Trot Thunder (, Hepburn: Torotto Sanda, 10 May 1989 – November 2004) was a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He ran on a total of 22 races and won 15 of them, notably the Mile Championship in 1995 and the Yasuda Kinen in the following year. He made a total of 364,361,000 JPY during his racing career.
Background Trot Thunder is a bay horse sired by Dyna Cosmos, the 1986 Satsuki Shō winner. His dam, La Seine Wonder, is a daughter of Tesco Boy, a British racehorse who was the leading sire in Japan six times. He was born on May 10, 1989, on the Flat Bokujo.
Racing Record In Trot Thunder's racing career, he started competing in dirt (regional) races before transitioning into turf (central). Although he did not win in any G2 races, he won two G1 race and one G3 race. The table below shows the available data from netkeiba and JBIS about his racing career.
Date Race Grade Distance Surface Track Entry Finish Time Margin Jockey Winner (Runner-up)1992 – three-year-old season Jul 1 3YO 1400m Dirt Urawa 101st 1:28.9 -0.4 Momoi Juushiaki (Wonder Slugger) Jul 29 3YO 1400m Dirt Urawa 91st 1:28.8 -1.8 Mitsuo Honma (Macaw Ruby) Aug 17 3YO 1400m Dirt Urawa 61st 1:29.2 -1.0 Momoi Juushiaki (Musashi Wonder) Sep 8 Tokubetsu (3YO) 1400m Dirt Urawa 61st 1:28.2 -0.6 Momoi Juushiaki (Mitaka Dancer) Oct 10 3YO & Up 1400m Dirt Urawa 111st 1:27.2 -0.7 Momoi Juushiaki (Sea Gull Record)1993 – four-year-old season Jan 3 3YO & Up 1400m Dirt Urawa 102nd 1:29.4 0.1 Mitsuo Honma Cosmo Chu Jan 21 3YO & Up 1400m Dirt Urawa 111st 1:29.1 -0.3 Mitsuo Honma (Heisei Sovereign) Feb 21 Tokubetsu (3YO & Up) 1600m Dirt Urawa 91st 1:42.9 -0.1 Mitsuo Honma (Ishino Hawaiian)1994 – five-year-old season May 23 Tokubetsu (3YO & Up) 1600m Dirt Urawa 91st 1:40.6 -0.8 Momoi Juushiaki (Hashimo Kurataka) Jul 17 Hidaka Tokubetsu 1800m Turf Sapporo 102nd 1:48.7 0.1 Norihiro Yokoyama Takeno Crown Dec 4 Miho Tokubetsu 1800m Turf Nakayama 141st 1:47.7 0.0 Norihiro Yokoyama (Meiner Rockabilly)1995 – six-year-old season Jan 21 Hatsufuji Stakes 1600m Turf Nakayama 141st 1:33.6 -0.3 Norihiro Yokoyama (Quadrifoglio) Mar 12 Nakayama Kinen G2 1800m Turf Nakayama 12 7th 1:50.8 0.5 Norihiro Yokoyama Fujiyama Kenzan May 20 Fuchu Stakes 1600m Turf Tokyo 181st 1:33.8 -0.4 Norihiro Yokoyama Shinko King Jul 2 Sapporo Kinen G3 2000m Turf Sapporo 13 7th 2:01.8 0.4 Norihiro Yokoyama Super Play Aug 20 Hakodate Kinen G3 2000m Turf Hakodate 16 7th 2:03.4 1.0 Norihiro Yokoyama Inter My Way Oct 8 Mainichi Ōkan G2 1800m Turf Tokyo 143rd 1:48.9 0.5 Norihiro Yokoyama Sugano Oji Oct 28 Ireland Trophy OP 1600m Turf Tokyo 111st 1:33.3 -0.5 Norihiro Yokoyama (Air Chariot) Nov 19 Mile Championship G1 1600m Turf Kyoto 181st 1:33.7 -0.2 Norihiro Yokoyama (Meisho Tesoro)1996 – seven-year-old season Feb 4 Tokyo Shimbun Hai G3 1600m Turf Tokyo 161st 1:34.4 -0.1 Norihiro Yokoyama (Meisho Yushi) May 11 Keio Hai Spring Cup G2 1400m Turf Tokyo 153rd 1:21.2 0.1 Norihiro Yokoyama Heart Lake Jun 9 Yasuda Kinen G1 1600m Turf Tokyo 171st 1:33.1 0.0 Norihiro Yokoyama (Taiki Blizzard)
Pedigree
References