Win Carnelian (, ; foaled 16 April 2017) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and a stud. He competed from 2019 to 2026, recording nine wins from thirty-seven starts, including the Sprinters Stakes (GI) in 2025, the Tokyo Shimbun Hai (GIII) in 2023, and the Sekiya Kinen (GIII) in 2022. His victory in the 2025 Sprinters Stakes at odds of 50.0 (11th favourite) marked the first JRA GI victory for his jockey Kosei Miura, and his breeder Cosmo View Farm.
Background Win Carnelian is a chestnut stallion bred in Niikappu, Hokkaido, by Cosmo View Farm. He was sired by Screen Hero, a son of Grass Wonder, and his dam was Cosmo Crystal (), a mare by Meiner Love. He is owned by Win Co. Ltd. and was trained by Yuichi Shikato at the JRA's Miho Training Center. His name combines the owner's prefix "Win" with "carnelian," a type of gemstone.
Racing career
2019: two-year-old season Win Carnelian debuted on 9 June 2019 in a maiden race at Tokyo Racecourse, finishing second. He won his maiden on 29 June at Fukushima Racecourse. He finished seventh in the Niigata Nisai Stakes (GIII) on 25 August and second in the Fuyo Stakes on 22 September.
2020: three-year-old season Win Carnelian finished sixth in the St. Paulia Sho and eighth in the Yayoi Sho Deep Impact Kinen (GII). He won a 1-win class race at Nakayama Racecourse on 28 March. On 19 April, he finished fourth in the Satsuki Shō (GI) at odds of 360.0 (17th favourite), securing a spot in the Tōkyō Yūshun. He finished seventeenth in the Tōkyō Yūshun (GI) on 31 May. Returning to allowance races, he won the Ibaraki Shimbun Hai on 4 October and finished fourth in the Joso Stakes on 13 December.
2021: four-year-old season Win Carnelian finished second in the Wakashio Stakes on 10 January and won the Makuhari Stakes on 27 February, gaining open-class status. He was scheduled to run in the Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (GIII) on 3 April but was scratched due to laminitis, which sidelined him for approximately a year.
2022: five-year-old season Returning from his long layoff, Win Carnelian finished sixth in the Rokko Stakes (Listed) on 27 March. He won the Tanigawadake Stakes (Listed) on 7 May and the Yonago Stakes (Listed) on 18 June. On 14 August, he won the Sekiya Kinen (GIII) at Niigata Racecourse, recording his first graded stakes victory. He finished twelfth in the Mile Championship (GI) on 20 November.
2023: six-year-old season Win Carnelian won the Tokyo Shimbun Hai (GIII) on 5 February, holding off a late challenge from Namur. He travelled to the UAE and finished sixth in the Godolphin Mile (G2) at Meydan Racecourse on 25 March. He finished eighth in the Yasuda Kinen (GI) on 4 June and fifth in the Mainichi Okan (GII) on 8 October. He contested the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) at Santa Anita Park on 4 November, finishing eleventh.
2024: seven-year-old season Win Carnelian finished second in the Tokyo Shimbun Hai (GIII) on 4 February. He finished fourth in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (GI) on 24 March and fourteenth in the Yasuda Kinen (GI) on 2 June. In autumn, he finished sixth in the Swan Stakes (GII) on 26 October and second in the Keihan Hai (GIII) on 24 November.
2025: eight-year-old season Win Carnelian finished third in the Silk Road Stakes (GIII) on 2 February. He travelled to Meydan and finished second in the Al Quoz Sprint (G1) on 5 April, narrowly missing the win. After finishing fifth in the Keeneland Cup (GIII) on 24 August, he contested the Sprinters Stakes (GI) on 28 September. Starting from the outside post at odds of 50.0 (11th favourite), he engaged in a tight battle with June Blair in the final straight and won by a head, securing his first GI victory. The win was also the first JRA GI victory for his jockey Kosei Miura, his breeder Cosmo View Farm, and his owner Win Co. Ltd (since Win Kluger in 2003). He finished eleventh in the Hong Kong Sprint (G1) at Sha Tin Racecourse on 14 December.
