she finished third behind Hat Trick in a field of 17. It was another major placing over her strongest distance and added depth to a campaign already distinguished by two Group 1 wins and two important seconds over 2,000 metres.
Her season concluded with fourth place behind Admire Groove in the Hanshin Himba Stakes on 18 December. Across seven starts in 2005, she recorded three wins, two seconds and a third, earning ¥356,027,000. That single season supplied the majority of her lifetime prize-money and remains the foundation of her historical standing.
Defining races
2005 Oka Sho
The Oka Sho was the decisive transition from promise to classic success. Rhein Kraft arrived as the Fantasy Stakes and Fillies’ Revue winner but still needed to convert that form into victory over a mile at the highest level. Starting from an outside draw in a field of 18, she defeated Cesario and secured her first Group 1 win.
The result was especially significant because the field included several fillies who would remain central to her career. Air Messiah later defeated her twice over 2,000 metres, while Daring Heart had already followed her home in the Fillies’ Revue and would do so again in the NHK Mile Cup.
2005 NHK Mile Cup
The NHK Mile Cup confirmed that the Oka Sho was not an isolated peak. At Tokyo, Rhein Kraft faced another 18-runner field and again won over 1,600 metres, defeating Daring Heart.
Coming only 28 days after the Oka Sho, the victory completed an exceptional spring double. It also fixed her public identity as a first-rate miler: both of her Group 1 successes came over 1,600 metres, and she later placed third in the Mile Championship.
2005 Shuka Sho
The Shuka Sho represented a different kind of test. Rhein Kraft had already been beaten by Air Messiah in the Rose Stakes, but she again challenged that rival over 2,000 metres in the final fillies’ classic of the autumn.
Air Messiah won, with Rhein Kraft second. The defeat prevented Rhein Kraft from adding another classic-level prize, yet it showed that her capabilities were not confined rigidly to shorter races. She finished first or second in both of her 2,000-metre starts, even though the mile remained the distance around which her strongest achievements were built.
2006 Hanshin Himba Stakes
Rhein Kraft began her four-year-old season by dropping to 1,200 metres for the Group 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo on 26 March. She finished second to Orewa Matteruze among 18 runners, demonstrating high-level competitiveness at a sprint distance.
Thirteen days later she contested the Group 2 Hanshin Himba Stakes over 1,400 metres. Rhein Kraft defeated Air Messiah, reversing the order from their two autumn meetings in 2005 and recording her first victory as an older mare. The win also gave her major successes at 1,400 and 1,600 metres, alongside Group 1 placings at both 1,200 and 2,000 metres.
Final season and legacy
Rhein Kraft’s last race was the Victoria Mile at Tokyo on 14 May 2006. Competing over 1,600 metres on good-to-soft turf, she finished ninth behind Dance in the Mood. Her three-start season had nevertheless included a Group 1 second and victory in the Hanshin Himba Stakes, contributing ¥94,962,000 to her career earnings.
She died on 18 August 2006, aged four, from what was reported as a heart attack. Her early death meant that there would be no broodmare career through which to extend her influence. Her legacy rests entirely on 13 racecourse appearances compressed into less than two years.
That record was substantial: six wins, five further placings and earnings of ¥505,630,000. She won major races in each of her three seasons, progressed from the Fantasy Stakes as a juvenile to two Group 1 mile victories at three, and returned at four to win the Hanshin Himba Stakes. Her range included a Group 1 second over 1,200 metres and two seconds over 2,000 metres, but her consecutive victories in the Oka Sho and NHK Mile Cup remain the clearest expression of her class.
Rhein Kraft’s short life left a concentrated sporting legacy: a Northern Farm-bred mare who rose quickly, repeatedly met the best of her generation and established herself as one of the outstanding Japanese female milers of the mid-2000s.
Sources
- netkeiba: Rhein Kraft profile
- JBIS-Search: Rhein Kraft
- Wikipedia: Rhein Kraft
- netkeiba: 2004 Fantasy Stakes
- netkeiba: 2005 Fillies’ Revue
- netkeiba: 2005 Oka Sho
- netkeiba: 2005 NHK Mile Cup
- netkeiba: 2005 Rose Stakes
- https://en.netkeiba.com/db/race/200408040303/
- https://en.netkeiba.com/db/race/200409050211/
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| Date | Race | Grade | Course | Going | Dist | Pos | Draw | Jockey | Wgt | SP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-05-14 |
VICTORIA MILE
|
G1 | Tokyo (JP) | Good to Soft | 1600 m | 9 | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 55.0 kg | 2.4 | 1:34.8 |
| 2006-04-08 |
SANKEISPORTS HAI HANSHIN HIMBA STAKES
|
G2 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 1400 m | 1 | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 57.0 kg | 1.7 | 1:21.2 |
| 2006-03-26 |
TAKAMATSUNOMIYA KINEN
|
G1 | Chukyo (JP) | Good | 1200 m | 2 | 14 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 55.0 kg | 4.7 | 1:08.0 |
| 2005-12-18 |
SANKEISPORTS HAI HANSHIN HIMBA STAKES
|
G2 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 1600 m | 4 | 2 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 56.0 kg | 1.6 | 1:35.1 |
| 2005-11-20 |
MILE CHAMPIONSHIP
|
G1 | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 1600 m | 3 | 1 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 54.0 kg | 6.9 | 1:32.3 |
| 2005-10-16 |
SHUKA SHO
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G1 | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 2 | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 55.0 kg | 1.8 | 1:59.2 |
| 2005-09-18 |
KANSAI TELECASTING CORP.SHO ROSE STAKES
|
G2 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 2 | 10 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 54.0 kg | 2.2 | 2:00.2 |
| 2005-05-08 |
NHK MILE CUP
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G1 | Tokyo (JP) | Good | 1600 m | 1 | 12 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 55.0 kg | 3.9 | 1:33.6 |
| 2005-04-10 |
OKA SHO (JAPANESE 1000 GUINEAS)
|
G1 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 1600 m | 1 | 17 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 55.0 kg | 4.6 | 1:33.5 |
| 2005-03-13 |
HOCHI HAI FILLIES' REVUE
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G2 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 1400 m | 1 | 8 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 54.0 kg | 1.8 | 1:21.2 |
| 2004-12-05 |
HANSHIN JUVENILE FILLIES
|
G1 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 1600 m | 3 | 3 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 54.0 kg | 1.5 | 1:35.2 |
| 2004-11-07 |
KBS KYOTO SHO FANTASY STAKES
|
G3 | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 1400 m | 1 | 3 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 54.0 kg | 2.7 | 1:21.6 |
| 2004-10-16 |
2yo DBT
|
Maiden | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 1400 m | 1 | 7 | Yuichi Fukunaga | 54.0 kg | 5.3 | 1:21.8 |
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