Fine Motion

Fine Motion (ファインモーション, Hepburn: Fain Mōshon, foaled 27 January 1999) is an Irish-bred, Japanese-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Shūka Sho and the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup in 2002. She was also awarded with JRA Best Three-Year-Old Filly in the same year. With a total of 15 starts and 8 wins from those races, she earned 494,518,000 JPY in total before retiring from racing.^[1]^[2]

GrandsireDanzig

DamCocotte

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Fine Motion ファインモーション
Fine Motion at the Shūka Sho parade ring
Breed	Thoroughbred
Sire	Danehill
Grandsire	Danzig
Dam	Cocotte
Damsire	Troy
Sex	Mare
Foaled	27 January 1999
Country	Japan
Color	Bay
Breeder	Barronstown Stud and Orpendale
Owner	Tatsuo Fushikida
Trainer	Yuji Ito
Record	15: 8-3-0
Earnings	¥494,518,000^[1]
Major wins
Rose Stakes (2002) Shūka Sho (2002) Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (2002) Hanshin Himba Stakes (2003) Sapporo Kinen (2004)
Awards
JRA Best Three-Year-Old Filly (2002)

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Background

Fine Motion is a bay horse foaled on January 27, 1999, by Cocote, a daughter of Troy. She was sired by Danehill, an inductee of Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2015 and a leading sire in many countries multiple times.^[3]^[4] Her half brother, Pilsudski, was the winner of the 1996 Breeders' Cup Turf as well as the 1997 Japan Cup.^[5]

Fine Motion was active from 2001 to 2004. The table below taken from netkeiba and JBIS shows her racing statistics.^[6]^[7]

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Date	Race	Grade	Distance	Surface	Condition	Track	Entry	Finish	Time	Margin	Jockey	Winner (Runner-up)
2001 – two-year-old season
Dec 1	2YO DEBUT		2000m	Turf	Firm	Hanshin	10	1st	2:03.4	-0.7	Yutaka Take	(Neo Maestro)
2002 – three-year-old season
Aug 4	3YO+	ALW (1 Win)	2000m	Turf	Firm	Hakodate	16	1st	2:03.9	-0.9	Mikio Matsunaga	(Pretty Jewel)
Aug 25	Akanko Tokubetsu	ALW (2 Win)	2600m	Turf	Firm	Sapporo	14	1st	2:42.4	-0.8	Mikio Matsunaga	(Meijro Raiden)
Sep 15	Rose Stakes	G2	2000m	Turf	Firm	Hanshin	16	1st	2:00.1	-0.5	Mikio Matsunaga	(Sakura Victoria)
Oct 13	Shūka Sho	G1	2000m	Turf	Firm	Kyoto	18	1st	1:58.1	-0.6	Yutaka Take	(Sakura Victoria)
Nov 10	Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup	G1	2200m	Turf	Firm	Kyoto	16	1st	1:58.1	-0.4	Yutaka Take	(Diamond Biko)
Dec 2	Arima Kinen	G1	2500m	Turf	Good	Nakayama	14	5th	2:33.4	0.8	Yutaka Take	Symboli Kris S
2003 – four-year-old season
Aug 17	Queen Stakes	G3	1800m	Turf	Firm	Sapporo	11	2nd	1:47.7	0.0	Yutaka Take	Osumi Haruka
Oct 12	Mainichi Ōkan	G2	1800m	Turf	Good	Tokyo	11	7th	1:46.4	0.7	Yutaka Take	Balance of Game
Nov 23	Mile Championship	G1	1600m	Turf	Firm	Kyoto	18	2nd	1:33.4	0.1	Yutaka Take	Durandal
Dec 21	Hanshin Himba Stakes	G2	1600m	Turf	Firm	Hanshin	16	1st	1:33.4	0.0	Yutaka Take	(Happy Path)
2004 – five-year-old season
Jun 6	Yasuda Kinen	G1	1600m	Turf	Good	Tokyo	18	13th	1:34.0	1.4	Yutaka Take	Tsurumaru Boy
Jul 25	Hakodate Kinen	G3	2000m	Turf	Firm	Hakodate	13	2nd	2:00.7	0.1	Yutaka Take	Craft Work
Aug 22	Sapporo Kinen	G2	2000m	Turf	Firm	Sapporo	11	1st	2:00.4	-0.1	Yutaka Take	(Balance of Game)
Nov 21	Mile Championship	G1	1600m	Turf	Firm	Kyoto	16	9th	1:34.1	1.1	Yutaka Take	Durandal

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Although registered as a mare, she had a chromosomal abnormality, making her infertile and was unable to become a broodmare.^[8]

More information SireDanehill b. 1986, DamCocotte b. 1983 ...

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