[Old News] Nice Nature, famous for the record of 3rd place for 3 consecutive years at Arima Memorial, died at the age of 35



From 1990 to 1996, he lived an active life and won three GII races, Kyoto Shimbun Hai, Naruo Kinen, and Takamatsunomiya Trophy. It turned out that the racehorse Nice Nature, who set a rare record of three consecutive places in a year, died at his hometown Watanabe Ranch. I was 35.



Obituary Nice Nature | Retired Horse Association
https://rha.or.jp/topics/20230530_nicenature.html

Nice Nature was born in 1988, and is undefeated in the same period, and is the representative product of Teio Tokai, who achieved the double crown of the Satsuki Sho and the Japanese Derby, Yamanin Zephyr, who won the Yasuda Kinen consecutive victory, Kenzan Fujiyama, who won the Hong Kong International Cup, and Mr. Cbee, who won the triple crown. There is Shako Glade, which is known for the episode where Tokai Teio retired with flowers.

Although he debuted in December 1990 and won, he did not participate in the classic races in the spring due to rest. After returning in the summer and winning consecutive conditions, he will challenge the Ogura Kinen (GIII) in August. He was the number one favorite, beating out the 4-year-old filly Ichnodictus, who had already won the Keihan Hai (GIII), and won the race by two horse lengths over Nuevo Tosho.

1991 Ogura Memorial (GIII) | Nice Nature | JRA Official-YouTube


In the Kyoto Newspaper Hai (GII), Ibuki Mikagura, who won 3 graded prizes such as the Hanshin 3-year Stakes (GI) and finished 4th in the Satsuki Sho, was the most popular, but Nice Nature also won here and won 4 in a row.

1991 Kyoto Newspaper Cup (GII) | Nice Nature | JRA Official-YouTube


In the Kikka Sho (GI) without Tokai Teio, he was the second most popular next to Ibuki Mikagura, but the race was won by Leo Durban, who finished second in the Derby. Nice Nature lost to 4th place.

1991 Chrysanthemum Award (GI) | Leo Durban | JRA Official - YouTube


Second most popular next to Mejiro McQueen at the end of the year Arima Memorial. In the race, the Emperor's prize horse, Prekrasny, who took the lead from the 3rd corner, stuck in a straight line, while Mejiro McQueen looked to the front, but Daiyusaku, the 14th favorite from the inside, won by a record time. Masayuki Sakai, an announcer who was in charge of relaying horse races on Fuji TV, is famous for 'This is Bikkuri Daiyusaku.' Nice Nature is following McQueen, passing Prekrasny and entering the 3rd place.

Daiyusaku [Arima Memorial 1991]-YouTube


In 1992, he took a long rest and returned to the battlefield in the fall. Although the confrontation with Teio Tokai was finally realized at the Emperor's Prize (Autumn), the race developed at a super high pace made by two escape horses, Mejiro Palmer and Daitaku Helios, was a straight line, and the leading force including Teio Tokai stopped and won. No. 11 is a rough race called Let's Go Takin. Nice Nature is 4th, ahead of Tokai Teio, who is 7th. The horses that ran in both the 1991 Arima Kinen and the 1992 Emperor's Award (Autumn) were Nice Nature, Daitaku Helios (5th and 8th), and Caribbean Song (11th and 16th). , Yamanin Global (6th and 3rd).

1992 Emperor's Award (Autumn) (GI) | Let's Go Takin | JRA Official-YouTube


In 1992, Arima Kinen, which was his second participation, Mejiro Palmer decided to run away, and Nice Nature finished 3rd after Legacy World.

Mejiro Palmer [Arima Memorial 1992]-YouTube


1993 was also a long way to win, and Arima Kinen, which was the third participation in the race, had a miraculous comeback after a one-year hiatus. Accomplish a feat of sorts.

Tokai Teio [Arima Memorial 1993]-YouTube


It was a nice nature that it was hard to win in other races, but in July 1994, he won the Takamatsunomiya Trophy for the first time in almost two and a half years.

1994 Takamatsunomiya Cup (GII) | Nice Nature | JRA Official-YouTube


In 1994 and 1995, he ran in the Arima Kinen, but finished 5th and 9th respectively. He was scheduled to run in 1996 as well, but due to insecurity in his legs, he avoided running and retired.

As a breeding stallion, he did not achieve much success, and after that he spent the rest of his life at Watanabe Ranch in his hometown of Urakawa. Despite his lack of G1 wins, he is a very popular horse with fans. Donations far exceeded the target amount for the birthday donation project held on Nice Nature's birthday.

Donation of more than three times the target for ``Nice Nature 35-year-old birthday donation'' and achieved the next goal-GIGAZINE



Nice Nature, who turned 35 years old on April 16, 2023, began showing signs of physical decline in May, and died of sedatives and anesthetics on the pasture at 12:40 on May 30.

In addition, Nice Nature held the record for the longest life of a living JRA graded winning horse until his death, but his mother, Miyuki Urakawa, also had a long life and passed away at the age of 36 on June 2, 2017. . In addition, Saint Nature, who is a son of Nice Nature and has three wins in the central horse racing, will be 25 years old on April 25, 2023.



By the way, according to the data of the horse racing information database site JBIS Search, Tokai Teio won 9 wins in 12 races (4 wins in G1) with a total prize amount of 625,633,000 yen , while Nice Nature won 7 wins in 41 races with a total prize amount of 600 million yen . 23,586,000 yen , quite a close match. Nice nature is not a flashy result, but you can see that it was a horse that left a stable and good result.

``Longest living horse that won a JRA graded prize'' seems to have been born on June 1, 1991 and won the 1994 Yayoi Prize and the 1996 Tanabata Prize.

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