Circle of Life

Circle of Life (Japanese: サークルオブライフ, foaled 24 March 2019) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. She was one of the best two-year-olds in Japan in 2021 when she won three of her four races including the Artemis Stakes and the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. Background Circle of Life is a bay filly with a white blaze bred in Japan by Chiyoda Farm Shizunai. During her racing career she was trained by Sakae Kunieda and raced in the yellow and black colours of Chiyoda Farm's owner Masatake Iida. He was from the third crop of foals sired by Epiphaneia who won the Kikuka Sho and the Japan Cup and was rated the second-best horse in the world in 2014. His other foals have included Daring Tact and Efforia. Circle of Life's dam Sea Breeze Life showed good ability on the track, winning three of her sixteen races including the Crocus Stakes. Her grand-dam Star My Life was a half-sister to Lady's Secret. Racing career