Kurobotan (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Shanghai Bobby

Dam

Kantsubaki

Trainer

Inao Okada

Owners

Takao Kawauchi

About

Kurobotan is a 2yo bay from Japan trained by Inao Okada. He is by Shanghai Bobby out of the dam Kantsubaki. The horse has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in two starts. In his most recent race at Hanshin on 5 Apr 2026, riding Osuke Tayama, he finished sixth, behind the winner Going Moon.

Raced At

Hanshin Kyoto

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Hanshin 05-Apr-26 1200m GOOD R3 Md (of $11,280,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:11.000, SP: 67.00 1st Going Moon ( R Takasugi 121 ) 2nd Great Son ( H Wada 119 ) 1.50L 3rd Alm Apogee ( T Akiyama 121 ) 5.00L 6th Kurobotan ( O Tayama 115 ) 7.25L See full resultsO Tayama 52.2kg 7.25L6 (16)
Kyoto 01-Feb-26 1400m R4 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $12,330,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:27.200, SP: 81.00 1st Tierra Reina ( M Iwata 121 ) 2nd T O Purcell ( T Fujikake 126 ) 0.10L 3rd Shadow Ruler ( R Takasugi 121 ) 0.30L 13th Kurobotan ( Y Hishida 121 ) 12.65L See full resultsY Hishida 54.9kg 12.65L13 (16)