Kizuna was born in 2010. He is by Deep Impact out of Catequil by Storm Cat.
Kizuna was awarded Best Three-Year-Old Colt in Japan in 2013.
Kizuna showed his great turn of foot and captured the memorial 80th running of the Grade 1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) with subsequent Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia finishing 2nd. He also edged out the 2013 Derby winner Ruler of The World to take the Group 2 Prix Niel in a thrilling finish between the two Derby winners.
He is by Japanese Horse of the Year and Japanese Champion Sire Deep Impact, and a half-brother to Japanese Best Three-Year-Old Filly and Best Older Mare Phalaenopsis.
Kizuna entered stud in Japan in 2016. His first crop hit the track in 2019.
In 2021, his brilliant daughter Akai Ito gave her sire his first Group 1 winner when winning the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, in which his another filly Stellaria finished 2nd.
In 2022, Songline, the winner of 2021 Grade 2 Fuji Stakes, captured the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen and took the Group 3 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia. Also in 2022, Bathrat Leon, who already won the Grade 2 New Zealand Trophy on turf in 2021, captured the Group 2 Godolphin Mile on dirt in UAE.
Among his other best progeny are Deep Bond, who won the Grade 2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai, the Grade 2 Hanshin Daishoten (twice), the Group 2 Prix Foy; Maltese Diosa, who took the Grade 2 Tulip Sho; and Ask Wild More, who won the Grade 2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai.
He was crowned Japanese Champion Freshman Sire in 2019.
Yasuda Kinenn(2022)
Queen Elizabeth II Cup(2021)
Kizuna was awarded Best Three-Year-Old Colt in Japan in 2013. Kizuna showed his great turn of foot and captured the memorial 80th running of the Grade 1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) with subsequent Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia finishing 2nd. He also edged out the 2013 Derby winner Ruler of The World to take the Group 2 Prix Niel in a thrilling finish between the two Derby winners. He is by Japanese Horse of the Year and Japanese Champion Sire Deep Impact, and a half-brother to Japanese Best Three-Year-Old Filly and Best Older Mare Phalaenopsis.
Kizuna entered stud in Japan in 2016. His first crop hit the track in 2019. In 2021, his brilliant daughter Akai Ito gave her sire his first Group 1 winner when winning the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, in which his another filly Stellaria finished 2nd. In 2022, Songline, the winner of 2021 Grade 2 Fuji Stakes, captured the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen and took the Group 3 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia. Also in 2022, Bathrat Leon, who already won the Grade 2 New Zealand Trophy on turf in 2021, captured the Group 2 Godolphin Mile on dirt in UAE.
Among his other best progeny are Deep Bond, who won the Grade 2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai, the Grade 2 Hanshin Daishoten (twice), the Group 2 Prix Foy; Maltese Diosa, who took the Grade 2 Tulip Sho; and Ask Wild More, who won the Grade 2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai.
He was crowned Japanese Champion Freshman Sire in 2019.