Embroidery (horse)

Embroidery
エンブロイダリー
2025 Shuka Sho
SireAdmire Mars[1]
GrandsireDaiwa Major[1]
DamRottenmeier[1]
DamsireKurofune[1]
SexFilly[1]
Foaled (2022-02-01) February 1, 2022[1]
CountryJapan[1]
ColorBay[1]
BreederNorthern Farm[1]
OwnerSilk Racing[2]
TrainerKazutomo Mori[2]
Record9:5-1-0[2]
Earnings338,331,000 JPY[3]
Major wins
Queen Cup (2025)
Oka Sho (2025)
Shūka Sho (2025)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly (2025)
Last updated on January 6, 2026

Embroidery (Japanese: エンブロイダリー, Hepburn: Enburoidarī; foaled February 1, 2022) is an active Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2025 Oka Sho and Shūka Sho.[1][2][3] At the end of her 2025 season, she was awarded the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly.[4]

Racing career

2024: two-year-old season

Embroidery debuted on June 2, 2024, in a 2-year-old maiden race at Tokyo Racecourse over a distance of 1,600 meters. Closing sharply along the rail in the stretch, she narrowly lost by half a length to Million Rose, finishing second.[5] Her next start came in a 2-year-old maiden race at Niigata Racecourse on July 27. Breaking sharply to take the lead, she dictated a slow pace before accelerating in the stretch to win by 7 lengths, securing her maiden victory in a record time of 1:45.5, breaking Niigata’s previous 1,800 meter turf course record for two-year-olds by 0.9 seconds.[6] On September 29, she started as the favorite in the Saffron Sho but finished 5th after a slow start.[7] She rebounded on November 16 in a 2yo 1-win class race, claiming her second career victory.[8]

2025: three-year-old season

Embroidery at the Oka Sho

Embroidery opened her 3-year-old campaign in the Queen Cup on February 15, marking her graded stakes debut. Tracking second early, she surged clear in the stretch to win by two-and-a-half horse lengths in a race-record time of 1:32.2. This victory also made her the first graded stakes winner sired by Admire Mars.[9]

On April 13, she contested the Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) at Hanshin Racecourse. Racing mid-pack, she threaded through traffic in the stretch to win decisively, securing her first grade 1 title and extending her graded stakes winning streak.[10] Notably, Admire Mars, a first-year sire with his first crop of foals, became the first freshman stallion since Epiphaneia (sire of Daring Tact, 2020 Oka Sho winner) to produce a Japanese classic winner.[11][12]

Following her Oka Sho triumph, Embroidery was sent to Northern Farm Tennei for a brief rest. On April 25, her owners, Silk Racing, announced via their official website that she would target the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) at Tokyo Racecourse on May 25.[13] At the race, Embroidery who came as the first favourite, could not see the distance well, hit the wall and stalled at ninth position.[14]

Embroidery before the Shuka Sho

Later on this year, Embroidery's next race was decided to be the Shuka Sho in Kyoto.[15] The race was held on October 19. When the race start, Embroidery settled out early and held on to the second place before finally putting her foot down and passing Erika Express, who was jockeyed by Yutaka Take, on the final straight and took home her second tiara.[16]

Racing statistics

Below data is based on data available on JBIS Search,[17] and NetKeiba.[18]

Date Track Race Grade Distance
(Condition) 		Entry HN Odds
(Favored) 		Finish Time Margins Jockey Winner
(Runner-up)
2024 – two-year-old season
Jun 2 Tokyo 2YO Debut 1,600 m (Good) 12 4 2.5 (1) 2nd 1:36.5 0.1 João Moreira Million Rose
Jul 27 Niigata 2YO Maiden 1,800 m (Firm) 6 3 1.1 (1) 1st 1:45.5[a] -1.2 Christophe Lemaire (Agnes Sanki)
Sep 29 Nakayama Saffron Sho 1 Win 1,600 m (Firm) 9 6 1.2 (1) 5th 1:35.3 0.1 Christophe Lemaire Kurino Mei
Nov 16 Tokyo 2YO 1WIN 1 Win 1,400 m (Firm) 10 8 1.7 (1) 1st 1:22.7 -0.2 Christophe Lemaire (Bonne Soiree)
2025 – three-year-old season
Feb 15 Tokyo Queen Cup GIII 1,600 m (Firm) 14 7 4.9 (3) 1st 1:32.2[b] -0.4 Christophe Lemaire (Ma Puce)
Apr 13 Hanshin Oka Sho GI 1,600 m (Good) 18 7 5.0 (3) 1st 1:33.1 0.0 João Moreira (Arma Veloce)
May 25 Tokyo Yushun Himba GI 2,400 m (Firm) 18 9 3.3 (1) 9th 2:26.7 1.0 Christophe Lemaire Kamunyak
Oct 19 Kyoto Shūka Sho GI 2,000 m (Firm) 18 11 5.5 (2) 1st 1:58.3 -0.1 Christophe Lemaire (Erika Express)
Dec 14 Sha Tin Hong Kong Mile GI 1,600 m (Good) 14 14 7.2 (4) 11th 1:34.30 -0.87 Christophe Lemaire Voyage Bubble

Legend:
  Turf

Notes:
  1. ^ Broke the two-year-old track record
  2. ^ Broke the race record

Pedigree

Pedigree of Embroidery (JPN), bay filly, 2022[19]
Sire
Admire Mars
ch. 2016 		Daiwa Major
ch. 2001 		Sunday Silence (USA) Halo
Wishing Well
Scarlet Bouquet Northern Taste (CAN)
Scarlet Ink (USA)
Via Medici (IRE)
ch. 2007 		Medicean (GB) Machiavellian (USA)
Mystic Goddess (USA)
Via Milano (FR) Singspiel (IRE)
Salvinaxia
Dam
Rottenmeier
b. 2013 		Kurofune (USA)
gr. 1998 		French Deputy Deputy Minister
Mitterand
Blue Avenue Classic Go Go
Eliza Blue
Adelheid
b. 2007 		Agnes Tachyon Sunday Silence (USA)
Agnes Flora
Biwa Heidi Caerleon (USA)
Aghsan (IRE) (Family: 16-c)[20]

References

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  3. ^ a b "競走馬情報 JRA". Japanese Racing Association. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
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