Hatakeyama Stud

Hatakeyama Stud (有限会社畠山牧場) is a Japanese Thoroughbred breeding and training farm located in Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, in the Hidaka region — Japan's foremost area for racehorse production. The farm was founded in 1947 and is operated as a limited company (yugen kaisha). It is also registered with the Japan Racing Association (JRA) as an owner, racing under the silks pink, light blue motoyui, pink sleeves (previously yellow, light blue sleeves with red vertical stripes). The farm is the family home of Shigenori Hatakeyama. The operation is centered on producing and raising Thoroughbred racehorses. Its history page notes that the limited company was established in 1973, and the following year its homebred Kamino Chidori (by Tesco Boy out of Hideno Chidori, foaled 1969) won the graded Fuchu Himba Stakes (then the Tokyo Times Cup for fillies). The farm has also imported broodmares from overseas, including a Carrian mare in the 1990s; her first foal, Sirene, produced Alco Senora, a Stay Gold mare that won five races including the Fukushima Kinen (G3) and Niigata Kinen (G3). Alco Senora returned to the farm as a broodmare after retirement. Hatakeyama Stud has produced a number of notable racehorses over the decades, including Yamatake Sally (1989), Hot Secret (2000 and 2002 Stayers Stakes; 2001 Meguro Kinen), Meiner Easter (2004 Hanshin Spring Jump), Senpatsu Tomo (2006 Sonoda Queen Selection), Alco Senora (2007 Fukushima Kinen, 2008 Niigata Kinen), Herayoshio (1992 Turf Champion Ship), Gamma Burst (2013 Saitama Shimbun Eikan Sho), Cool Hotarubi (2014 Fantasy Stakes), Pink Kamehameha (2021 Saudi Derby), and Icon Tailor (2023 JBC Ladies' Classic). The farm also stands or has stood stallions such as Silk Justice (2007–2010, from Yushun SS) and cares for retired horses like Al Aran. In addition to its main farm, Hatakeyama Stud operates the Toyohata Training Center in Shinhidaka, a facility for conditioning young horses. The farm's stated philosophy is one of tradition and gradual progress: preserving the lessons and traditions of predecessors while continually adopting the latest knowledge and techniques to build a new history step by step.

Hatakeyama Stud traces its origins to 1947, when the farm was founded in the Hidaka region of Hokkaido, an area renowned for Thoroughbred breeding in Japan. The limited company (yugen kaisha) was formally established in 1973. The following year, in 1974, the farm's homebred Kamino Chidori (by Tesco Boy out of Hideno Chidori, foaled 1969) won the graded Tokyo Times Cup for fillies, now known as the Fuchu Himba Stakes, marking an early major success. Over the following decades, Hatakeyama Stud produced a steady stream of racehorses that competed at the highest levels of Japanese racing. Notable homebreds include Yamatake Sally (1989), Herayoshio (1992), Hot Secret (2000 and 2002 Stayers Stakes; 2001 Meguro Kinen), Meiner Easter (2004 Hanshin Spring Jump), Senpatsu Tomo (2006 Sonoda Queen Selection), Alco Senora (2007 Fukushima Kinen, 2008 Niigata Kinen), Gamma Burst (2013 Saitama Shimbun Eikan Sho), Cool Hotarubi (2014 Fantasy Stakes), Pink Kamehameha (2021 Saudi Derby), and Icon Tailor (2023 JBC Ladies' Classic). In the 1990s, the farm began importing broodmares from overseas, including a Carrian mare. Her first foal, Sirene, produced Alco Senora, a Stay Gold mare that won five races including two graded stakes. Alco Senora returned to the farm as a broodmare after her racing career, reflecting the farm's aim to integrate foreign bloodlines into its breeding program. The farm has also been involved in standing stallions, notably Silk Justice, who stood at the farm from 2007 to 2010 after coming from Yushun SS. It has also cared for retired horses such as Al Aran. In addition to its main breeding operation, Hatakeyama Stud operates the Toyohata Training Center in Shinhidaka, where young horses are conditioned. The farm is registered with the Japan Racing Association as an owner, racing under the silks pink, light blue motoyui, pink sleeves (previously yellow, light blue sleeves with red vertical stripes). It remains a family-run operation and is the family home of Shigenori Hatakeyama. The farm's stated philosophy emphasizes tradition and gradual progress: preserving the lessons of predecessors while adopting new knowledge and techniques.

• 2023

  Icon Tailor wins the JBC Ladies' Classic.

• 2021

  Pink Kamehameha wins the Saudi Derby.

• 2014

  Cool Hotarubi wins the Fantasy Stakes.

• 2013

  Gamma Burst wins the Saitama Shimbun Eikan Sho.

• 2008

  Alco Senora wins the Niigata Kinen.

• 2007

  Alco Senora wins the Fukushima Kinen; Silk Justice stands at stud (until 2010).

• 2006

  Senpatsu Tomo wins the Sonoda Queen Selection.

• 2004

  Meiner Easter wins the Hanshin Spring Jump.

• 2001

  Hot Secret wins the Meguro Kinen.

• 2000

  Hot Secret wins the Stayers Stakes (also 2002).

• 1992

  Herayoshio wins the Turf Champion Ship.

• 1990

  Imported a Carrian mare from overseas.

• 1989

  Yamatake Sally wins the TV Tokyo Sho 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes.

• 1974

  Homebred Kamino Chidori wins the graded Tokyo Times Cup for fillies (now Fuchu Himba Stakes).

• 1973

  Limited company (yugen kaisha) Hatakeyama Bokujo established.

• 1947

  Farm founded in the Hidaka region of Hokkaido.

Traditional, family-run Thoroughbred breeding and training operation in Japan's Hidaka region, balancing heritage with modern methods.

• Thoroughbred racehorses

  Bred and raised for racing in Japan.

• Broodmares

  Including imported mares to introduce new bloodlines.

• Young horse training

  At the Toyohata Training Center.

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