What A Champion! The World's Best Horse Equinox Wins The 2023 Japan Cup! イクイノックスジャパンカップ優勝!

[@marvelous_ll]

If Equinox races with Deep Impact, or simply if Deep Impact is here racing with Equinox in this Japan Cup , I bet Equinox to win.

[@oyf.]

一般的に、ダートより芝の方が着差が付きにくく、タフな芝よりスピードの出る芝の方が着差が付きにくい。
それ故に、日本の競馬では展開によって結果が変わりやすく、圧倒的なチャンピオンホースが生まれにくい。
そんな中、イクイノックスは展開不問、ペース不問、コース不問、相手不問で楽勝し続ける。こんな馬が存在していいのか。

[@user-hc4sq1gh4t]

ストライドの推移が他の馬と違う次世代型の走り
気性と知能が完璧な馬
頭と体の片方はともかく、両方持ってしまったやつは初
そりゃ世界一にもなる🤗

[@dchheda999]

Horse of the decade 🏇🏁

[@hatopoppo_niki]

Not decade, he is only one

[@battensoul]

The way the last straight line stretches...
It is truly a level of another dimension.
This horse is beyond human imagination.　　
I heard he is retiring at the end of this season,
I wish he would have competed in more international races

[@user-lk1me2vd4t]

They chose money. I have no right to criticize them, but if people stop chasing romance, they will stop chasing horses.

[@MrBlackhibee]

What a brilliant performance, made a really hard, competitive race into an absolute procession. A brilliant horse, without a doubt.

[@SmoggyFroggy]

Best horse in training without a doubt! What a champion! Absolutely breathe taking!

[@rosewetzel8284]

Agreed

[@rosewetzel8284]

I guess Equinox is “ Flightline like” in greatness sheesh!

[@user-ot5wj6hd8b]

​@@rosewetzel8284
フライトラインとイクイノックスはスビード値がずば抜けている

[@kaisan6938]

Living legendary horse Equinox, this year's Japan Cup marked a new history in Japanese horse racing.🎉🎉🎉

[@naeemebraheem1457]

Equinox simply the best

[@janetmarshall7171]

Equinox!! Japan 🗾🗾 had a living legend, in their midst!! He is a PHENOMENAL horse!! What a specimen of a Equine!! Congratulations to all of his connections involved in this Historic Win!!😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@sayoshi.06]

INCREDIBLE!!! Black king ❤

[@PATRIARCA173]

EQUINOX is a total monster

[@manuelenriquerodriguezsilv3461]

The Best Horse !! 👏👏

[@robertmartin7594]

He's OK, but he's no FRANKEL !!

[@user-hc4sq1gh4t]

@@robertmartin7594Please be gentle
. frankel surpassed limit of the thoroughbred.he came from another planet🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GBeret83]

Reminded me a lot of his win at Meydan in the Dubai Sheema Classic back in March. Lemaire never paniced. Cool as a cucumber the entire time because he knew what he had under him. And Equinox, much like when he won at Meydan, scarcely ever off the bridal at any point in the race as he galloped right on by the front runners, leaving the entire field for dead as he draws away in what looked more akin to a morning work cantor than anything close to a full out run like you'd expect to see a horse in to win a race like the Dubai Sheema Classic or the Japan Cup. This horse is seriously impressive.

[@anamariagutierrez4388]

Felicitaciones desde Uruguay 👏👏👏🏇

[@user-tj2mn9md9b]

The first five finishers were multiple G1 winners, and they ran as well as they were capable.
It may not look that way because Equinox is too powerful.
If properly evaluated, his rating would be over 130.
P.S.
His rating in the Japan Cup was 135.

