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Titleholder was born in 2018. He is by Duramente out of Mowen by Motivator.
Titleholder was awarded Best Older Horse in Japan in 2022.
Titleholder won the first Grade 1 victory of his career in the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger), the final jewel in the Japanese Triple Crown, by five lengths. He reached his peak at 4 when he dominated the Grade 1 Tenno Sho (spring) by seven lengths, and captured the Grade 1 Takarazuka Kinen in a course-record time of 2:09.7 over 2200 meters on turf at Hanshin. He is by the late Japanese Derby winner Duramente, who was crowned Japanese Champion Sire in 2023.
Titleholder entered stud in Japan in 2024. His first foals are yearlings of 2026.
Titleholder was awarded Best Older Horse in Japan in 2022. Titleholder won the first Grade 1 victory of his career in the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger), the final jewel in the Japanese Triple Crown, by five lengths. He reached his peak at 4 when he dominated the Grade 1 Tenno Sho (spring) by seven lengths, and captured the Grade 1 Takarazuka Kinen in a course-record time of 2:09.7 over 2200 meters on turf at Hanshin. He is by the late Japanese Derby winner Duramente, who was crowned Japanese Champion Sire in 2023.
Titleholder entered stud in Japan in 2024. His first foals are yearlings of 2026.