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Soul Rush (horse)
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Soul Rush (Japanese: ソウルラッシュ, Hepburn: Souru Rasshu; foaled March 28, 2018) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his victories in the 2024 Mile Championship and the 2025 Dubai Turf.[1][2][3] He won the JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler in 2024.[7]
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2020: two-year-old season
Soul Rush debuted on December 13, 2020, in a 2-year-old maiden race at Chukyo Racecourse (2000m, turf). Racing mid-pack early, he surged ahead in the final stretch to win by two lengths.[8]
2021: three-year-old season
In his second career start, the Asunaro Sho, he finished sixth.[9] Subsequent races saw mixed results: fourth in the Shinryoku Sho (a six-horse field),[10] sixth in a 1-win class dirt race, fourth, and seventh in another. After a four-month break, he returned to win a 1-win class mile race by one and a half lengths with a powerful late sprint. He capped the year with a victory in the Christmas Cup, securing his third win by half a length.[11]
2022: four-year-old season
Soul Rush began his four-year-old season with a dominant three-length victory in the Shunkyo Stakes, earning him open-class status.[12] On April 24, he contested his first graded stakes race, the Group 2 Milers Cup at Hanshin Racecourse. Despite being sixth in betting odds, he rallied from the rear to overtake leaders Besten Dank and Ho O Amazon, clinching his first group win and extending his streak to four. His jockey Suguru Hamanaka celebrated his 1,100th JRA victory with this triumph.[13] More than a month later, his debut in group 1 company, the Yasuda Kinen, ended in a disappointing 13th place. His first defeat at a distance of 1600 meters.[14] After a summer break, he returned to finish a close second in the Fuji Stakes while carrying 3 kilograms more than the winner[15] and fourth in the Mile Championship, marking his first top-five finish at group 1.[16]
2022 Milers Cup
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2023: five-year-old season
Soul Rush aimed to defend his title in the Milers Cup but settled for third behind Schnell Meister and Gaia Force.[17] More than a month later, a poor start in the Yasuda Kinen led to a ninth-place finish.[18] He rebounded in the Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap, where he tracked in third to fourth position early and overtook Win Greatest at the wire to win by a neck, while carrying the top weight of 59 kilograms, for his first graded stakes victory in more than a year.[19] In the Mile Championship, partnered with João Moreira for the first time, he surged through traffic in the stretch to take the lead but was narrowly passed by Namur at the line, settling for second place by a neck.[20] In the Hong Kong Mile, he finished fourth behind Golden Sixty after he was unable to race smoothly.[21]
2024: six-year-old season
Soul Rush’s campaign began with a jockey change: originally scheduled Kohei Matsuyama was replaced by Taisei Danno due to Matsuyama’s injury ahead of the Milers Cup.[22] From mid-pack, he powered through from the outside stretch to win by one and three-fourth lengths, securing his third group title and first victory in the race since 2022.[23] In the Yasuda Kinen, he closed from the rear but finished third, about half a length behind Hong Kong’s Romantic Warrior.[24] After a four-month break, he placed second in the Fuji Stakes, edged by Jun Blossom in a tight finish.[25] On November 17, he dominated the Mile Championship, unleashing a blistering late charge from mid-rear to win by two and a half lengths over Elton Barows, claiming his maiden group 1 title on his seventh attempt. Cartier Racing Award Top Older Horse winner Charyn placed fifth.[26] Jockey Danno was fined ¥50,000 for a premature celebratory pose before the finish line, deemed a breach of professional conduct.[27] He concluded the year with a second place finish in the Hong Kong Mile, unable to overtake Voyage Bubble late.[28]
2025: seven-year-old season
Soul Rush opened his seven-year-old season with a third place finish in the Nakayama Kinen, hampered by a narrow path in the stretch.[29]
On April 5, he triumphed in the Dubai Turf under Cristian Demuro. Saving ground in mid-pack before surging past Romantic Warrior in the final strides to win by a close nose. This victory marked his second group 1 title, his first overseas win, and the first international group 1 win for his trainer Yasutoshi Ikee.[30]
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Below data is based on data available on JBIS Search,[31] NetKeiba,[32] Hong Kong Jockey Club,[33] and Emirates Racing Authority.[34]
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Pedigree
- His dam's half-brother, Hiraboku Deep, won the 2013 Aoba Sho.
- His granddam Cat Ali's cousin, Hennessey, won the 1995 Hopeful Stakes.
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