[@paulrichards6894]

he would have won the arc surely

[@saturnviz]

@@paulrichards6894 He would have decimated the Arc field on the good ground at Longchamp this year

[@paulrichards6894]

@@saturnviz japan so desperate to win the race never get a better chance

[@paulrichards6894]

@@MessiLionel-rm4fp where will he stand...think he will make a great sire....be surprised if coolmore dont use him

[@goonervillegonad3662]

Frankel King of Kings on track and in the shed. 140. Eat his dust 👍🏽

[@user-hc4sq1gh4t]

ifha rating 135😎😎😎😎
the world champion 🌏🌏🌏🌏

[@abdullahaboobakker1758]

Wow unbelievable horse 🐎 🎉🎉❤❤🎉🎉😊

[@smokeman1534]

Orfevre finished second in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe for the second year in a row.
Almond Eye has won 9 G1 races including those overseas.
Just ask a Japanese person.
No matter how great a horse is, Deep Impact is probably the strongest horse in Japanese history.
Many people will say that.
I thought so too.
Until I watched Equinox's two races this fall.

[@RYOUSITU-holdings-CEO]

日本ではもうディープインパクトを超えたのではという評価ですね。

[@frankel1487]

Deep Impact seems to be deified in Japan, but the only opponents he has beaten are weaker horses compared to Equinox. Unless, of course, he had won the Arc de Triomphe, but he finished third despite doping. I think Equinox is a much better horse.

[@paulrichards6894]

the irony is that they are so desperate to win the arc and had the horse to do it....and the ground was right....will they keep him in training....probably not

[@user-xt4jt3wx9c]

I am Japanese.
Deep Impact is highly valued for its performance as a stallion.

[@paulrichards6894]

@@user-xt4jt3wx9c great loss him passing away

[@nankumarrai343]

Best horse

[@loupasternak]

Apparently his sire was also quite the superstar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_(horse)

[@davidwong6682]

Yeah! Kitasan Black won the Japan Cup in 2016 and ran 3rd in the same race in 2017. He was twice the winner of Tenno Sho autumn and also twice the winner of Arima Kinen. Like father like son I guess.

[@user-iu5jn9fi6w]

​@@davidwong6682 Actually, he didn't win Arima twice. Heck, he raced in Arima three times and didn't win it until the last one, which was also his retirement race. Also, he won Spring Tenno Sho twice, and Autumn Tenno Sho only once.

[@rg_joesen2780]

Just want to share that my father trained equinox

[@VictorYong36]

Best horse in the world

[@ajvindiesel8517]

Liberty Island is a fantastic horse so that's some horse to beat her by 4 lengths or so.

[@saturnviz]

well said

[@Repiiv88]

I think Liberty Island is good enough to win G1 races in Europe against males next year

[@ruuuuu8]

しかも、斤量1kgのハンデで1馬身差が生まれると言われています。リバティアイランドは54kg、イクイノックスは58kg。その上で、4馬身離しました。これは見た目以上にすごい事実です。

[@benbim540]

@@Repiiv88 Liberty Island run 3rd beaten 3 L by Rebel's romance who was just a listed and handicap winner in the UK no doubt Rebel's romance has improved a lot but not sure it would be able to win a group 1 in England or Ireland

[@Repiiv88]

@@benbim540 Yeah I believe you can't compare like that. Auguste Rodin also ran in that Sheema Classic and came home close to last, but he won 5 G1 races in UK and Ireland. Liberty Island positioned herself too far from the lead, and had too much ground to make up at the end. I think it's just a misjudging of the pace from her jockey (and some other's).

[@たいちたいち]

もうバイクイノックスや

[@andiarman9690]

Kelebihan Equinox adalah stamina dan finishing yang luar biasa...❤

[@silvereyedstacker1842]

The greatest turf horse of all time. There can be no doubt now.

[@sionrouge1697]

Not even close. He doesn't even make the top 20

[@silvereyedstacker1842]

@@sionrouge1697 Equinox-6 GIs wins in a row
Equinox-track record in Dubai Sheema Classic by a full second at 2400m without ever being fully extended and being cantered under the line. It looked like a workout where they didn’t want him to do too much.
Equinox-world record holder at 2000 m after a 4 month layoff
The top 20 is no question for this horse.

[@sionrouge1697]

@@silvereyedstacker1842 the world was at the breeders cup. Where was HE ?

