Where is Savvy now?

Shiga, Ritto Stable / Reservation required / confirmed October 15, 2026

Savvy now lives at Ritto Stable in Shiga, Japan. Foaled in 2014, this gelding is 12 years old as of 2026. Note that a reservation or an enquiry is needed before visiting.

Where this horse lives was confirmed on October 15, 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	Ritto Stable
Location	Shiga
Visiting	Open to visitors with a reservation
Foaled / age	foaled in 2014 (age 12)
Sex	gelding
Tags	Graded stakes winner／Dirt specialist／Meritorious horse／Friendly
Listed or supported by	Listed on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)
Location confirmed	October 15, 2026

Can you visit Savvy?

Viewing hours are 9:00-16:00; closed on Tuesdays and from 1 to 2 January. Visits should be arranged by the previous day, but a phone call (090-1134-5125) can also get you shown around on the day itself. You may go inside the stable building. This is a small riding club right beside the Ritto Training Center that also takes in active racehorses for rest and retrains retired ones.

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

Savvy's racing career

22 starts and 6 wins in JRA racing (105.39 million yen) plus 10 starts and 1 win in regional racing (28.13 million yen), for a career record of 7 wins from 32 starts and total earnings of 133.52 million yen. Won the Summer Champion (Jpn3, 1,400 m dirt at Saga) on 12 August 2020 as the fourth favourite, 0.1 seconds clear of the runner-up Meisho Tensui. He also took the Tempozan Stakes (open, 1,400 m dirt at Hanshin) that June, finished fourth in the Telesai Hai Oval Sprint (Jpn3) the same year and third in the 2021 Tempozan Stakes. All 32 of his starts came on dirt, over distances between 1,200 and 1,600 metres.

Savvy after racing

A son of Street Sense out of Viva Voce, whose own sire was Alkaased, winner of the 2005 Japan Cup, he began his career by taking a maiden over 1,400 metres of dirt at Kyoto in February 2017. He climbed the conditions ladder one step at a time and came into his own at six in 2020: in June he beat a field that included a future top-class sprinter in the Tempozan Stakes, showing he belonged at graded level, and in August he won a head-bobbing finish in the Summer Champion at Saga to become an interleague graded winner. He moved to Oi as an eight-year-old in 2022 and ran until December of that year; after retiring he joined Ritto Stable, a riding club three minutes by car from the Ritto Training Center. He came under the Meritorious Horse Support Programme in 2026, and a report filed by his keeper in April 2026 describes him as very used to people and extremely easy to handle.

How to support Savvy

Go and visit (Open to visitors with a reservation)

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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 15, 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 Savvy

See all retired racehorses in Shiga15 horses listed

Horses tagged "Graded stakes winner": Satono Favor, Zadar, Sachino Sweety, Sure Gate, Succession

Horses here foaled in 2014: Grand Bonheur, Supreme, Crescendo Love, Sweets Dreams, Clincher, Spell Marron and more (21 on this site)