Blast Onepiece

Blast Onepiece, (, foaled 2 April 2015) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. After winning his only start as a two-year-old he improved to become the best colt of his generation in Japan in the following year. He recorded Grade 3 victories in the Mainichi Hai and the Niigata Kinen before ending his season with a win over a top-class field in the Arima Kinen. He won the Sapporo Kinen in 2019 and the American Jockey Club Cup in 2020. Background Blast Onepiece is a bay horse bred in Japan by Northern Farm. During his racing career he has been owned by Silk Racing Company and trained by Masahiro Otake. He is an unusually large Thoroughbred who has weighed between 520 kg and 550 kg for his track appearances. He was from the fourth crop of foals sired by Harbinger, a British horse who was rated the best racehorse in the world in 2010 when he won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by eleven lengths. Since retiring to stud in Japan his other foals have included Deirdre (Shuka Sho), Mozu Katchan (Queen Elizabeth II Cup) and Persian Knight (Mile Championship). Blast Onepiece is the first foal of his dam Tsurumaru Onepiece who showed some racing ability, winning three of her 21 races between 2010 and 2014. She was a distant descendant of the British broodmare Minaret (foaled 1948), the ancestor of many major winners including Indian Queen, See You Then and Sayyedati. Racing career