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Where is Merci Monsan now?

Kagoshima, Horse Trust / Reservation required / confirmed September 27, 2026

Merci Monsan now lives at Horse Trust in Kagoshima, Japan. Foaled in 2005, this gelding is 21 years old as of 2026. Note that a reservation or an enquiry is needed before visiting.

Horse Trust keeps at least 12 other retired racehorses that this site has confirmed.

Where this horse lives was confirmed on September 27, 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 nowHorse Trust
LocationKagoshima
VisitingOpen to visitors with a reservation
Foaled / agefoaled in 2005 (age 21)
Sexgelding
TagsG1 winner／Jumps／Meritorious horse／Senior
Listed or supported byHorse Trust (NPO)／Listed on the Racehorse Hometown Information Centre
Location confirmedSeptember 27, 2026

Can you visit Merci Monsan?

Visits are possible. Contact the farm by the day before your preferred date (three days ahead for groups). Viewing is between 9:00 and 17:00, with tours of the paddocks and stable usually in the afternoon (around 13:30–14:30). A viewing fee of 500 yen per location applies. Visits may be cancelled depending on the weather or the horses’ condition. Entry into the isolation paddock is not permitted.

A page about Merci Monsan (horse-trust.jp)

Other horses at Horse Trust: Meiner Mississippi, Rinno Legend, Fusaichi Richard, Harmony Hula, Harmony Chitose-chan, Dream Sweeble and more (all 13 horses)

Merci Monsan's racing career

25 starts and 2 wins with the JRA. He debuted at Hanshin in December 2007 but never won on the flat; switched to jumps, he took his first victory in a maiden hurdle at Kokura in August 2009. The following spring he won the Nakayama Grand Jump (J-GI) to reach the summit of Japanese jump racing. He earned 98,111,000 yen and his racing registration was cancelled in April 2013.

Merci Monsan after racing

A horse with a remarkably lopsided record: nearly two years without a win on the flat, then just two victories over jumps — one of which was the Nakayama Grand Jump. After retiring he passed through a riding club in Higashiomi, Shiga, before moving to Horse Trust at the foot of the Kirishima mountains in Kagoshima, where he lives as one of a herd turned out day and night somewhere among the eleven paddocks spread over roughly 100 hectares of highland. His keepers describe him as a horse with a sweet face but a very strong will, whose coarse, bristling mane is his charm point.

How to support Merci Monsan

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 September 27, 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://horse-trust.jp/pages/30/
  2. https://horse-trust.jp/pages/4/
  3. https://uma-furusato.com/search_farm/1430.html
  4. https://uma-furusato.com/search_horse/0000884471.html
  5. https://www.meiba.jp/horses/view/2005104613
  6. https://meiba.jp/news/list/2/all
  7. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3
  8. https://namabokusobank.jp/article/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3

Retired racehorses near Merci Monsan

See all retired racehorses in Kagoshima17 horses listedRetired racehorses at Horse Trust13 horses listed

Horses tagged "G1 winner": Mejiro Dober, Rainbow Line, Meisho Bowler, Red Kingdom, Meisho Doto

Horses here foaled in 2005: Marine Winner, Yamanin Kingly, Battle Plan, Deep Sky, Smile Jack, Grand Chevalier and more (8 on this site)