Where is Impulse Hero now?

Chiba, Interaction Horseman School / Reservation required / confirmed October 5, 2026

Impulse Hero now lives at Interaction Horseman School in Chiba, Japan. Foaled in 2010, this gelding is 16 years old as of 2026. Note that a reservation or an enquiry is needed before visiting.

Where this horse lives was confirmed on October 5, 2026 from published sources (8 references). Farms change their visiting arrangements, so check the farm's own site or social media before you travel.

Where it lives now	Interaction Horseman School
Location	Chiba
Visiting	Open to visitors with a reservation
Foaled / age	foaled in 2010 (age 16)
Sex	gelding
Tags	Graded stakes winner／Meritorious horse
Listed or supported by	Listed on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)／Listed on the Racehorse Hometown Information Centre
Location confirmed	October 5, 2026

Can you visit Impulse Hero?

Visits must be booked by telephone (0476-85-8161) at least three days ahead. Viewing is from 13:00 to 16:00 with a member of staff, and access inside the stables is restricted. As this is a school, lessons may mean they cannot keep exactly to the arranged time. Note that the Racehorse Hometown Information Centre still carries a notice suspending visits for disease-control reasons, so telephone the school to confirm before you go.

Impulse Hero's page on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)

Impulse Hero's racing career

4 wins from 28 JRA starts (4 from 25 on the flat, none from 3 over jumps); earnings of 140,203,000 yen. Won the Falcon Stakes (GIII) on 16 March 2013 and was second in that year's NHK Mile Cup (GI). He also took the Tokaze Stakes (Listed) on 13 March 2016 and was third in the 2015 Derby Kyokuka Challenge Trophy (GIII). He switched to jumps in 2017, ran three times for one third place, and retired that year.

Impulse Hero after racing

By Kurofune out of Classical Taste, bred at Shadai Farm and sold as a yearling at the 2011 Select Sale for 19.95 million yen. Trained by Sakae Kunieda, he won the Falcon Stakes at Chukyo in the spring of his three-year-old season and finished second behind the winner Meiner Hoou in that May's NHK Mile Cup. He won the Tokaze Stakes at six, switched to jumps the following year and retired in 2017; now 16, he lives as a pensioned horse at a horsemanship school in Narita, Chiba, among students training to become jockeys and stable staff.

How to support Impulse Hero

Go and visit (Open to visitors with a reservation)

Official accounts that post updates: X, Instagram, YouTube

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 8 sources consulted as of October 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.

Retired racehorses near Impulse Hero

See all retired racehorses in Chiba18 horses listed

Horses tagged "Graded stakes winner": Archimedes, Air Almas, Apollo Ti Amo, Air Guts, Admirable

Horses here foaled in 2010: Kitasan Mikazuki, Satono Gemini, Satono Unicorn, General Grant, Dance Director, T Half and more (10 on this site)