Grand Champ (JPN) Horse
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About
Grand Champ is a 2yo bay horse from Japan trained by Mikio Matsunaga. He is by Kizuna out of Satono Jade. The colt has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in five starts. In his latest outing at Hanshin on 29 March 2026, jockey Yuji Hishida guided him to a second‑place finish, trailing winner Mr Emerald.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Hanshin 29-Mar-26 2001m R2 Md $2,400,000 (of $11,280,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 02:06.900, SP: 6.00 1st Mr Emerald ( M Iwata 126 ) 2nd Grand Champ ( Y Hishida 126 ) 2.00L 3rd Sarasa Dandy ( K Kokubun 126 ) 6.00L See full results | Y Hishida 57.2kg 2.00L | 2 (9) |
| Hanshin 07-Mar-26 2001m R3 Md $890,000 (of $11,280,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:08.300, SP: 23.00 1st Ten Magic Hour ( K Taguchi 126 ) 2nd Pop Up ( R Takasugi 126 ) 5.00L 3rd Hyde Park ( T Fujikake 126 ) 6.50L 4th Grand Champ ( Y Kitamura 126 ) 6.80L See full results | Y Kitamura 57.2kg 6.80L | 4 (13) |
| Kyoto 01-Feb-26 1900m R3 Md $890,000 (of $11,280,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:01.300, SP: 34.00 1st Ask Chance Man ( M Iwata 126 ) 2nd Paradise Faith ( D Sasaki 126 ) 5.00L 3rd Dateotoko ( T Danno 126 ) 8.00L 4th Grand Champ ( Y Kitamura 126 ) 8.50L See full results | Y Kitamura 57.2kg 8.50L | 4 (10) |
| Kyoto 17-Jan-26 1900m R3 Md (of $11,280,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:02.100, SP: 7.50 1st Testa Veloce ( O Tayama 119 ) 2nd Green Go ( K Ikezoe 126 ) 0.30L 3rd Thisavros ( A Saito 126 ) 3.80L 6th Grand Champ ( C Lemaire 126 ) 11.80L See full results | C Lemaire 57.2kg 11.80L | 6 (13) |
| Hanshin 27-Dec-25 1800m R6 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $14,250,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:54.000, SP: 5.50 1st American Call ( C Demuro 123 ) 2nd Savoire Faire ( F Geroux 123 ) 0.75L 3rd Kratelos ( R Takasugi 121 ) 10.75L 6th Grand Champ ( C Lemaire 123 ) 15.25L See full results | C Lemaire 55.8kg 15.25L | 6 (11) |