Gold Ship was born in 2009. He is by Stay Gold out of Point Flag by Mejiro McQueen.
Gold Ship was awarded Best Three-Year-Old Colt in Japan in 2012. He gained his first Grade 1 victory in the Grade 1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) at 3, and added two more Grade 1 wins in the Grade 1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) and the Grade 1 Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) in the same year. He also made history when becoming the first horse to win two renewals of the Grade 1 Takarazuka Kinen at 4 and 5. He captured his sixth Grade 1 win in the Grade 1 Tenno Sho (spring) at 6.
Gold Ship entered stud in Japan in 2016. His first crop hit the track in 2019 and in the same year, his colts Black Hole and Satono Gold finished one-two in the Grade 3 Sapporo Nisai Stakes. In 2020 Win Mighty took the Listed Wasurenagusa Sho and finished 3rd in the Grade 1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks). In 2021 Uberleben won the Grade 1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) while giving her sire a first victory at the highest level, and Win Kiitos captured the Grade 2 Meguro Kinen.
Yushun Himba(Japanese Oaks)(2021)
Gold Ship was awarded Best Three-Year-Old Colt in Japan in 2012. He gained his first Grade 1 victory in the Grade 1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) at 3, and added two more Grade 1 wins in the Grade 1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) and the Grade 1 Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) in the same year. He also made history when becoming the first horse to win two renewals of the Grade 1 Takarazuka Kinen at 4 and 5. He captured his sixth Grade 1 win in the Grade 1 Tenno Sho (spring) at 6.
Gold Ship entered stud in Japan in 2016. His first crop hit the track in 2019 and in the same year, his colts Black Hole and Satono Gold finished one-two in the Grade 3 Sapporo Nisai Stakes. In 2020 Win Mighty took the Listed Wasurenagusa Sho and finished 3rd in the Grade 1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks). In 2021 Uberleben won the Grade 1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) while giving her sire a first victory at the highest level, and Win Kiitos captured the Grade 2 Meguro Kinen.