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Merry Nice
メリーナイス

Silks
Romaji Merii Naisu
Foaled March 22, 1984
Died March 01, 2009
Sire Kolymsky
Dam Tsuki Merry
Sex Stallion
Color Chestnut
Owner Fusako Ura
Trainer Teruo Hashimoto
Race Record 14: 5-3-0
Earnings 203,554,900 JPY
Major wins
Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (1986)
Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) (1987)
St. Lite Kinen (1987)

Merry Nice was a Japanese racehorse that active from 1986 to 1988. He was known as the "best supporting horse in the world" and won a JRA award.

Name Origin

Derived from his mother, Tsuki Merry, and "it sounded like Very Nice" according to the owner.[1]

Racing career

Two-year-old season (1986)

On August 3rd, he competed with Hokuto Helios in his debut race at Hakodate Racecourse and won. Later, on September 20th, he competed with Gold City in the Cosmos Prize (OP) at the same racecourse. He finished 4th. He finished 2nd in the Rindou Prize, but won the Icho Special (OP) at Tokyo on October 25th on Tokyo Racecourse.

On December 14, he competed with Hokuto Helios again in the Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes, and won the race. With his first G1 victory attained, he and Gold City jointly won the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt.

Three-year-old season (1987)

Early in the year, he suffered an infected injury on his right hind leg and a deep tubular spur on his left front leg, and was unable to train properly. On March 29th, he competed with Gold City in the 36th Fuji TV Spring Stakes (GII) at Nakayama. He finished 9th.

On April 19, he competed with Gold City, Hokuto Helios and Kailas Amon in the 47th Satsuki Sho (GI) at Nakayama. He finished 7th. Both of these losses were blamed on his 'lack of preparation' and imperfect condition due to the earlier injury.

In mid-May, he suffered another mild injury, a 'bruised right front leg claw' (?), which caused a fever and prevented him from exercising. However he quickly recovered, and during training, Hashimoto was able to record the fastest time in his 34 years as a trainer.

On May 31st, he competed with Gold City, Sunny Swallow and Hokuto Helios in the 54th Nippon Derby (GI), and won. After the win, he took a break throughout the summer. On September 27th, he competed with Sunny Swallow in the 41st Saint-Lite Memorial (GII) at Nakayama, and won. Trainer Hashimoto believed that "he would run better if he had more time between races" so there was another break in October.[2]

On November 18th, he competed with Gold City, Sunny Swallow and Kailas Amon in the 48th Kikuka Sho (GI) at Kyoto. He finished 9th. On December 27th, he almost competed with Legend Teio and Dyna Actress in the 32nd Arima Kinen (GI). However, things quickly went wrong; on the second stride after leaving the gate, he stumbled and fell. Jockey Nemoto was thrown off and suffered a concussion. His rival Sakura Star O also suffered an injury and couldn't finish the race either.

Merry Nice was not injured, but this was a bit of a disaster for fans. "The first and third favorites both collapsed, and of the 25.1 billion yen in sales, about 16.2 billion yen in winning tickets for two horses were lost before the race was decided."

At the end of the year, he received some votes for the JRA Awards for Best Three-Year-Old Colt, but didn't win, as Sakura Star O was vastly more popular.

Four-year-old (1988)

On February 21, he entered the Meguro Kinen (G2) at Tokyo. He was the favourite, and as this was the jockey's return after the falling-off injury, "the paddock was filled with cheers of encouragement for Nemoto". Merry Nice finished 2nd. On April 29, he competed with Tamamo Cross, Gold City, Running Free, and Dyna Carpenter in the 97th Tenno Sho (Spring) (GI) at Kyoto. He finished 14th. He then took a break for four months.

On August 21st, he competed with Sirius Symboli and Soccer Boy in the 24th Hakodate Kinen (GIII). He finished 2nd, behind Soccer Boy who set a new record time. He continued training at Hakodate racecourse, but on September 15th, suffered a leg joint fracture. It would take at least 6 months to recover, so in October it was decided to retire him from racing.

On December 18th, a retirement ceremony was held for him at Nakayama racecourse. He was unveiled wearing the number 8 that he wore when he won the Asahi Hai Three-Year-Old Stakes.

