Where is Silent Deal now?
Hokkaido, Horse Trust Hokkaido / Reservation required / confirmed September 13, 2026
Silent Deal now lives at Horse Trust Hokkaido in Hokkaido, Japan. Foaled in 2000, this stallion is 26 years old as of 2026. Note that a reservation or an enquiry is needed before visiting.
Horse Trust Hokkaido keeps at least 13 other retired racehorses that this site has confirmed.
Where this horse lives was confirmed on September 13, 2026 from published sources (4 references). Farms change their visiting arrangements, so check the farm's own site or social media before you travel.
| Where it lives now | Horse Trust Hokkaido |
|---|---|
| Location | Hokkaido |
| Visiting | Open to visitors with a reservation |
| Foaled / age | foaled in 2000 (age 26) |
| Sex | stallion |
| Tags | Graded stakes winner／Stood at stud／Senior／Great supporting act |
| Listed or supported by | NPO Horse Trust Hokkaido／Listed on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp) |
| Location confirmed | September 13, 2026 |
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Can you visit Silent Deal?
Visits are by reservation only: contact the farm by the day before and go only once permission has been given (bookings open one month ahead; viewing is 13:30-15:00, from 1 May to the end of February, excluding the Obon period and the New Year holidays).
A page about Silent Deal (www.horse-trust-hokkaido.org)
Other horses at Horse Trust Hokkaido: Cosmo Ozora, Tosen Homareboshi, Grandezza, Nakayama Knight, Eishin Cameron, Happy Grin and more (all 14 horses)
Silent Deal's racing career
6 wins from 41 starts under JRA rules and 1 win from 8 regional starts. Winner of the 2003 Shinzan Kinen (G3) and Musashino Stakes (G3) and the 2007 Saga Kinen (Jpn3), taking three graded races on both turf and dirt.
Silent Deal after racing
A versatile performer who kept racing from his debut in the autumn of his two-year-old season until the age of eight, winning the Shinzan Kinen on turf, the Musashino Stakes on dirt and the exchange graded Saga Kinen. After his stud career ended he moved in 2021 to Horse Trust Hokkaido in Iwanai, Hokkaido, as a horse of merit. Now 26, he takes it easy on his legs and spends his nights resting quietly in a stall.
How to support Silent Deal
- Go and visit (Open to visitors with a reservation)
- Sponsorship scheme
- Donating to the trust fund
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 4 sources consulted as of September 13, 2026. They mix published information from the farms and organisations that confirmed the horse's whereabouts with material used to trace its racing career.
- https://www.meiba.jp/horses/view/2000101634
- https://www.meiba.jp/farms/view/1000190
- https://www.horse-trust-hokkaido.org/%E9%A6%AC%E3%81%AE%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB/
- https://uma-furusato.com/search_farm/56672.html
Retired racehorses near Silent Deal
See all retired racehorses in Hokkaido120 horses listedRetired racehorses at Horse Trust Hokkaido14 horses listedHorses tagged "Graded stakes winner": Cornus Florida, Succession, Cosmo Ozora, Sachino Sweety, Cadence Call
Horses here foaled in 2000: That's the Plenty, Popcorn Jazz, Meiner Morgen, One More Chatter (5 on this site)