2026: nine-year-old season Win Carnelian remained in training at age nine. He was initially invited to the Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai, but the trip was cancelled due to the 2026 Iran war. He instead targeted the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (GI) on 29 March. Starting as the 7th favourite, he finished third behind Satono Reve and Red Mon Reve, becoming the first nine-year-old horse to place in a JRA flat GI race since records began in 1986. In August, Win Carnelian started in the Keeneland Cup at Sapporo. As the gate opened, Miura propelled him to the lead and nearly snatched the win, but Sound Moryana and Panja Tower surpassed him before the line, and he finished third in his second consecutive race. One month later, he ran in the Sprinters Stakes as the reigning champion. Starting well from the gate, he mingled around sixth position in the early phase. Entering the final straight, he rallied the leaders but gassed out in the last 100 metres and crossed the line in sixth. A week after the race, Kosei Miura who was his main jockey, announced that Win Carnelian would retire from racing altogether and moving into stud duty.
Statistics The following table details all 37 starts of Win Carnelian's racing career. Record current as of 27 September 2026.
Date Distance (Condition) Race Class Course Odds(Favourite) Field Finish Time Jockey Winning(Losing)Margin Winner(2nd Place) Ref2019 – two-year-old season Turf 1800 m (Yielding) 2-Y-O Newcomer Maiden Tokyo 6.2 (3rd) 11 1:51.4 Masami Matsuoka 0.4 Wakea Turf 1800 m (Good) 2-Y-O Maiden Maiden Fukushima 1.9 (1st) 10 1:49.5 Kosei Miura –0.1 (Colombe d'Or) Turf 1600 m (Good) Niigata Nisai Stakes GIII Niigata 24.9 (6th) 16 7th 1:36.4 Masami Matsuoka 1.4 Woman's Heart Turf 2000 m (Good) Fuyo Stakes Open Nakayama 4.0 (3rd) 6 2:03.3 Masami Matsuoka 0.4 Authority2020 – three-year-old season Turf 1800 m (Good) St. Paulia Sho Allowance Tokyo 10.9 (5th) 13 6th 1:47.6 Masami Matsuoka 0.4 Shonan Hallelujah Turf 2000 m (Heavy) Yayoi Sho Deep Impact Kinen GII Nakayama 29.5 (7th) 11 8th 2:04.0 Filip Minarik 1.1 Satono Flag Turf 1800 m (Good) 3-Y-O 1-Win Allowance Nakayama 4.5 (2nd) 10 1:50.0 Kosei Miura –0.4 (Sakura Toujours) Turf 2000 m (Yielding) Satsuki Shō GI Nakayama 360.0 (17th) 18 4th 2:01.6 Yasunari Tanabe 0.9 Contrail Turf 2400 m (Good) Tōkyō Yūshun GI Tokyo 141.0 (15th) 18 17th 2:26.2 Yasunari Tanabe 2.1 Contrail Turf 2000 m (Good) 3-Y-O+ 2-Win Allowance Sapporo 2.5 (1st) 16 5th 2:00.9 Takeshi Yokoyama 0.4 Conductress Turf 1800 m (Good) Ibaraki Shimbun Hai Allowance Nakayama 4.9 (3rd) 10 1:47.6 Kosei Miura –0.2 (Le Lien) Turf 1800 m (Good) Joso Stakes Allowance Nakayama 2.3 (1st) 11 4th 1:49.3 Kosei Miura 0.0 Rose Amour2021 – four-year-old season Turf 1600 m (Good) Wakashio Stakes Allowance Nakayama 4.9 (2nd) 16 1:33.4 Kosei Miura 0.5 Karate Turf 1600 m (Good) Makuhari