Harbinger was born in 2006. He is by Dansili out of Penang Pearl by Bering.
Harbinger smashed the course record to take the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by a race record of 11 lengths and was rated 135 as the best horse in the 2010 World Thoroughbred Rankings. He is one of the best sons of a proven sire Dansili, the sire of Arc winner Rail Link and five-time Group 1 winner Flintshire.
Harbinger entered stud in Japan in 2011.
Among his best progeny are Deirdre, who won the Grade 1 Shuka Sho, and then became just the second Japanese-trained horse to win a Group 1 in Britain since Agnes World took the July Cup in 2000 when capturing the Nassau Stakes; Blast Onepiece, who won the Grade 1 Arima Kinen (Grand Prix); and Normcore, who took the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup and the Grade 1 Victoria Mile.
He was crowned Japanese Champion Freshman Sire in 2014.
Harbinger smashed the course record to take the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by a race record of 11 lengths and was rated 135 as the best horse in the 2010 World Thoroughbred Rankings. He is one of the best sons of a proven sire Dansili, the sire of Arc winner Rail Link and five-time Group 1 winner Flintshire.
Harbinger entered stud in Japan in 2011. Among his best progeny are Deirdre, who won the Grade 1 Shuka Sho, and then became just the second Japanese-trained horse to win a Group 1 in Britain since Agnes World took the July Cup in 2000 when capturing the Nassau Stakes; Blast Onepiece, who won the Grade 1 Arima Kinen (Grand Prix); and Normcore, who took the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup and the Grade 1 Victoria Mile.
He was crowned Japanese Champion Freshman Sire in 2014.