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Agnes Digital
アグネスデジタル
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Agnes Digital and jockey Hirofumi Shii, winning the 2001 Hong Kong Cup
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Romaji	Agunesu Dejitaru
Foaled	May 15, 1997
Died	December 08, 2021
Sire	Crafty Prospector (USA)
Dam	Chancey Squaw (USA)
Sex	Stallion
Color	Chestnut
Trainer	Toshiaki Shirai
Race Record	32: 12-5-4
Earnings	948,892,700 JPY
Major wins
Zen-Nippon Sansai Yushun (1999) Nagoya Yushun (2000) Unicorn Stakes (2000) Mile Championship (2000) Nippon TV Hai (2001) Mile Championship Nambu Hai (2001) Tenno Sho (Autumn) (2001) Hong Kong Cup (2001) February Stakes (2002) Yasuda Kinen (2003)

A True Hero Doesn't Choose Their Battlefield

A True Hero Doesn't Choose Their Battlefield

Across 3 countries and 11 racetracks,
The titles you've won is unparalleled,
Allowing no rivals to follow your footsteps.

Overcoming barriers on both turf and dirt,
even crossing national borders,
you've flown the champion's flag with courage.

Every one of your unprecedented milestones you've carved out will shine forever.
Hero's Biography 54

Agnes Digital was an American-bred, Japanese-trained racehorse that was active from 1999 to 2003. Known for his performances on both dirt and turf in both domestic and international races, Japanese fans gave him the nickname "Weirdo" (変態), due to his unusual selection of races and victories.

Name Origin

Crown name "Agnes" from owner Takao Watanabe.

Racing career

Before debut

While on a trip to Kentucky in the United States, trainer Toshiaki Shirai found Agnes Digital at a local breeder's farm known as Runnymede Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Agnes Digital was a small and thin horse, causing local breeders to ask the trainer why he chose him to bring to Japan. Shirai replied "I looked at 60 horses, but this one I liked the most."

2 year old season (1999)

On September 12th, Agnes Digital would begin his career in a Newcomer debut race at Hanshin Racecourse over 1400 meters on dirt, but would finish a distant 2nd place. He would have his maiden win a month later over 1200 meters dirt, before running again a week later in the Momiji Stakes, a 1200 meter race over turf. Due to the short turnaround and change in surface, Digital would finish way off in 8th place. Digital would run again on November 7th in the Mochinoki Sho allowance race, but would finish 2nd for his 3rd defeat in 4 races.

Not satisfied with his riding, Trainer Shirai would take Yuichi Fukunaga off the mount and asked veteran jockey Hitoshi Matoba to become Digital's main jockey. Matoba, worried about how thin Agnes Digital was, said "I wonder if he'll be ok to run, having such a weak body." On November 27th, Digital would win an allowance race by 7 lengths in his first race with jockey Matoba. After the race, Matoba commented. "He's not the real deal yet, and I look forward to when he continues to grow."

On December 23rd, Agnes Digital would win his final race of the year in the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun, an NAR race at Kawasaki Racecourse. It was his first graded stakes win.

Breeding career

After his retirement, Agnes Digital moved to Big Red Farm to begin his stallion career, with his first crop debuting in 2007. Agnes Digital had modest success as a stallion, producing graded winners on both turf and dirt just like himself:

• Yamanin Kingly (2009 Sapporo Kinen, 2011 Sirius Stakes)
• Daishin Orange (2010 Antares Stakes, 2011 Heian Stakes)
• Kazenoko (2014 Japan Dirt Derby)

After being pensioned as a stallion, he would move and live out the rest of his life at Tokachi Light Horse Agricultural Cooperative Association Stud Farm in 2020. Agnes Digital would pass away on December 8th, 2021 at 24 years old, due to an accident while grazing.

Honors

• JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2001)

Relationships

Relatives

None

Race Records

Race data sourced from netkeiba.

