Hit The Ground (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Fine Needle

Dam

Gentle Vow

Prize Money

109455

Owners

Bando Ranch Co Ltd

About

Hit The Ground is a 3yo colt from Japan trained by Hirofumi Shii. He is by Fine Needle out of Gentle Vow. So far, Hit The Ground has recorded one win. On 20 Jul 2025 at Hakodate, he secured his most significant victory, earning $10600000.00 in prize money.

Raced At

Kokura Chukyo Sapporo Hakodate Kyoto

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Kokura 08-Feb-26 1200m R12 Allowance Race (allow) $820,000 (of $15,620,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:09.100, SP: 10.00 1st Yamanin Lesedi ( R Yokoyama 123 ) 2nd Le Pavillon ( K Kikuzawa 123 ) 0.30L 3rd Tamamo Brown Tie ( Y Shibata 123 ) 0.60L 5th Hit The Ground ( Y Tsunoda 123 ) 1.00L See full resultsY Tsunoda 55.8kg 1.00L5 (18)
Chukyo 13-Dec-25 1200m GOOD R12 Allowance Race (allow) (of $15,200,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:08.300, SP: 6.00 1st Queen's Day ( K Kokubun 121 ) 2nd Leonard Star ( T Ogino 128 ) 1.00L 3rd Sound Layla ( N Furukawa 117 ) 0.30L 10th Hit The Ground ( Y Fujioka 121 ) 4.45L See full resultsY Fujioka 54.9kg 4.45L10 (18)
Sapporo 17-Aug-25 1500m GOOD R7 Allowance Race (allow) (of $15,200,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:30.900, SP: 19.00 1st Piko Rose ( D Sasaki 117 ) 2nd Ut Journey ( M Kobayashi 110 ) 0.30L 3rd Courir Seul ( Y Tannai 117 ) 0.75L 6th Hit The Ground ( Y Furukawa 117 ) 4.55L See full resultsY Furukawa 53.1kg 4.55L6 (14)
Hakodate 20-Jul-25 1200m GOOD R6 Md $5,600,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:08.400, SP: 7.00 1st Hit The Ground ( G Ochiai 121 ) 2nd Ascendia ( Y Take 121 ) 1.00L 3rd Griffon ( N Furukawa 115 ) 0.75L See full resultsG Ochiai 54.9kg1 (16)
Hakodate 06-Jul-25 1200m HEAVY R4 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:09.600, SP: 6.00 1st La La Banyuls ( Y Fujioka 126 ) 2nd Ascendia ( Y Take 121 ) 1.50L 3rd Black Tinker ( H Yoshida 121 ) 0.50L 9th Hit The Ground ( Y Furukawa 121 ) 6.20L See full resultsY Furukawa 54.9kg 6.20L9 (15)
Hakodate 22-Jun-25 1200m HEAVY R1 Md $2,200,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:09.500, SP: 17.00 1st Baby's Breath ( Y Take 121 ) 2nd Hit The Ground ( Y Furukawa 121 ) 2.00L 3rd M T King ( M Matsuoka 126 ) 0.00L See full resultsY Furukawa 54.9kg 2.00L2 (15)
Chukyo 30-Mar-25 1200m GOOD R2 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:12.900, SP: 21.00 1st Kudos ( K Tanaka 126 ) 2nd Show Mosh ( T Yokoyama 126 ) 3.50L 3rd M T Estate ( J Moreira 126 ) 0.50L 10th Hit The Ground ( Y Tsunoda 121 ) 10.80L See full resultsY Tsunoda 54.9kg 10.80L10 (15)
Kyoto 01-Feb-25 1200m GOOD R1 Md $1,400,000 (of $10,600,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:13.000, SP: 17.00 1st Two Piece ( H Kawasu 121 ) 2nd Lead Principal ( T Ogino 121 ) 3.00L 3rd Hit The Ground ( M Iwata 121 ) 6.50L See full resultsM Iwata 54.9kg 6.50L3 (13)
Chukyo 18-Jan-25 1400m GOOD R3 Newcomer Race (newc) $620,000 (of $11,850,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:26.800, SP: 6.00 1st Bergun ( R Takasugi 119 ) 2nd Elsa To Anna ( H Matsumoto 119 ) 2.50L 3rd Meisho Mahiro ( D Ozawa 119 ) 3.00L 5th Hit The Ground ( Y Tsunoda 121 ) 8.30L See full resultsY Tsunoda 54.9kg 8.30L5 (16)