Where is Grandezza now?
Hokkaido, Horse Trust Hokkaido / Reservation required / confirmed September 28, 2026
Grandezza now lives at Horse Trust Hokkaido in Hokkaido, Japan. Foaled in 2009, this gelding is 17 years old as of 2026. Note that a reservation or an enquiry is needed before visiting.
Horse Trust Hokkaido keeps at least 13 other retired racehorses that this site has confirmed.
Where this horse lives was confirmed on September 28, 2026 from published sources (5 references). Farms change their visiting arrangements, so check the farm's own site or social media before you travel.
| Where it lives now | Horse Trust Hokkaido |
|---|---|
| Location | Hokkaido |
| Visiting | Open to visitors with a reservation |
| Foaled / age | foaled in 2009 (age 17) |
| Sex | gelding |
| Tags | Graded stakes winner／Meritorious horse |
| Listed or supported by | NPO Horse Trust Hokkaido／Listed on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp) |
| Location confirmed | September 28, 2026 |
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Can you visit Grandezza?
Book by calling Horse Trust Hokkaido in Iwanai (0135-62-3686) by the day before. Visiting hours are 13:30 to 15:00; closed over the Obon period and the New Year holidays. Visits are suspended in March and April, when the paddocks turn muddy.
A page about Grandezza (www.horse-trust-hokkaido.org)
Other horses at Horse Trust Hokkaido: Eishin Cameron, Cosmo Ozora, Archimedes, Silent Deal, Tosen Homareboshi, Nakayama Knight and more (all 14 horses)
Grandezza's racing career
Nineteen starts and five wins in JRA racing. He took three graded races — the 2011 Sapporo Nisai Stakes (GIII), the 2012 Spring Stakes (GII) and, after his comeback, the 2015 Tanabata Sho (GIII) — and finished third in the 2014 Mile Championship. Career earnings 223,204,000 yen.
Grandezza after racing
Talked up as a classic contender, he traded blows with the best of his generation as far as the Satsuki Sho, then lost a year and a half to an injury to his left foreleg after the Derby. He still came back to win the Tanabata Sho as a six-year-old. After spells as a stallion and a riding horse he has lived since November 2023 at Horse Trust Hokkaido in Iwanai, overlooking the Sea of Japan, grazing in the paddock alongside Quark Star, who arrived at around the same time. His keepers report that the trouble with his leg has settled down.
How to support Grandezza
- Go and visit (Open to visitors with a reservation)
- Donation
- Sponsorship (Horse Trust Hokkaido)
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 5 sources consulted as of September 28, 2026. They mix published information from the farms and organisations that confirmed the horse's whereabouts with material used to trace its racing career.
- https://www.horse-trust-hokkaido.org/馬のプロフィール/
- https://www.horse-trust-hokkaido.org/2023/11/21/グランデッツァ/
- https://www.meiba.jp/horses/view/2009105989/
- https://www.meiba.jp/farms/view/1000190
- https://meiba.jp/news/list/2/all
Retired racehorses near Grandezza
See all retired racehorses in Hokkaido120 horses listedRetired racehorses at Horse Trust Hokkaido14 horses listedHorses tagged "Graded stakes winner": Grand Silk, Grand Bonheur, Grand Chevalier, Grenzent, Crescendo Love
Horses here foaled in 2009: Kikuno Storm, Cosmo Ozora, Oken Ichigeki, Symboli Empire, Air Saumur, Suzuka Lupin and more (14 on this site)