Where is Deep Summer now?

Okayama, Grace Riding Club / Passed away / confirmed November 5, 2026

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Deep Summer's story

We confirmed on October 5, 2026 that this horse passed away at Grace Riding Club in Okayama, Japan.

Deep Summer's page on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)

Other horses at Grace Riding Club: Apollo Dolce

Deep Summer's racing career

2 wins from 24 starts in JRA racing (¥114,617,000) plus 2 wins from 14 starts in local racing at Funabashi, for 4 wins from 38 starts in Japan and total earnings of ¥168,907,000. Won the Crystal Cup (G3, Nakayama turf 1200m) on 13 March 2005 and was second in the 2004 Hakodate Nisai Stakes (G3). After moving to Funabashi he won the Funabashi Kinen and the After 5 Star Sho (both local graded races) in 2008, was second in that year's Tokyo Hai (Jpn2) and third in the 2007 Kashiwa Kinen (Jpn1). His final race was the Procyon Stakes (G3) on 12 July 2009.

Deep Summer after racing

A grey by Taiki Shuttle, bred at Markuri Farm in Shizunai, he won on debut at Hakodate in the summer of his two-year-old season and finished second as favourite in the Hakodate Nisai Stakes. He won a graded race in the Crystal Cup in the spring at three, and after moving to Noboru Sakamoto's stable at Funabashi at five, he won the Funabashi Kinen and the After 5 Star Sho at six in 2008 and also finished second to Fujino Wave in the Tokyo Hai. In retirement he lived at Grace Riding Club in Okayama City, alongside fellow graded-winning sprinter Apollo Dolce, with support from the Retired Racehorse Support Program, until he passed away on 5 October 2026 at the age of 24. Kitasan Mikazuki, who later won the After 5 Star Sho three years running, is also a retired horse listed on this site.

Ways to support Grace Riding Club

No published way to support this horse has been confirmed.

You can no longer visit this horse, but Grace Riding Club is home to other retired racehorses too. Ways to support them are listed under How to support retired racehorses.

Where this information comes from

The 6 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/news/view/6553
2. https://meiba.jp/news/list/2/all
3. https://meiba.jp/horses/view/2002105358
4. https://uma-furusato.com/search_horse/0000736202.html
5. https://www.jbis.or.jp/horse/0000736202/
6. https://www.jbis.or.jp/horse/0000736202/record/all/

Retired racehorses near Deep Summer

Horses tagged "Graded stakes winner": Decipher, Deep Bond, Tensei Fuji, Desperado, Teehaff

Horses here foaled in 2002: Tensei Fuji, Namura Shigeko, Suzuka Phoenix, Field Rouge, Admire Japan, Bonneville Record and more (12 on this site)