Shinzan was a thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 racehorse that won the Japanese Triple Crown.

Sired by Irish Derby winner Hindostan and out of the Japan

Japan

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ese dam Hayanobori, he was the best Japanese racehorse of the post-war era and became the first horse to win all 5 big titles of Japan including the Japanese Triple Crown.

Shinzan was foaled on April 2, 1961 in the Hokkaidō Prefecture. He became the second horse to win the Japanese Triple Crown and was named Japanese Horse of the Year in 1964. Shinzan won the Arima Kinen

Arima Kinen

The Arima Kinen is a Grade I flat horse race in Japan open to Thoroughbreds which are three-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Nakayama Racecourse, and it takes place annually in late December...

, Takarazuka Kinen

Takarazuka Kinen

The Takarazuka Kinen is a Grade I flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,200 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in late June...

 and Tenno Sho

Tenno Sho

The Tennō Shō is a horse race held twice a year in Japan, once in the spring and once in the autumn. "Tenno" means "Emperor of Japan". The races are both International Grade I races. Prior to the 2007 races, both Tenno Sho races were Japanese domestic Grade I races.-Spring:The Spring Tenno Sho...

 (Autumn) as a four-year-old, defending his Horse of the Year title.

He was also a successful sire in Japan. His most successful offspring was Miho Shinzan (ミホシンザン) who won the Japanese 2,000 Guineas

Satsuki Sho

The is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba, in April....

, Japanese St. Leger

Kikuka Sho

The is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 3,000 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October....

, and the Tenno Sho (Spring).

He established the record of consecutive games won for product piece 24 years for from 1969 to 1992.

Shinzan died in Hokkaidō on July 13, 1996 at the age of 35.

After sire retirement

Pensioned form stud duties in 1987, Shinzan spent the rest of life at Tanikawa Stud. He lost eyesight of the right eye in the later years and lost all the teeth, and he could not stand by himself several times, and physical weakening came to be outstanding more after February, 1994. He died of old age at about 2:00 a.m. on July 13, 1996. He was 35 years, three months and 11 days old. He is (to date) the longest-lived thoroughbred horse ever recorded in Japan.

A grand funeral service was held posthumously, and the burial to become for a Japanese race horse since ten point was performed. There is the grave of Shinzan in the Tanikawa Stud of Urakawacho, Urakawa-gun, Hokkaido that is a country of birth, and the bronze statue of Shinzan was built in this stud.

Principal Race Wins

• 1964 Fuji TV Sho Spring Stakes, Tokyo
  Tokyo Racecourse
  is located in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1933 for horse racing, it is considered the "racecourse of racecourses" in Japanese horseracing. It has 13,750 seats, with a capacity of 223,000....
  
   Turf 1800m
• 1964 Satsuki Sho
  Satsuki Sho
  The is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba, in April....
  
   (Japanese 2,000 Guineas), Tokyo Turf 2000m (equivalent to GI)
• 1964 Tokyo Yushun
  Tokyo Yushun
  The , also called as the is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in late May or early June....
  
   (Japanese Derby), Tokyo Turf 2400m (equivalent to GI)
• 1964 Kikuka Sho
  Kikuka Sho
  The is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 3,000 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October....
  
   (Japanese St. Leger), Kyoto
  Kyoto Racecourse
  is located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 120,000. It was built in 1999. It has 28,000 seats.-Physical attributes:Kyoto Race Course has two turf courses, a dirt course, and a jump course....
  
   Turf 3000m (equivalent to GI)
• 1965 Takarazuka Kinen
  Takarazuka Kinen
  The Takarazuka Kinen is a Grade I flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,200 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in late June...
  
  , Hanshin
  Hanshin Racecourse
  is located in Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan. It is used for horse racing. The land was originally owned by Kawanishi Aircraft Company, which manufactured combat planes during World War II. After the WWII, GHQ ordered the company to stop manufacturing combat planes, which ended in closing the factory. In...
  
   Turf 2000m
• 1965 Meguro Kinen (Autumn), Tokyo Turf 2500m
• 1965 Tenno Sho
  Tenno Sho
  The Tennō Shō is a horse race held twice a year in Japan, once in the spring and once in the autumn. "Tenno" means "Emperor of Japan". The races are both International Grade I races. Prior to the 2007 races, both Tenno Sho races were Japanese domestic Grade I races.-Spring:The Spring Tenno Sho...
  
   (Autumn), Tokyo Turf 3200m (equivalent to GI)
• 1965 Arima Kinen
  Arima Kinen
  The Arima Kinen is a Grade I flat horse race in Japan open to Thoroughbreds which are three-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Nakayama Racecourse, and it takes place annually in late December...
  
   (Grand Prix), Nakayama
  Nakayama Racecourse
  is located in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 165,676. It was built in 1990. It has 15,944 seats.-Physical attributes:Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course, and a jump course....
  
   Turf 2600m (equivalent to GI)

Awards

• 1964 Horse of the Year and Best Three-year-old Colt (Keishu Award)
• 1965 Horse of the Year and Best Older Colt or Horse (Keishu Award)
• 1984 JRA Hall of Fame horse

(Keishu Award is current JRA Award.)

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