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 in 2019; 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.
Mile Championship(2023)
Hong Kong Cup(2020)
Arima Kinen(2018)
Mile Championship(2017)
Queen Elizabeth II Cup(2017)
Shuka Sho(2017)
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 in 2019; 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.