Where is Nanayo Himawari now?

Yamaguchi, Horse Park Ozuki / Reservation required / confirmed October 23, 2026

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Can you visit Nanayo Himawari?

Visiting is possible year-round, except on Tuesdays when the club is closed. Viewing hours are 09:00–11:00 and 13:00–16:00 (with a break between 11:00 and 13:00), and both individuals and groups must give at least seven days' notice. Do not enter the stalls and do not feed the horses. Ask staff before using a selfie stick for photos or video, or posting to social media. Visits may be called off at short notice depending on the weather or a horse's condition.

Nanayo Himawari's page on the Racehorse Hometown Information Centre

Nanayo Himawari's racing career

58 starts, 6 wins and ¥159.149 million on the flat in JRA racing, plus 7 starts, 1 win and ¥17.20 million over jumps, for a career total of 65 starts, 7 wins and ¥176.349 million. He won the March Stakes (GIII, 1,800m dirt at Nakayama) on 30 March 2008 as only the seventh choice in the betting, ridden by Yoshiyuki Obara, with Makoto Sparviero second. That first graded win came off the back of a run of form in the 16-million-yen class: second in the Miyabi Stakes in January and winner of the Kitayama Stakes in February. He also won the 2007 Momoyama Tokubetsu (10-million-yen class), was second in the 2007 Maya Stakes, ninth in the 2008 Elm Stakes (Jpn3) and twelfth in the Antares Stakes (GIII) that year. He switched to jumps in the autumn of 2009 and took a maiden hurdle over 2,930m at Kyoto on 30 January 2010 as the favourite; his final start came in an open jump race at Hanshin on 26 December 2010, and his registration was cancelled on 8 January 2011.

Nanayo Himawari after racing

By Air Jihad out of Nanayo Wing. He debuted on turf at Kokura in the summer of his two-year-old season and went eight starts without a win, finally breaking through over 1,400m of dirt at Kyoto the following January — a late developer in every sense. Everything came together at seven: after three straight placings over 1,800m of dirt through the winter and spring of 2008, he was only the seventh choice in the betting for his first graded attempt and came from off the pace to win the March Stakes. At eight he switched to jumps and added a win there, running his last race at the end of his nine-year-old year. He became a riding horse at the Ube Riding Club in Ube, Yamaguchi, later moving to Horse Park Ozuki in Shimonoseki, and since 2025 has been supported under the meritorious-horse programme. The visitor-centre page for the club lists him as its only resident horse. He turned 25 this year.

How to support Nanayo Himawari

• Go and visit (Open to visitors with a reservation)

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 October 23, 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://www.uma-furusato.com/search_horse/entry-66139.html
2. https://www.uma-furusato.com/search_farm/entry-66138.html
3. https://www.jbis.or.jp/horse/0000727090/
4. https://www.jbis.or.jp/horse/0000727090/record/all/
5. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ナナヨーヒマワリ

Retired racehorses near Nanayo Himawari

Horses tagged "Graded stakes winner": Nakayama Knight, Namura Titan, Dream Dolce, Narita Crystal, Dream Sweeble

Horses here foaled in 2001: Tohou Gaia, Fusaichi Baldur, Cosmo Bulk, Meisho Bowler, S1 Spector (6 on this site)