Where is Osumi Ichiban now?

Mie, Riding Club CARECA / Reservation required / confirmed October 10, 2026

Osumi Ichiban now lives at Riding Club CARECA in Mie, 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 October 10, 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	Riding Club CARECA
Location	Mie
Visiting	Open to visitors with a reservation
Foaled / age	foaled in 2009 (age 17)
Sex	gelding
Tags	Graded stakes winner／Dirt specialist／Well bred／Meritorious horse
Listed or supported by	Listed on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)
Location confirmed	October 10, 2026

Can you visit Osumi Ichiban?

Visits require advance contact: the Furusato Information Centre asks for notice two days before the day you wish to come, while meiba.jp lists the previous day, so confirm by telephone (0595-63-6091). Viewing hours are 9:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00; the club is closed on Tuesdays, Fridays and over the New Year holidays. A guide takes you round and you may enter the stable, but group visits are not accepted. Ask the club on the day before using a selfie stick or posting your photos and videos on social media.

Osumi Ichiban's page on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)

Osumi Ichiban's racing career

16 JRA starts for 2 wins plus 12 regional starts for 2 wins: 28 starts, 4 wins and career earnings of 96.341 million yen. He took the Hyogo Championship (Jpn2, Sonoda) in 2012 as a three-year-old and the Diolite Kinen (Jpn2, Funabashi) in 2013 as a four-year-old, and in 2012 was second in the Unicorn Stakes (GIII), third in the Nagoya Grand Prix (Jpn2) and fourth in the Japan Dirt Derby (Jpn1). He moved to Hokkaido racing in 2016 and ran six times at Monbetsu.

Osumi Ichiban after racing

By Agnes Tachyon out of Osumi Haruka, who won the Queen Stakes in both 2003 and 2004, and with the 1996 Japanese Derby winner Fusaichi Concorde as his damsire, he claimed his first graded interregional dirt race in the Hyogo Championship in the spring of his three-year-old season, then saw out 2,400 metres to win the Diolite Kinen the following year. After shuttling between JRA and regional racing he ended his career with a 2016 season at Hokkaido, and from 2019 he has been supported by the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme. He now lives at a riding club in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, sharing his days with a pony he gets on well with, and his keeper's December 2025 update welcomed visitors.

How to support Osumi Ichiban

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 8 sources consulted as of October 10, 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 Osumi Ichiban

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