Where is Danon Yoyo now?

Kochi, Tosa Kuroshio Farm / Reservation required / confirmed November 5, 2026

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Can you visit Danon Yoyo?

Visits require advance contact by the day before, and on the day itself you should telephone again and obtain permission before arriving. The hours given by the Retired Racehorse Information Centre are 8:00–11:00 in summer (April–October) and 9:00–12:00 in winter (November–March), while meiba.jp lists 9:00–12:00 for viewing, so confirm when you call. The farm is closed over New Year (31 December – 2 January), and group visits are not accepted. Visiting hours may change with the weather. Some horses bite, so say a word before looking and do not touch them or give them food; follow the staff's instructions on site, selfie sticks are prohibited, and if you would like to post photos or video on social media or video sites, check with the farm first. The telephone number is 088-857-0468.

Danon Yoyo's page on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)

Other horses at Tosa Kuroshio Farm: Osumi Daido, Field Rouge

Danon Yoyo's racing career

6 wins from 38 starts in JRA racing, earning ¥212,846,000. Won the Fuji Stakes (G3, Tokyo turf 1600m) on 23 October 2010 as second favourite, and also won that year's Port Island Stakes (Listed). Second in the 2010 Mile Championship (G1), third in the 2011 Yomiuri Milers Cup (G2), fourth in the 2011 Mile Championship (G1) and fourth in the 2012 Yasuda Kinen (G1). His final race was the Niigata Daishoten (G3) on 10 May 2015.

Danon Yoyo after racing

By Dance in the Dark and bred at Northern Farm, he was bought as a foal at the 2006 Select Sale for ¥67.2 million (the amount shown by JBIS) and raced for Hideyuki Otonashi's stable at Ritto. At four in 2010 he gathered momentum from the allowance ranks, won his first graded race in the autumn Fuji Stakes, and in the Mile Championship that followed he started favourite under Christophe Soumillon and was beaten into second by the narrowest of margins by A Shin Forward. He kept racing in graded company until the spring of his nine-year-old season, and on 3 March 2018 he arrived at Tosa Kuroshio Farm in Susaki, Kochi, where he lives with support from the Retired Racehorse Support Program. Smile Jack, winner of the 2011 Tokyo Shimbun Hai, Grand Prix Boss (2013 Yomiuri Milers Cup), Tokei Halo (2013 Lord Derby Challenge Trophy) and Danon Shark, who won the 2013 Fuji Stakes for the same owner Danox, are also retired horses listed on this site.

How to support Danon Yoyo

• Go and visit (Open to visitors with a reservation)
• Foster membership of the Kuroshio Yubakai (¥5,000 per share per month, any number of shares; members receive a newsletter every two months)

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 November 5, 2026. They mix published information from the farms and organisations that confirmed the horse's whereabouts with material used to trace its racing career.

1. https://meiba.jp/horses/view/2006103340
2. https://meiba.jp/horses/view/2006103340/news/2
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulquNW5qnuE
4. https://meiba.jp/horses/list/all
5. https://meiba.jp/horses/archive/all
6. https://www.uma-furusato.com/search_horse/?q=%E3%83%80%E3%83%8E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC
7. https://uma-furusato.com/search_horse/0000993132.html
8. https://uma-furusato.com/search_farm/1361.html
9. https://tosa-kuroshio.sakura.ne.jp/newpage9.htm
10. https://x.com/kurokun917
11. https://www.jbis.or.jp/horse/0000993132/
12. https://www.jbis.or.jp/horse/0000993132/record/all/

Retired racehorses near Danon Yoyo

Horses tagged "Graded stakes winner": Danon Shark, Dance Director, Turbulence, Danburite, Solist Thunder

Horses here foaled in 2006: Jono Bohemian, Dunkirk, Kirishima no Hoshi, Transcend, Nike Planet, Nakayama Festa and more (13 on this site)