Victoire Pisa, a two-time Japanese champion and winner of the 2011 Dubai World Cup, will continue his stallion career in Turkey, the Turkish racing publication Yaris Dergisi reports.
The 13-year-old son of Neo Universe is one of two Japanese stallions purchased recently by the Turkish Jockey Club, joining the recently-retired Japanese Group 2 winner Kluger.
Victoire Pisa began his stallion career in his native Japan, where his six crops of racing age have produced seven group stakes winners.
Leading the way among Victoire Pisa's runners are Japanese One Thousand Guineas winner Jeweler, and Group 2 winners Scarlet Color and Victoria. Outside of Japan, his top foals include German Group 3 winner Warring States.
Victoire Pisa won eight of 15 starts during his on-track career for earnings of $12,891,734. He earned year-end honors in Japan as the country's champion 3-year-old male of 2010, and the champion older male of 2011. His two Group 1 victories in Japan came in the Japanese Two Thousand Guineas and the Arima Kinen Grand Prix.
However, the horse is best known for his triumph in the 2011 Dubai World Cup, where he became the first Japanese-trained horse to win what was then the world's richest race, and he completed a Japanese exacta with runner-up Transcend. Among the notable horses with North American ties that Victoire Pisa defeated in that year's race were Cape Blanco, Gio Ponti, Richard's Kid, and Fly Down.
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