Where is Strong Blood now?
Ibaraki, Joso Horse Park / Reservation required / confirmed September 21, 2026
Strong Blood now lives at Joso Horse Park in Ibaraki, Japan. Foaled in 1999, this gelding is 27 years old as of 2026. Note that a reservation or an enquiry is needed before visiting.
Joso Horse Park keeps at least 1 other retired racehorses that this site has confirmed.
Where this horse lives was confirmed on September 21, 2026 from published sources (5 references). Farms change their visiting arrangements, so check the farm's own site or social media before you travel.
| Where it lives now | Joso Horse Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Ibaraki |
| Visiting | Open to visitors with a reservation |
| Foaled / age | foaled in 1999 (age 27) |
| Sex | gelding |
| Tags | G1 winner／Graded stakes winner／Dirt king／Meritorious horse／Senior |
| Listed or supported by | Listed on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)／Listed on the Racehorse Hometown Information Centre |
| Location confirmed | September 21, 2026 |
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Can you visit Strong Blood?
Book via LINE at least two days ahead; applications open seven days before the date. Visiting hours are 9:00-10:00 in summer and 11:00-12:00 in winter, closed Wednesdays and over the New Year period (30 December to 4 January). Groups are not accepted - small numbers only - and access inside the stables is restricted. A visit may be called off at short notice depending on the weather or the horse's condition.
Strong Blood's page on the Meritorious Horse Keeping Support Programme (meiba.jp)
Other horses at Joso Horse Park: Meiner Condor
Strong Blood's racing career
8 wins from 38 starts overall: 5 from 26 in the JRA and 3 from 12 on the regional circuit. Won the 2005 Kashiwa Kinen (G1) at Funabashi, plus three more graded races - the 2003 Kabutoyama Kinen (G3) at Fukushima, the 2003 Sakuranbo Kinen at Kaminoyama and the 2004 Gunma Kinen at Takasaki.
Strong Blood after racing
A dirt hard-knocker out of Tokai Teio, he took a JRA graded race in the summer of his four-year-old year, kept adding graded wins on the regional circuit, and finally reached the top of the interleague G1 ranks in the Kashiwa Kinen at six. After retiring he worked as a riding horse at the Equestrian Park, became a meritorious horse in Minamisoma, Fukushima in 2011, then had to leave the disaster area after the Great East Japan Earthquake and has lived at a riding club in Ushiku, Ibaraki ever since. At twenty-seven he still takes visitors in small numbers - one of very few G1 winners you can go and meet in the Kanto region.
How to support Strong Blood
- Go and visit (Open to visitors with a reservation)
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 5 sources consulted as of September 21, 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/1999100647
- https://www.meiba.jp/farms/view/1000118
- https://uma-furusato.com/search_horse/0000611946.html
- https://uma-furusato.com/search_farm/1411.html
- https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%89
Retired racehorses near Strong Blood
See all retired racehorses in Ibaraki8 horses listedHorses tagged "G1 winner": Suzuka Phoenix, Tanino Gimlet, Jaguar Mail, Danon Shark, Cheval Grand
Horses here foaled in 1999: Summer Night City, Tanino Gimlet, Air Rikako, Hishi Miracle, Asakusa Den'en (6 on this site)