KurofuneComments
gr. 1998 16.2 (1.68M)
Stallions of Merit
Comments
Mama Cocha
Sprinters Stakes(2023)
Sodashi
Victoria Mile(2022)
Aerolithe
NHK Mile Cup(2017)
White Fugue
JBC Ladies Classic(2016)
Clarity Sky
NHK Mile Cup(2015)
Whale Capture
Victoria Mile(2012)
Curren Chan
Takamatsunomiya Kinen(2012)
Sleepless Night
Sprinters S(2008)
Fusaichi Richard
Asahi Hai Futurity S(2005)
Kurofune was awarded Best Dirt Horse in Japan in 2001. He won the Japan Cup Dirt by seven lengths with setting a Japanese record. He performed very well also on turf and won the NHK Mile Cup.
Kurofune entered stud in Japan in 2002. Among his best progeny are Sprinters Stakes winners Curren Chan and Sleepless Night, NHK Mile Cup winners Aerolithe, and Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) and Victoria Mile winner Sodashi.
He died in 2021 at the age of 23.