Where is Air Saumur now?

Chiba, Hikitaiba no Mori / Reservation required / confirmed September 30, 2026

Air Saumur now lives at Hikitaiba no Mori (Kanto) in Chiba, Japan. Foaled in 2009, this gelding is 17 years old as of 2026. Note that a reservation or an enquiry is needed before visiting.

Where this horse lives was confirmed on September 30, 2026 from published sources (6 references). Farms change their visiting arrangements, so check the farm's own site or social media before you travel.

Where it lives now	Hikitaiba no Mori (Kanto)
Location	Chiba
Visiting	Open to visitors with a reservation
Foaled / age	foaled in 2009 (age 17)
Sex	gelding
Tags	Graded stakes winner／Meritorious horse／Easy-going
Listed or supported by	TCC Japan
Location confirmed	September 30, 2026

Can you visit Air Saumur?

Currently listed as bookable in TCC's meet-and-ride reservation system: meeting, photographs and a led walk. The yard, in Yachimata, Chiba, is reserved for boarded horses and is not open to the general public, so visits are arranged through TCC's booking scheme or as a member of the retired-horse scheme Retouch.

Air Saumur's page on TCC Japan

Air Saumur's racing career

Won the 2014 Mainichi Okan (GII) and Naruo Kinen (GIII) in JRA racing, and contested graded races fourteen times in all. By Jungle Pocket out of Air Lagoon.

Air Saumur after racing

A twice graded-race winner by Jungle Pocket. Retired with inflammation of the left fore sesamoid ligament, he was retrained in Okayama and turned to competition, and since 2019 he has been at an equestrian school in Chiba, where he has long served as the schoolmaster who brings on student riders. He turned 17 in March 2026 and remains in good health alongside Killer Cyc Millet, who shares the same retirement home.

How to support Air Saumur

Go and visit (Open to visitors with a reservation)
UmaShare owner (share support, 5,500 yen per share per month)
UmaShare supporter
Meet-and-ride reservation

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 6 sources consulted as of September 30, 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 Air Saumur

See all retired racehorses in Chiba17 horses listed

Horses tagged "Graded stakes winner": Air Spinel, Eishin Cameron, Air Guts, S1 Spector, Air Almas

Horses here foaled in 2009: Archimedes, Oken Ichigeki, Kikuno Storm, Grandezza, Cosmo Ozora, Symboli Empire and more (14 on this site)