Rose Kingdom was a dark bay Japanese stallion of the late 2000s and early 2010s, bred by Northern Farm and raced throughout his career in the colours of Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. Trained at Ritto by Kojiro Hashiguchi, he developed into a high-class middle-distance performer and a major winner on one of Japan’s strongest stages. He was foaled on 10 May 2007 and retired with a record of 25 starts for 6 wins, 2 seconds and 3 thirds, earning ¥694,668,000.
He was notably well bred: by King Kamehameha out of Rosebud, a daughter of Sunday Silence. That made him part of a deep Northern Farm family, with siblings including Rosen Konig, Rosa Blanca and Rose Republic. The blend of King Kamehameha and Sunday Silence blood gave Rose Kingdom a pedigree that matched the lofty expectations surrounding a Sunday Racing runner, and he would justify much of that promise on the track.
Rose Kingdom first made his name as a top juvenile. In 2009 he won the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes and then the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes, a campaign that earned him the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt. That championship marked him out early as one of the leading colts of his generation, and it established the upward arc that would carry into his classic-season racing.
At three, he added the Kobe Shimbun Hai and then secured the biggest victory of his career in the 2010 Japan Cup, a Group 1 success that defines his place in the record books. Winning the Japan Cup gave Rose Kingdom lasting historical weight, as that race stands among Japan’s most prestigious international events. He remained a durable presence beyond his three-year-old season as well, adding the Kyoto Daishoten in 2011 and showing the consistency to compete at a high level across multiple campaigns.
His career combined early championship honours with elite open-age success, a valuable mix for a Japanese colt entering retirement. Rose Kingdom was later syndicated, with netkeiba listing 40 shares at ¥2.00 million each, reflecting the commercial regard in which he was held. Even in a fiercely competitive era, his profile remains easy to recognise: a top two-year-old, a Japan Cup winner, and a horse from a major modern Japanese family who carried the Northern Farm, Sunday Racing and Hashiguchi partnership to the highest level.
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