Where is Big Week now?

Tottori, Daisen Riding Center / Visits OK / confirmed October 12, 2026

Big Week now lives at Daisen Riding Center in Tottori, Japan. Foaled in 2007, this gelding is 19 years old as of 2026. Note that this farm accepts visitors without a reservation.

Where this horse lives was confirmed on October 12, 2026 from published sources (12 references). Farms change their visiting arrangements, so check the farm's own site or social media before you travel.

Where it lives now	Daisen Riding Center
Location	Tottori
Visiting	Open to visitors, no reservation needed
Foaled / age	foaled in 2007 (age 19)
Sex	gelding
Tags	G1 winner／Graded stakes winner／Jumps／Meritorious horse
Listed or supported by	Listed on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)
Location confirmed	October 12, 2026

Can you visit Big Week?

Visits are possible all year round. No contact is needed and you can simply turn up: viewing is free and unguided, with display hours from 9:00 to 16:00 (10:00-16:00 in winter) and Wednesdays closed, though the centre sometimes opens during Golden Week and the summer holidays, so check the business calendar on the official site. Access inside the stables is restricted, and groups are asked to telephone on the day of their visit (0859-53-8211). The centre asks visitors not to feed the grass growing on the grounds and to let staff know before posting photographs on social media.

Big Week's page on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)

Big Week's racing career

21 JRA starts and 4 wins on the flat plus 5 starts and 1 win over jumps, for 26 starts, 5 wins and 219.127 million yen in earnings. He took the 2010 Kikuka Sho (GI) as the seventh favourite under Yuga Kawada, holding Rose Kingdom in second, and was third in the Kobe Shimbun Hai (GII) the same year. In July 2013, at the age of six, he switched to jumps, won a maiden hurdle at Chukyo and also contested the Hanshin Jump Stakes (JGIII).

Big Week after racing

Still in the 5-million-yen class in the summer of his three-year-old season, he came out of a third place in the Kobe Shimbun Hai to overturn his odds as seventh favourite in the Kikuka Sho, holding off Rose Kingdom over 3,000 metres at Kyoto to end up on top of his generation. When the wins dried up on the flat as an older horse he was sent jumping at six, won his first start over obstacles and went on to try graded company. After retirement he served as a riding horse with the equestrian club of Kyoto Sangyo University, moved to the Daisen Riding Center in Tottori in March 2020, and in 2022 his mane was entrusted to a kagura troupe in Shimane, where it lives on as the beards and hair of their masks.

How to support Big Week

Go and visit (Open to visitors, no reservation needed)
Sending fresh grass through the grass bank
Buying products from the online shop

Official accounts that post updates: X, Instagram

Simply turning up at the farm helps too: admission and anything you buy there goes towards upkeep. Five ways in are set out in how to support a retired racehorse.

Where this information comes from

The 12 sources consulted as of October 12, 2026. They mix published information from the farms and organisations that confirmed the horse's whereabouts with material used to trace its racing career.

Retired racehorses near Big Week

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Horses tagged "G1 winner": Hiruno d'Amour, Field Rouge, Hishi Miracle, Fusaichi Richard, Novellist

Horses here foaled in 2007: Hiruno d'Amour, Rouge Victory, Tosen Crazy, Rose Kingdom, Dark Shadow, Stella Lead and more (11 on this site)