Where is Spell Marron now?

Kagawa, Kanonji Riding Club / Not confirmed / confirmed October 3, 2026

Spell Marron now lives at Kanonji Riding Club in Kagawa, Japan. Foaled in 2014, this gelding is 12 years old as of 2026. Note that we could not confirm whether this farm accepts visitors.

Where this horse lives was confirmed on October 3, 2026 from published sources (6 references). Farms change their visiting arrangements, so check the farm's own site or social media before you travel.

Where it lives now	Kanonji Riding Club
Location	Kagawa
Visiting	Visiting not confirmed
Foaled / age	foaled in 2014 (age 12)
Sex	gelding
Tags	Regional racing star／Meritorious horse／Boisterous
Location confirmed	October 3, 2026

Can you visit Spell Marron?

No visiting arrangements for the general public have been published, so contact the club before going. The club offers taster riding lessons and takes in retired horses for keeping, and it relocated in June 2026. News of him is posted on the Kannonji Riding Club's Instagram and on the X account of the Beppu Shinji stable at Kochi racecourse.

A page about Spell Marron (www.keiba.go.jp)

Spell Marron's racing career

27 starts and 3 wins with the JRA before a move to Kochi in the autumn of 2019, where he ran 75 times for 24 wins. His career figures are 102 starts, 27 wins and 190,493,000 yen in earnings, making him the first horse based at Kochi to pass 100 million yen. He won twelve local graded races: the Kochi Prefectural Governor's Prize (2019 and 2020), the Kuroshio Mile Championship (2020 and 2021), the Sangokan Sho (2020 and 2021), the Kuroshio Sprinters Cup, the Daruma Yuhi Sho, the Nijuyonmangoku Sho, the Fukunaga Yoichi Kinen, the Treno Sho and the Takeyoriwake Sho, completing a clean sweep of every distance among the track's graded events. His last start was at Kochi on 12 January 2025.

Spell Marron after racing

A famously fiery horse nicknamed the “fighting general”, he spent more than five years in Kochi's top class after moving there and won every graded race on the circuit from 1,300 to 2,400 metres. He was given a retirement ceremony in the Kochi paddock in January 2025 and moved to the Kannonji Riding Club in Kagawa, where he is said to have settled enough to let people stroke his face. Even so, when his old stable visited in August 2026 he made as if to bite, so a little of that old temper is clearly still there.

How to support Spell Marron

Following on social media

Official accounts that post updates: X, Instagram

Whether this farm accepts visitors has not been confirmed. Ask the farm directly before planning a trip. Other ways to help are in how to support a retired racehorse.

Where this information comes from

The 6 sources consulted as of October 3, 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 Spell Marron

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Horses tagged "Regional racing star": Jingi, Super Station, General Grant, Touch Pegasus, Sure Gate

Horses here foaled in 2014: Sweets Dreams, Super Station, Supreme, Seda Brillantes, Grand Bonheur, Danburite and more (20 on this site)