Curlicue (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Discreet Cat

Dam

Orthographe

Prize Money

48921

Owners

Godolphin

About

Curlicue is a 2yo horse from Japan trained by Kazuya Takahashi. He is by Discreet Cat out of Orthographe and has not yet broken his maiden, remaining winless in three starts. In his most recent start at Chukyo on 29 March 2026, jockey Atsuya Nishimura rode him to a third‑place finish behind winner Lever Du Soleil.

Raced At

Chukyo Hanshin Tokyo

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Chukyo 29-Mar-26 1400m GOOD R1 Md $1,500,000 (of $11,280,000) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 01:25.000, SP: 6.00 1st Lever Du Soleil ( C P Lemaire 121 ) 2nd Cevennes ( K Matsuyama 121 ) 1.25L 3rd Curlicue ( A Nishimura 121 ) 1.55L See full resultsA Nishimura 54.9kg 1.55L3 (16)
Hanshin 28-Feb-26 1200m R3 Md $590,000 (of $11,280,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:12.000, SP: 3.25 1st Blue Mckinzie ( K Kawamata 126 ) 2nd Kurokami Jo ( O Tayama 115 ) 5.00L 3rd Red Levendis ( Y Take 126 ) 5.75L 5th Curlicue ( R Sakai 121 ) 9.00L See full resultsR Sakai 54.9kg 9.00L5 (16)
Tokyo 11-Oct-25 1400m GOOD R4 Newcomer Race (newc) $3,000,000 (of $14,250,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:25.400, SP: 2.25 1st Wicked Pickett ( A Tsumura 123 ) 2nd Curlicue ( R Sakai 121 ) 6.00L 3rd Luxon Light ( T Yokoyama 123 ) 8.00L See full resultsR Sakai 54.9kg 6.00L2 (16)