[@silvereyedstacker1842]

@@sionrouge1697 I can tell that you’re a beginner in this sport. #1 in the world all year. Unbeaten all year. What other route turf horse even broke a track record, let alone a track and world record? What other top turf horse traveled internationally and remained unbeaten? Who had the highest Timeform ratings?
The best in the world were also in Dubai. He was miles better than even Westover there and Westover didn’t race in the BC either. Neither did Ace Impact. He made Westover and Mostahdaf look like GIII horses at best. The Japan Cup offers a lot more money and is better than the BC. I’m American, and know that the world dodged him. Liberty Island will be one of the best in the world next year if not the best in the world if he doesn’t race.
Shahyrar, the Japanese horse, was 3rd in the BC turf beaten only about a length. He dodged Equinox and his connections chose the BC turf instead of facing Equinox again in the Japan Cup because they knew the horses in the BC turf weren’t as strong as him and that the horse had a shot in that race. Shahryar has raced Equinox several times and has never been close.
The Japan Cup has over an 8 million dollar purse. The winner gets almost 4 million. By winning the Japan Cup/Dubai Sheema Classic double, Equinox also got an additional 3 million. That is not offered for the BC Turf/Dubai Sheema Classic double. So, almost 6.9 million for the Japan Cup win vs almost 2.1 million for the BC turf win. It’s a no brainer when it’s on your home turf and you’ve been the best by far in the world all year.
The Japanese are now the king of the turf. Even Auguste Rodin, the winner of the BC turf, is by Deep Impact.

[@sionrouge1697]

@@silvereyedstacker1842 my family has owned and bred horses for 46 years. Far from New. This horse is overrated. Augustine Rodin was winning G1s in England, Ireland and the U.S. while this horse ran against nobodies in the UAE and Japan. Check the class lines. If He were beating top tier horses I wouldn't say anything but the horses he beat are just also rans

[@user-ow2nv1uk8m]

Ace Impact was right to run away from Equinox.

[@user-ju5sg6zx4d]

やっぱパンサラッサが出るだけで
レースが随分盛り上がる。

[@cosmo3454]

来年も現役で迎えたとして、ロンシャンで走ったとしても同じような結果になるでしょう😊
重たい馬場でも関係ない。彼とルメールさんは天才なのだから。

[@user-ob2mq1di6b]

Amazing horse!! The best in the world,we wil see if Equinox can handle a heavy track like Longchamp

[@paulrichards6894]

is being kept in training??....wonderful if he is

[@BH5D6780]

Equinox's father, Kitasan Black, won at Tenno Sho, a delinquent race track. Equinox has a rich and excellent European pedigree in his dam's pedigree and will be compatible with European turf. His dam's sire is Tony Bin, Dancing Brave, and Alleged, who is 18.75% descended from Triple Crown winner War Admiral.
These three horses are winners of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Equinox will do well at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

[@user-bq7ns7xb4j]

I am a Japanese horse racing fan and I truly believe the same thing would have happened if he had run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Breeders' Cup.

[@user-vt2nq7zo6e]

イクイノックスがドバイで衝撃的な勝ち方をするまではオルフェーヴルが芝2400mの日本最強馬でした

[@MyInsa]

WOW😮❤

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

Looks a bit like his great-grandsire, Sunday Silence.

[@fuzzipariah]

Agreed. Japan got a bargain and the start of a great bloodline when they bought him.

[@jamesbarryobrien3514]

The best racehorse in the world is not Equinox any more . Its City of Troy .💚

[@24B791]

Easy best horse ive seen since winx. I think he is better but wish they race them longer

[@GenericName-ez2jz]

Would have liked to seen him race in the Arima Kinen one last time but it makes sense that they didn't do so.

[@AbdulQadir-hv8cf]

❤❤❤

[@sageofinfinitepaths5738]

He would "frankely" destroy that overrated horse from the UK. The best there ever has been

[@tora6538]

馬ではない、神だ！

[@user-vt5qj9nq3b]

強すぎる！

[@user-wl2vl1yc7k]

The UMA

[@seadrifter8975]

Best japanese horse I've ever seen . There's been some great ones, incl the great deep impact , but Equinox is even better imo ? Wish he had run in the Arc. What a race that would have been .