Stakes Allowance Nakayama 4.2 (3rd) 16 1:31.8 Kosei Miura –0.4 (Aim and End) Turf 1600 m (Good) Lord Derby Challenge Trophy GIII Nakayama – 15 SCR – Kosei Miura – Terzetto2022 – five-year-old season Turf 1600 m (Yielding) Rokko Stakes Listed Hanshin 18.6 (7th) 18 6th 1:34.3 Yusuke Kokubun 0.6 Air Lolonois Turf 1600 m (Good) Tanigawadake Stakes Listed Niigata 3.0 (1st) 11 1:33.6 Kosei Miura –0.2 (Belenus) Turf 1600 m (Good) Yonago Stakes Listed Hanshin 4.0 (1st) 16 1:32.9 Kosei Miura –0.2 (Kaiser Minoru) Turf 1600 m (Yielding) Sekiya Kinen GIII Niigata 3.8 (1st) 14 1:33.3 Kosei Miura –0.1 (Shuri) Turf 1600 m (Good) Mile Championship GI Hanshin 26.0 (9th) 17 12th 1:33.4 Kosei Miura 0.9 Serifos2023 – six-year-old season Turf 1600 m (Good) Tokyo Shimbun Hai GIII Tokyo 9.5 (4th) 16 1:31.8 Kosei Miura 0.0 (Namur) Dirt 1600 m (Fast) Godolphin Mile G2 Meydan 15.0 (7th) 14 6th 1:37.55 Kosei Miura 1.84 Isolate Turf 1600 m (Good) Yasuda Kinen GI Tokyo 54.8 (13th) 18 8th 1:32.1 Kosei Miura 0.7 Songline Turf 1800 m (Good) Mainichi Ōkan GII Tokyo 20.4 (5th) 12 5th 1:45.6 Kosei Miura 0.3 Elton Barows Turf 1600 m (Firm) Breeders' Cup Mile G1 Santa Anita 42.1 (10th) 13 11th 1:33.17 Kosei Miura 0.72 Master of The Seas2024 – seven-year-old season Turf 1600 m (Good) Tokyo Shimbun Hai GIII Tokyo 8.4 (4th) 16 1:32.3 Kosei Miura 0.2 Sakura Toujours Turf 1200 m (Heavy) Takamatsunomiya Kinen GI Chukyo 32.6 (11th) 18 4th 1:09.6 Kosei Miura 0.7 Mad Cool Turf 1600 m (Yielding) Yasuda Kinen GI Tokyo 18.9 (9th) 18 14th 1:33.3 Kosei Miura 1.0 Romantic Warrior Turf 1400 m (Good) Swan Stakes GII Kyoto 8.1 (4th) 17 6th 1:20.8 Kosei Miura 0.3 Danon McKinley Turf 1200 m (Good) Keihan Hai GIII Kyoto 6.6 (3rd) 18 1:07.8 Kosei Miura 0.1 Big Caesar2025 – eight-year-old season Turf 1200 m (Yielding) Silk Road Stakes GIII Kyoto 8.5 (4th) 16 1:08.6 Kosei Miura 0.6 Eishin Fencer Turf 1200 m (Good) Al Quoz Sprint G1 Meydan 50.0 (10th) 11 1:07.87 Kosei Miura 0.10 Believing Turf 1200 m (Good) Keeneland Cup GIII Sapporo 5.4 (1st) 16 5th 1:08.4 Kosei Miura 0.2 Panja Tower Turf 1200 m (Good) Sprinters Stakes GI Nakayama 50.0 (11th) 16 1:06.9 Kosei Miura 0.0 (June Blair) Turf 1200 m (Good) Hong Kong Sprint G1 Sha Tin 25.3 (3rd) 13 11th 1:09.9 Kosei Miura 2.2 Ka Ying Rising2026 – nine-year-old season Turf 1200 m (Good) Takamatsunomiya Kinen GI Chukyo 19.4 (7th) 18 1:06.6 Kosei Miura 0.3 Satono Reve Turf 1200 m (Good) Keeneland Cup GIII Sapporo 9.8 (3rd) 16 1:08.0 Kosei Miura 0.3 Sound Moryana Turf 1200 m (Yielding) Sprinters Stakes GI Nakayama 13.9 (6th) 16 6th 1:09.6 Kosei Miura 0.4 Puro Magic
Pedigree
Win Carnelian is inbred 5 × 5 to Northern Dancer and 5 × 5 to Hail to Reason. His sire Screen Hero won the 2008 Japan Cup. His dam Cosmo Crystal is a half-sister to the dams of Opera House and Kayf Tara.
See also Thoroughbred racing in Japan Sprinters Stakes
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