Where is Red Kingdom now?

Kagoshima, Kirishima Kogen Riding Club / Visits OK / confirmed September 25, 2026

Red Kingdom now lives at Kirishima Kogen Riding Club in Kagoshima, Japan. Foaled in 2009, this stallion is 17 years old as of 2026. Note that this farm accepts visitors without a reservation.

Where this horse lives was confirmed on September 25, 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	Kirishima Kogen Riding Club
Location	Kagoshima
Visiting	Open to visitors, no reservation needed
Foaled / age	foaled in 2009 (age 17)
Sex	stallion
Tags	G1 winner／Jumps／Meritorious horse／Late bloomer
Listed or supported by	Listed on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)／Listed on the Racehorse Hometown Information Centre
Location confirmed	September 25, 2026

Can you visit Red Kingdom?

A riding club on the highlands of the Kirishima hot-spring district, where visits are free and need no appointment (call in at the office first when you arrive). Visiting hours are 9:00–17:00 (until 16:00 from November to March; a break from 12:00 to 14:00 in August). Closed on Mondays (the next weekday if Monday is a public holiday) and over the new year period (28 December – 3 January). Viewing is through the window on the outside of the stable; you cannot go inside. Groups should contact the club in advance. Nihon Pillow Baron is kept at the same club.

Red Kingdom's page on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)

Red Kingdom's racing career

31 starts and 7 wins in all, counting both JRA racing and a spell at Iwate. He debuted at Kyoto in 2012 but could not win on the flat; after two victories at Iwate he returned to the JRA and switched to jump racing in the spring of 2014. He broke his maiden over fences at Kokura that August, then took the Illumination Jump Stakes in December and followed up in the Nakayama Daishogai (J-GI) to reach the top of Japanese jump racing. He added the Pegasus Jump Stakes in March 2015 and, after finishing seventh as favourite in the Nakayama Grand Jump, was retired that May with a strained left fore tendon.

Red Kingdom after racing

A son of Deep Impact who could not win on the flat, went to the regional circuit to find his feet, and turned to jump racing in the spring of his five-year-old season — a late bloomer. Four months after taking up jumping he won his first race over fences, and by the end of that year he had already taken the Nakayama Daishogai, carried to the very top by the quality of his jumping. Since retiring he has lived at a riding club on the highlands of the Kirishima hot-spring district in Kagoshima, where his keepers say the mischief of his younger days has given way to a calm temperament.

How to support Red Kingdom

Go and visit (Open to visitors, no reservation needed)

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 September 25, 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 Red Kingdom

See all retired racehorses in Kagoshima17 horses listed

Horses tagged "G1 winner": Rainbow Line, Rose Kingdom, Merci Monsan, Laurel Guerreiro, Mejiro Dober

Horses here foaled in 2009: Meisho Bushido, Novellist, Tosen Homareboshi, Tokei Halo, Decipher, Suzuka Lupin and more (14 on this site)