Date	Racecourse	Race	Grade	Distance	Gate	Odds	Fav.	Fin.	Time	Margin	Jockey	Winner (Runner-Up)	Other Umamusume
1999/09/12	Hanshin	Three-Year-Old Newcomer	Maiden	D 1400m	4	2.2	2	2	1:26.6	1.1	Y.Fukunaga	Machikane Ran
1999/10/02	Hanshin	Three-Year-Old Newcomer	Maiden	D 1200m	7	1.2	1	1	1:13.0	-0.5	Y.Fukunaga	(Tsurumaru Arashi)
1999/10/09	Kyoto	Momiji Stakes	OP	T 1200m	10	9.1	7	8	1:09.7	1.2	Y.Fukunaga	End Appeal
1999/11/07	Kyoto	Mochinoki Sho	Pre-OP	D 1400m	9	4.7	1	2	1:25.1	0.0	Y.Fukunaga	Three for Niner
1999/11/27	Tokyo	Three-Year-Old Pre-OP	Pre-OP	D 1600m	1	1.8	1	1	1:38.2	-1.2	H.Matoba	(Fine Eleven)
1999/12/23	Kawasaki	Zen-Nippon Sansai Yushun	Jpn2	D 1600m	3		1	1	1:41.1	-0.5	H.Matoba	(Tsurumi Kaiun)
2000/02/20	Tokyo	Hyacinth Stakes	OP	D 1600m	11	3.5	3	3	1:37.8	1.4	H.Matoba	Nobo Jack
2000/03/12	Nakayama	Crystal Cup	G3	T 1200m	4	26.2	8	3	1:10.3	0.5	H.Matoba	Sweet Orchid
2000/04/08	Nakayama	New Zealand Trophy	G2	T 1600m	15	23.4	7	3	1:34.5	0.1	H.Matoba	Eishin Preston
2000/05/07	Tokyo	NHK Mile Cup	G1	T 1600m	4	8.0	4	7	1:34.3	0.8	H.Matoba	Eagle Cafe
2000/06/14	Nagoya	Nagoya Yushun	Jpn3	D 1900m	8		3	1	1:59.8	-0.3	H.Matoba	(Meiner Combat)
2000/07/12	Ooi	Japan Dirt Derby	Jpn1	D 2000m	7		1	14	2:09.3	2.9	H.Matoba	Meiner Combat
2000/09/30	Nakayama	Unicorn Stakes	G3	D 1800m	1	10.0	4	1	1:50.7	-0.4	H.Matoba	(Machikane Ran)
2000/10/28	Tokyo	Musashino Stakes	G3	D 1600m	11	8.3	4	2	1:35.6	0.2	H.Matoba	Sanford City
2000/11/19	Kyoto	Mile Championship	G1	T 1600m	13	55.7	13	1	1:32.6	-0.1	H.Matoba	(Daitaku Riva)	King Halo
2001/01/05	Kyoto	Kyoto Kimpai	G3	T 1600m	9	4.8	3	3	1:33.8	0.4	H.Matoba	Daitaku Riva
2001/05/13	Tokyo	Keio Hai Spring Cup	G2	T 1400m	15	8.6	4	9	1:20.7	0.6	H.Shii	Stinger
2001/06/03	Tokyo	Yasuda Kinen	G1	T 1600m	12	17.7	6	11	1:34.1	1.1	H.Shii	Black Hawk
2001/09/19	Funabashi	Nippon TV Hai	Jpn3	D 1800m	7		3	1	1:51.2	-0.7	H.Shii	(Tamamo Strong)
2001/10/08	Morioka	Mile Championship	Jpn1	D 1600m	7		1	1	1:37.7	-0.1	H.Shii	(Toho Emperor)
2001/10/28	Tokyo	Tenno Sho (Autumn)	G1	T 2000m	10	20.0	4	1	2:02.0	-0.2	H.Shii	(T.M. Opera O)	T.M. Opera O, Meisho Doto, Stay Gold
2001/12/16	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Cup	G1	T 2000m	1		2	1	2:02.8	0.0	H.Shii	(Tobougg)
2002/02/17	Tokyo	February Stakes	G1	D 1600m	9	3.5	1	1	1:35.1	-0.2	H.Shii	(Toshin Blizzard)
2002/03/23	UAE	Dubai World Cup	G1	D 2000m	1	5.1	3	6	2:03.8	2.6	H.Shii	Street Cry
2002/04/21	Hong Kong	Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Hong Kong)	G1	T 2000m	1	5.9	3	2	2:02.6	0.1	H.Shii	Eishin Preston
2003/05/01	Nagoya	Kakitsubata Kinen	Jpn3	D 1400m	3		4	4	1:25.9	0.4	H.Shii	Biwa Shinseiki
2003/06/08	Tokyo	Yasuda Kinen	G1	T 1600m	3	9.4	4	1	1:32.1	0.0	H.Shii	(Admire Max)	Dantsu Flame, Believe
2003/06/29	Hanshin	Takarazuka Kinen	G1	T 2200m	2	6.8	3	13	2:13.7	1.7	H.Shii	Hishi Miracle	Hishi Miracle, Tap Dance City, Neo Universe, Symboli Kris S, Dantsu Flame
2003/09/15	Funabashi	Nippon TV Hai	Jpn2	D 1800m	3		1	2	1:52.2	0.8	H.Shii	Star King Man
2003/10/13	Morioka	Mile Championship	Jpn1	D 1600m	7		2	5	1:37.0	1.6	H.Shii	Admire Don
2003/11/02	Tokyo	Tenno Sho (Autumn)	G1	T 2000m	11	7.9	4	17	2:00.4	2.4	H.Shii	Symboli Kris S	Symboli Kris S
2003/12/28	Nakayama	Arima Kinen	G1	T 2500m	11	17.4	7	9	2:32.8	2.3	H.Shii	Symboli Kris S	Symboli Kris S, Zenno Rob Roy, Tap Dance City

Pedigree

Horse pedigree of Agnes Digital (USA)

Sire Crafty Prospector (USA)	Mr. Prospector (USA)	Raise a Native (USA)	Native Dancer (USA)
			Raise You (USA)
		Gold Digger (USA)	Nashua (USA)
			Sequence (USA)
	Real Crafty Lady (USA)	In Reality (USA)	Intentionally (USA)
			My Dear Girl (USA)
		Princess Roycraft (USA)	Royal Note (USA)
			Crafty Princess (USA)
Dam Chancey Squaw (USA)	Chief's Crown (USA)	Danzig (USA)	Northern Dancer (CAN)
			Pas de Nom (USA)
		Six Crowns (USA)	Secretariat (USA)
			Chris Evert (USA)
	Allicance (USA)	Alleged (USA)	Hoist the Flag (USA)
			Princess Pout (USA)
		Runaway Bride (GB)	Wild Risk (FR)
			Aimee (GB), (Family: 22-d)