Retirement, Breeding Career & Death

In 1989 he became breeding stallion at Rex Stud in Shizunai, Hokkaido. "He was so popular that he was even given a surplus stock in addition to the syndicate".

He sired 410 registered foals, 239 of which became race winners, and 5 won major races.

In September 1999, he stopped breeding and spent the rest of his life as a service horse at 2 other farms.

He died on March 1, 2009, at the age of 25 from complications after colic.

Honors

  • Yushun Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt (1986)[notes 1]

Relationships

Relatives

Raced with

(Cinderella Grey derived characters)

Race Records

Race data sourced from netkeiba.
Date Racecourse Race Grade Distance Gate Odds Fav. Fin. Time Margin Jockey Winner (Runner-Up) Other Umamusume
1986/08/03 Hakodate Three-Year-Old Newcomer Maiden T 1000m 1 1.7 1 1 0:58.7 0.0 Y.Nemoto (Saiko Heart)
1986/09/20 Hakodate Cosmos Sho OP T 1700m 2 4.3 2 4 1:46.1 0.5 Y.Nemoto Gold City Gold City
1986/10/04 Tokyo Rindo Sho Pre-OP T 1600m 2 5.8 2 2 1:35.5 0.0 Y.Nemoto Sakura Rotary
1986/10/25 Tokyo Icho Tokubetsu OP T 1600m 7 1.3 1 1 1:36.1 0.0 Y.Nemoto (Saint Nadara)
1986/12/14 Nakayama Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes G1 T 1600m 8 3.6 2 1 1:35.6 -0.2 Y.Nemoto (Hokuto Helios)
1987/03/29 Nakayama Spring Stakes G2 T 1800m 4 4.9 2 9 1:50.3 1.0 Y.Nemoto Material Gold City
1987/04/19 Nakayama Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) G1 T 2000m 16 25.6 8 7 2:02.5 0.6 Y.Nemoto Sakura Star O Gold City
1987/05/31 Tokyo Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) G1 T 2400m 8 12.6 4 1 2:27.8 -1.0 Y.Nemoto (Sunny Swallow) Gold City
1987/09/27 Nakayama St. Lite Kinen G2 T 2200m 7 1.9 1 1 2:13.9 -0.1 Y.Nemoto (Saint Nadara)
1987/11/08 Kyoto Kikuka Sho (Japanese St.Leger) G1 T 3000m 18 2.2 1 9 3:09.3 1.3 Y.Nemoto Sakura Star O Gold City
1987/12/27 Nakayama Arima Kinen G1 T 2500m 14 4.9 3 DNF Y.Nemoto Mejiro Durren
1988/02/21 Tokyo Meguro Kinen G2 T 2500m 1 2.9 1 2 2:32.9 0.2 Y.Nemoto Mejiro Fulmar
1988/04/29 Kyoto Tenno Sho (Spring) G1 T 3200m 13 7.3 4 14 3:25.8 4.0 Y.Nemoto Tamamo Cross Tamamo Cross, Gold City
1988/08/21 Hakodate Hakodate Kinen G3 T 2000m 12 5.8 3 2 1:58.6 0.8 Y.Nemoto Soccer Boy Sirius Symboli

Pedigree

Horse pedigree of Merry Nice (JPN)
Sire
Kolymsky (USA) 		Northern Dancer (CAN) Nearctic (CAN) Nearco (ITY)
Lady Angela (GB)
Natalma (USA) Native Dancer (USA)
Almahmoud (USA)
Libro d Oro (USA) Francis S.(USA) Royal Charger (GB)
Blue Eyed Momo (USA)
Exclusive (USA) Shut Out (USA)
Good Example (USA)
Dam
Tsuki Merry (JPN) 		Chateaugay (USA) Swaps (USA) Khaled (GB)
Iron Reward (USA)
Banquet Bell (USA) Polynesian (USA)
Dinner Horn (USA)
Merry Blat (JPN) Tesco Boy (GB) Princely Gift (GB)
Suncourt (GB)
Continental (JPN) Ferriol (FR)
Uratsuki Homare (JPN), (Family: F4-m)


Notes

  1. ↑ Became the JRA Award for Best Two-year-old Colt in 1987, With Gold City.

References

  1. ↑ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メリーナイス#cite_note-優駿-1987-7-75-8
  2. ↑ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メリーナイス#cite_note-43
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