Where is Raizan now?

Aichi, Aichi Farm Riding Club / Reservation required / confirmed October 4, 2026

Raizan now lives at Aichi Farm Riding Club in Aichi, Japan. Foaled in 2011, this gelding is 15 years old as of 2026. Note that a reservation or an enquiry is needed before visiting.

Where this horse lives was confirmed on October 4, 2026 from published sources (7 references). Farms change their visiting arrangements, so check the farm's own site or social media before you travel.

Where it lives now	Aichi Farm Riding Club
Location	Aichi
Visiting	Open to visitors with a reservation
Foaled / age	foaled in 2011 (age 15)
Sex	gelding
Tags	Great supporting act／Easy-going／Meritorious horse
Listed or supported by	TCC Japan
Location confirmed	October 4, 2026

Can you visit Raizan?

Bookable through TCC's meet-and-ride scheme: meeting, photographs, a led walk and a trot lesson. It is a ten-minute walk from the nearest station, and the farm is open from 9:00 to 17:00.

Raizan's page on TCC Japan

Raizan's racing career

One win from 21 starts with the JRA plus one run overseas, 22 starts and one win in all, with earnings of 12.05 million yen. He broke his maiden in a two-year-old maiden race at Hanshin on 21 September 2013, then finished eleventh in the Daily Hai Nisai Stakes (GII) and fourth in the Junior Cup (open) in January 2014. In October that year he travelled to Caulfield in Australia for the Moonga Stakes (GIII) and came ninth. His last race was the Inuyama Tokubetsu at Chukyo on 11 December 2016, after which he was retired from racing sound in body and mind.

Raizan after racing

By Neo Universe, his dam Rising Cross bred in Britain. He fetched 63 million yen at the 2012 Select Sale and travelled as far as Caulfield in Australia in the autumn of his three-year-old season — a striking dark bay. He was already jumping a metre in his racing days, such was his aptitude for riding; after surgery at Kagoshima University to geld an undescended testicle he moved to the Equivilla riding club in Toki, Gifu, and when the club ran into difficulties in July 2020 he was moved temporarily to TCC Therapy Park in Ritto, Shiga, before settling the following month at the Aichi Bokujo Riding Club. A ten-minute walk from the nearest station, and the bustle of a tourist farm with other animals and flower fields, add to his popularity, and in the winter of 2025 supporters funded a new rug for him. He turned 15 on 10 February 2026, and his outstanding aptitude keeps winning over everyone who comes for a lesson.

How to support Raizan

Go and visit (Open to visitors with a reservation)
UmaShare owner (share support, 5,500 yen per share per month)
UmaShare supporter

Official accounts that post updates: X, Instagram

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 7 sources consulted as of October 4, 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 Raizan

Browse the list of retired horsesFilter by region, farm and whether you can visit

Horses tagged "Great supporting act": Meisho Doto, Red Leon, Meikei Diehard, Roi Cavalier, Meiner Morgen

Horses here foaled in 2011: Hagino Hybrid, Riccardo, Zeus Barows, Rosa Gigantea, Kazenoko, Oju Chosan and more (8 on this site)