[@setemhabitss]

凱旋門賞はヨーロッパ専用のレースです。
けっして世界一を決めるレースではありません。

[@sionrouge1697]

Japan can't win the Arc. Everytime the try or send their best they can't cut it

[@silvereyedstacker1842]

@@sionrouge1697Japan has never had a horse as good as this one. Deep Impact was phenomenal. Almond Eye was better, and Equinox is better than her.

[@sionrouge1697]

@@silvereyedstacker1842 every good horse they have ever had contested Europe's best. This horse has lost races. He's not even the best in Japan. Just like the horse that defeated Sea The Stars horses who defeated Equinox will be able to go off to the breeding shed and make money just off of that

[@silvereyedstacker1842]

@@sionrouge1697 Well, AR couldn’t even beat Westover and AR was never Europe’s best. Equinox was the best in the world and the Europeans could have come to him. But, Europeans can’t win in Japan so they don’t race there. They were so afraid, that not one of them challenged the Japan Cup, even with all that money. Europeans had already had enough of him in Dubai.
And what do you mean he’s not the best in Japan? He’s the best horse in Japan, ever. He was second twice early in his career. He has won six GIs in a row.
Almond Eye raced in Dubai, but didn’t race in Europe either and she was one of Japan’s best too. Japan has one of the best breeding and racing operations in the world. They don’t need to race in Europe when breeders from there will use their stallions anyway.

[@krishnapratomo]

Equinox gada obat

[@duanedurkan3565]

Was it any price🤔

[@Dylan-mp1et]

The GOAT

[@auzziebattla]

He’s going to fetch some mega money going to Stud.

[@gorlli]

Sera el mejor de japon porq no lo corrieron en las breder cup aver si se ganaba a ese que gano

[@uA-gy8wk]

もうディープインパクトやオルフェーヴルより強いよ。

[@suzannemarienau2760]

​@@frankel1487Baloney.

[@Orfevre2013]

長距離ならディープが、小回りや道悪ならオルフェーヴルが食い下がると思いたいが、これはイクイノックスが走ってないからそう思う余地があるってだけだな　少なくとも府中でやったら絶対勝てない

[@user-gt3ve9jj9k]

オルフェより強い馬はもう無理だろうとか思ってましたがイクイノックス凄すぎますね。来年ぜひディープと同じように凱旋門、JC、有馬と挑戦し3冠馬となってほしいです。

[@KaozZapp79]

I miss the clash of the titans, cause Flightline is No more running.

[@michaelmaguire8223]

I have seen many Real Champions ! Let’s see him do it over season or especially in the Melbourne Carnival ! Caulfield Cup or Melbourne Cup then we can brand him as a Generational Champion ! The pace maker certainly helped but great ride to keep out of trouble ! See you in MELBOURNE !! 🐎🐎🐎🐎❤️. 👍🇦🇺

[@dayonbb]

It's a shame he's retiring

[@apple-ks2wg]

レース中盤の英語実況、抑揚がなさすぎて念仏唱えてるのかと思った、、

[@k_obriend2118]

Can we see him in America ?? I hope so

[@gregoriasinte7658]

Como

[@eddieleben2787]

Better than Frankel.

[@tomtheeagle1]

Is he unbeaten?

[@user-jr5sy2ie3n]

​​@@tomtheeagle1イクイノックスは調教などでの消耗が激しい馬だったので余り調教も出来ないし今とは段違いな弱いし細すぎる馬体で皐月賞と日本ダービーで二着に入った。これは正直凄い。そしてこれが唯一の敗戦。

[@eddieleben2787]

​@@tomtheeagle1did Frankel race overseas?

[@setemhabitss]

フランケルはドバイにきましたか？
エースインパクトはドバイにきましたか？
イクイノックス　YES

[@tomtheeagle1]

@@eddieleben2787 Who cares? He was unbeaten, has become a champion sire of champions and his trainer had cancer. He also won at 2, 3 and 4. Equinox is a great horse in his own right over a longer trip but he has been beaten twice!

