Zaafir (2023) Horse

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Ghaiyyath

Dam

Oriental Step

Prize Money

358536

Trainer

Toru Hayashi

Owners

Carrot Farm Co Ltd

About

Zaafir is a 3yo bay horse trained by Toru Hayashi. He is by Ghaiyyath out of Oriental Step. So far, Zaafir has won three races. On 4 Oct 2026 at Tokyo, he claimed his most significant victory, earning $22,690,000.00 in an Allowance race.

Raced At

Tokyo • Nakayama

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Tokyo 04-Oct-26 1600m R12 Allowance Race (allow) $108,557 (of $206,988) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:36.500, SP: 1.62 1st Zaafir ( C P Lemaire 123 ) 2nd Fireman ( Y Hara 123 ) 0.10L 3rd Pai Shaobing ( T Yokoyama 123 ) 0.40L See full results C P Lemaire 55.8kg 1 (16)
Tokyo 06-Jun-26 1600m GOOD R12 Allowance Race (allow) $71,834 (of $71,834) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:37.100, SP: 1.10 1st Zaafir ( D Lane 121 ) 2nd The Rose Hearts ( D Sasaki 123 ) 5.00L 3rd Karhu ( Y Hara 128 ) 2.50L See full results D Lane 54.9kg 1 (16)
Tokyo 25-Apr-26 1600m GOOD R6 Allowance Race (allow) $28,974 (of $71,995) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:38.800, SP: 2.88 1st B B Closer ( R Sakai 126 ) 2nd Zaafir ( D Lane 126 ) 0.75L 3rd Takeru Musashi ( D Sasaki 126 ) 3.50L See full results D Lane 57.2kg 0.75L 2 (16)
Tokyo 15-Feb-26 1600m GOOD R4 Allowance Race (allow) $30,545 (of $75,899) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:37.300, SP: 4.50 1st Longing For You ( K Ogino 121 ) 2nd Zaafir ( R King 126 ) 1.00L 3rd Ganda ( T Yokoyama 126 ) 0.75L See full results R King 57.2kg 1.00L 2 (13)
Nakayama 06-Dec-25 2000m GOOD R9 Habotan Sho (allow) (of $109,988) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:58.900, SP: 2.38 1st Sanono Greater ( T Yokoyama 123 ) 2nd Porphyrogennetos ( K Tosaki 123 ) 3.00L 3rd Obra Prima ( S Ishibashi 121 ) 1.25L 8th Zaafir ( C P Lemaire 123 ) 5.90L See full results C P Lemaire 55.8kg 5.90L 8 (11)