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 most promising 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.
In 2020 Normcore added another Group 1 victory when winning the Hong Kong Cup defeating the reigning winner Win Bright. She also won the Grade 1 Victoria Mile in 2019.
Among his other 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); Persian Knight, who took the Grade 1 Mile Championship.
He was crowned Japanese Champion Freshman Sire in 2014.
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 most promising 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. In 2020 Normcore added another Group 1 victory when winning the Hong Kong Cup defeating the reigning winner Win Bright. She also won the Grade 1 Victoria Mile in 2019. Among his other 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); Persian Knight, who took the Grade 1 Mile Championship.
He was crowned Japanese Champion Freshman Sire in 2014.