[@timdittmann343]

Why is he not Running the Arc

[@happy3500]

Because he get more money, including bonuces, if he run domestically. Futhermore, travelling abroad is a risk for him, who already has the potential to become great stallion, because of injuries and other risk. He has already beaten the Europeans in Dubai. If they are dissatisfied, why dont you come to the Japan cup？

[@cars154]

⁠@@happy3500i agree!
why dose the chanpion horse have to challenge european horses?
they have to challenge him!

[@user-hc4sq1gh4t]

JC1st rating 133
Arc1st rating 128
this is the answer.

[@kpmurugankpmurugan9035]

Wrong ride by jockey initial control the horse

[@user-sq5to8bu7w]

retirement

[@uA-gy8wk]

引退発表😂

[@edwinbongog449]

Best in japan that’s all,if they run him,at ascot king george,the Arc,or breeder’s cup.if he win one of those then I’ll agree.

[@joeyartk]

The funny thing about races in different countries is the type of ground and style of racing is completely different. Aiden Obrien does so good in BC races because he doesn't always bring his best horses, he brings the horses best suited to the conditions

[@badnews5779]

beaten Westover, Mostahdaf and Zagrey on bridle, I think he made his point

[@eddiey4k]

Well, in the meantime, at least the racing officials in Timeform and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities agree that he is better than horses in other countries.

[@samsonpug]

“Calm down please! Equinox might be very good but there's no way he wins the Arc”
Charlie Huggins was right.

[@setemhabitss]

凱旋門賞に勝った馬を見てください。
そのほかのレースで何も証明していません。
世界一を決めるレースはドバイです

[@user-br4or1pu7k]

@@setemhabitssお前ちょっと黙ってろ

[@sionrouge1697]

Japan always over hype their horses. Orfeve was supposed to be the super horse and He got snuffed in the Arc

[@JPNfrank]

日本の競馬とフランスの競馬場は違うものです。

[@Elegy716]

別競技すぎて凱旋門勝ったそちらのお馬さん達はジャパンCでボコボコにされとるけどね

[@WickedFelina]

I have never seen a horse run with his mouth open. He is wide open passing the finish line and doesn't look good. The way a horse looks passing the finish line, and how he presents after a race says a lot. I'd like to know his story? Lasix is banned, and the sign of that is foaming at the mouth. This looks worse.
If the owner/trainer sees this, I predict they will retire him now. This will be his last race. NO champion looks like this after a race. (See ALL of Secretariat's races).
The winner of Dubai Dema Sotagake won impressively, but looked like Hell after the race. He was foaming. I mentioned it and no one else saw it. No one looks! I knew Dema Sotagake wouldn't win the Kentucky Derby just by how he looked after that race. They need LOTS of time to rest up if they look that bad.

[@youwwaaaat7166]

american horses are drugged to no ends

[@pi7140]

Equinox is a horse that wears out after races in exchange for overwhelming performance.
Only four races have been used in a year.

[@oot007]

​@@frankel1487 Keep coping in your bidet fantasies. No foreign horse has won the Japan Cup for over 17 years.

[@oot007]

@@frankel1487 Keep coping in your bidet fantasies.

[@loupasternak]

you sure you're not on the sauce again ? he opens his mouth only at the wire, as the rider is pulling on the reigns. lol, you must be dreaming

[@gogohide2235]

昔から気になっていたんだが、
JRA職員は土日以外は何やってるんだ
ろうか。　屠殺場に行ってるのだろうか。

[@user-eh8xr3kq3c]

平日も競馬は開催してますよ？

[@hakankeskin6771]

boşuna dünyanın yaşayan en iyi atı demiyorlar inanılmaz bir at gerçekten

[@numanoid5665]

A pity he didn't run in this year's Arc. Would have been interesting to see

[@dawniebon5912]

How good he is against euroean and american horses ?

[@badnews5779]

Westover is the 2nd highest rated horse this year just shy behind Ace Impact, and Equinox demolished him by 3 1/2 lengths on canter

[@tahutagaol9186]

Japan horses r the best overall

[@k.a.6724]

Rating→Eqinox:133、Ace Impact:128

[@wasishadiwiratno]

Kak Nanako Fujita