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Meisho Samson
Meisho Samson (Japanese : メイショウサムソン; 7 March 2003 – 26 November 2024) was a Japanese racehorse and sire who won the Tokyo Yūshun and Satsuki Sho in 2006, and the both Tenno Sho (Spring) and Autumn in 2007. He became the first horse since T M Opera O in 2000 to snatch both Tenno Sho in the same season and fourth overall after Tamamo Cross, Special Week and aforementioned T M Opera O.
Meisho Samson retired from racing after the 2008 season and became a stud.
He was diagnosed with cancer in late October 2024 and had been undergoing treatment, when he died of heart failure on the morning of November 26th. He was 21 years old.
Meisho Samson was foaled out of My Vivien, a mare with ten races starts. She was sired by Dancing Brave, a 2000 Guineas Stakes, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner in 1986. This horse itself shared the same sire as T M Opera O which would be Opera House, Who won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Coronation Cup in 1993.
His name came from the Yoshio stable crown name - Meisho and a person with the name that associated with superhuman strength - Samson.
His first jockey would be Mamoru Ishibashi, who took the task after the fact that both Yuichi Fukunaga and Yutaka Take were unable to fulfill due to other duties. Meisho Samson started his career on a 1800 metres race at the Kokura Racecourse where he ended up in second place. He manage to got his first win at his third race and won the Nojigiku Stakes after that. The next race, he was beaten and finish in fourth place behind Fusaichi Richard who ran the race from wire-to-wire. Three weeks later, he participated at the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes, which would be his first graded stakes race. He was on the front pack most of the race but losing again to Fusaichi Richard who used the same strategy for this one. He finished in second place by two and a half lengths behind. He closed the season with a win at the Chukyo Nisai Stakes where he pulled for the early lead and crossed the line first in a record time two lengths ahead of second-place finisher, Top of Tsuyoshi.
Meisho Samson resumed his career by racing at the Kisaragi Sho in February. For this race, Meisho Samson had to chase down the leading pack but only managed to get second-place half a length behind the winner, Dream Passport. Ishibashi noted that this lost happen due to riding mistake as he went wide to avoid getting boxed in, which backfired him during the middle phase. He made amends on his next race at the Spring Stakes with Meisho Samson as they got off to a good start, took the lead easily, and was in the lead early at the fourth turn. Meisho Samson secured a good position smoothly on that tricky Nakayama course an overtook Dream Passport in the straight who had briefly pulled away from the inside. He managed to hold off Fusaichi Richard at the line, won the race by a neck margin and got his first graded stakes win.
This win convinced Ishibashi that this horse might just win the first classic race of the season, Satsuki Sho. When the race began, Ishibashi successfully positioned Meisho Samson to track the leaders, started to accelerate near the end to surpass Fusaichi Richard and held off Dream Passport to win the race by a half-length as a sixth favourite. This turned out to be Ishibashi's first Grade 1 race victory 22 years after his debut. The celebration for this victory was so immense as he and fellow jockey such as Yutaka Take himself went out for the drink until the next morning. One month after, Ishibashi and Meisho Samson aimed for the second classic at the Tokyo Yushun. He would started the race from inside which was the second gate, post one. When the gates opened, Meisho Samson ran smoothly after a good preparation beforehand. At the fourth corner, Ishibashi tightened up the rein and tracked the front pack which held by Admire Main and caught him on the final 100 metres. They leapfrogged him and although Ishibashi loosen out his grips near the end, he convinced they would not get passed at the line as they won the Yushun by a neck margin over Admire Main who ended finishing second. After the race, Ishibashi went down from the saddle, stood alone on the backstretch and looked up at the sky as a moment of gratitude for all his supporters along the way.
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Meisho Samson
Meisho Samson (Japanese : メイショウサムソン; 7 March 2003 – 26 November 2024) was a Japanese racehorse and sire who won the Tokyo Yūshun and Satsuki Sho in 2006, and the both Tenno Sho (Spring) and Autumn in 2007. He became the first horse since T M Opera O in 2000 to snatch both Tenno Sho in the same season and fourth overall after Tamamo Cross, Special Week and aforementioned T M Opera O.
Meisho Samson retired from racing after the 2008 season and became a stud.
He was diagnosed with cancer in late October 2024 and had been undergoing treatment, when he died of heart failure on the morning of November 26th. He was 21 years old.
Meisho Samson was foaled out of My Vivien, a mare with ten races starts. She was sired by Dancing Brave, a 2000 Guineas Stakes, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner in 1986. This horse itself shared the same sire as T M Opera O which would be Opera House, Who won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Coronation Cup in 1993.
His name came from the Yoshio stable crown name - Meisho and a person with the name that associated with superhuman strength - Samson.
His first jockey would be Mamoru Ishibashi, who took the task after the fact that both Yuichi Fukunaga and Yutaka Take were unable to fulfill due to other duties. Meisho Samson started his career on a 1800 metres race at the Kokura Racecourse where he ended up in second place. He manage to got his first win at his third race and won the Nojigiku Stakes after that. The next race, he was beaten and finish in fourth place behind Fusaichi Richard who ran the race from wire-to-wire. Three weeks later, he participated at the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes, which would be his first graded stakes race. He was on the front pack most of the race but losing again to Fusaichi Richard who used the same strategy for this one. He finished in second place by two and a half lengths behind. He closed the season with a win at the Chukyo Nisai Stakes where he pulled for the early lead and crossed the line first in a record time two lengths ahead of second-place finisher, Top of Tsuyoshi.
Meisho Samson resumed his career by racing at the Kisaragi Sho in February. For this race, Meisho Samson had to chase down the leading pack but only managed to get second-place half a length behind the winner, Dream Passport. Ishibashi noted that this lost happen due to riding mistake as he went wide to avoid getting boxed in, which backfired him during the middle phase. He made amends on his next race at the Spring Stakes with Meisho Samson as they got off to a good start, took the lead easily, and was in the lead early at the fourth turn. Meisho Samson secured a good position smoothly on that tricky Nakayama course an overtook Dream Passport in the straight who had briefly pulled away from the inside. He managed to hold off Fusaichi Richard at the line, won the race by a neck margin and got his first graded stakes win.
This win convinced Ishibashi that this horse might just win the first classic race of the season, Satsuki Sho. When the race began, Ishibashi successfully positioned Meisho Samson to track the leaders, started to accelerate near the end to surpass Fusaichi Richard and held off Dream Passport to win the race by a half-length as a sixth favourite. This turned out to be Ishibashi's first Grade 1 race victory 22 years after his debut. The celebration for this victory was so immense as he and fellow jockey such as Yutaka Take himself went out for the drink until the next morning. One month after, Ishibashi and Meisho Samson aimed for the second classic at the Tokyo Yushun. He would started the race from inside which was the second gate, post one. When the gates opened, Meisho Samson ran smoothly after a good preparation beforehand. At the fourth corner, Ishibashi tightened up the rein and tracked the front pack which held by Admire Main and caught him on the final 100 metres. They leapfrogged him and although Ishibashi loosen out his grips near the end, he convinced they would not get passed at the line as they won the Yushun by a neck margin over Admire Main who ended finishing second. After the race, Ishibashi went down from the saddle, stood alone on the backstretch and looked up at the sky as a moment of gratitude for all his supporters along the way.