Silk Needle (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-21

Colour

bay

Sire

Fine Needle

Dam

Wing Furioso

Prize Money

60369

Owners

Yasunori Kitamura

About

Silk Needle is a 4yo horse from Japan trained by Hiroyuki Imazu. He is by Fine Needle out of Wing Furioso. To date he has secured seven victories. On 21 May 2025 at Nagoya he captured his biggest triumph, winning the $1,800,000 Race 10 (a6). The horse has been a rewarding choice for bettors, delivering a 6% return on investment for those who staked on him throughout his career.

Raced At

Nagoya Niigata Tokyo Nakayama

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Nagoya 20-Nov-25 1500m R12 Race 12 (b1) $200,000 (of $1,800,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:36.100, SP: 5.50S Tsukamoto 54.9kg 3.00L3 (12)
Nagoya 10-Nov-25 1500m HEAVY R12 Race 12 (b2) $298,000 (of $1,531,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:36.400, SP: 2.63S Tsukamoto 54.9kg 4.00L2 (10)
Nagoya 05-Jun-25 1700m HEAVY R11 Race 11 (a4) (of $2,160,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:50.600, SP: 2.88S Tsukamoto 54.9kg 6.10L6 (10)
Nagoya 21-May-25 1700m GOOD R10 Race 10 (a6) $1,000,000 (of $1,800,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:53.300, SP: 3.25S Tsukamoto 54.9kg1 (12)
Nagoya 05-May-25 920m HEAVY R10 Race 10 (b2) $170,000 (of $1,531,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:58.200, SP: 1.57S Tsukamoto 54.9kg 5.50L3 (10)
Nagoya 21-Apr-25 1700m GOOD R10 Race 10 (b1) $350,000 (of $1,800,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:53.600, SP: 5.00S Tsukamoto 54.9kg 2.00L2 (10)
Nagoya 10-Apr-25 1700m GOOD R12 Race 12 (b5) $650,000 (of $1,171,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:55.600, SP: 5.50S Tsukamoto 54.9kg1 (12)
Nagoya 26-Mar-25 920m HEAVY R8 Race 8 (b4) $600,000 (of $1,080,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:56.500, SP: 1.83S Tsukamoto 54kg1 (9)
Nagoya 27-Feb-25 920m GOOD R12 Race 12 (b9) $600,000 (of $1,080,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:57.700, SP: 3.00S Tsukamoto 54kg1 (12)
Nagoya 13-Feb-25 1500m GOOD R2 Race 2 (c11) $500,000 (of $900,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:39.800, SP: 1.57S Tsukamoto 54kg1 (11)
Nagoya 31-Jan-25 1500m GOOD R7 Race 7 (c2) (of $972,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:38.800, SP: 8.00M Ohata 54kg 5.40L6 (10)
Nagoya 02-Jan-25 1400m GOOD R8 Race 8 (c19) $500,000 (of $900,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:31.600, SP: 2.63M Ohata 54kg1 (12)
Nagoya 19-Dec-24 1500m GOOD R6 Race 6 (c21) $75,000 (of $900,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:38.900, SP: 6.00M Ohata 54kg 3.50L4 (11)
Nagoya 21-Nov-24 1400m GOOD R4 Race 4 (c18) $100,000 (of $900,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:34.300, SP: 19.00K Okamura 54kg 1.30L3 (12)
Nagoya 07-Aug-24 1500m GOOD R4 (of $499,999), Winning Time: 01:40.600, SP: 8/1M Ohata 54kg, Cd 0 16.25L10 (11)
Nagoya 23-Jul-24 1500m GOOD R6 $100,015 (of $499,999), Winning Time: 01:37.300, SP: 9/2M Ohata 54kg 11.00L3 (12)
Nagoya 28-Jun-24 1500m SOFT R4 $612,300 (of $612,361), Winning Time: 01:36.300, SP: 7/2M Ohata 54kg1 (12)
Niigata 11-May-24 1800m GOOD R2 Md (of $10,480,019) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:55.100, SP: 101.00N Fujita 53.1kg 33.75L14 (15)
Tokyo 10-Feb-24 1400m FIRM R5 Md (of $10,479,883) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:22.300, SP: 201.00N Fujita 53.1kg 4.00L13 (16)
Niigata 21-Oct-23 1200m R3 Md (of $10,479,883) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:12.100, SP: 126.00T Ishida 52.2kg 11.80L10 (14)
Nakayama 30-Sep-23 1200m R6 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $13,719,924) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:16.100, SP: 51.00T Ishida 52.2kg 17.00L10 (16)