Maurice was born in 2011. He is by Screen Hero out of Mejiro Frances by Carnegie.
Maurice, a son of Japan Cup victor Screen Hero, was awarded Horse of the Year and Best Sprinter or Miler in Japan in 2015. Although he was unable to make the 3yo classics, he showed steady progress at 4 and concluded the incredible season with a perfect score of six wins out of as many starts including the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen, the Grade 1 Mile Championship, and the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile. At 5 he returned to the scene with a dominant victory in the Group 1 Champions Mile in May, and then stepped up in trip and proved his brilliance over 2000 meters by winning the Grade 1 Tenno Sho (autumn) and the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup.
Maurice entered stud in Japan in 2017. His first crop hit the track in 2020. He got off to a very good start as a stallion. Shigeru Pink Ruby took the Grade 2 Fillies' Revue, Rooks Nest won the Grade 3 Falcon Stakes, and Pixie Knight captured the Grade 3 Shinzan Kinen.
Sprinters S(2021)
Maurice, a son of Japan Cup victor Screen Hero, was awarded Horse of the Year and Best Sprinter or Miler in Japan in 2015. Although he was unable to make the 3yo classics, he showed steady progress at 4 and concluded the incredible season with a perfect score of six wins out of as many starts including the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen, the Grade 1 Mile Championship, and the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile. At 5 he returned to the scene with a dominant victory in the Group 1 Champions Mile in May, and then stepped up in trip and proved his brilliance over 2000 meters by winning the Grade 1 Tenno Sho (autumn) and the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup.
Maurice entered stud in Japan in 2017. His first crop hit the track in 2020. He got off to a very good start as a stallion. Shigeru Pink Ruby took the Grade 2 Fillies' Revue, Rooks Nest won the Grade 3 Falcon Stakes, and Pixie Knight captured the Grade 3 Shinzan Kinen.