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Museum Mile (horse)

is an active Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Satsuki Shō and the Arima Kinen in 2025. At the end of his 2025 season, he was awarded the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt.

He was named after a section of Fifth Avenue in New York City where major museums are located.

Racing career

2024: two-year-old season

Museum Mile debuted on August 24, 2024, in a two-year-old maiden race at Chukyo Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on turf, under jockey . Starting as the fourth favorite, he broke slowly and raced from the rear. He ran around the field on the third corner but finished third despite a late rally.

On October 5, he contested a two-year-old maiden race at Kyoto Racecourse. Tracking mid-pack, he responded strongly to the whip in the stretch, overtaking Shonan Caserta at the wire to secure his maiden victory by a nose.

His third start came in the Kigiku Sho on November 10 with jockey Cristian Demuro. Settling third-last early, he swung wide on the third turn, advanced to third by the final turn, and surged clear in the stretch to win by three lengths over , marking his second victory.

Museum Mile then targeted his first graded stakes race, the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes on December 15. Starting as the second favorite, he recovered from a slow start to track the leaders along the rail. In the stretch, he chased Admire Zoom but could not overtake the winner, finishing second by a length.

2025: three-year-old season

Museum Mile began his classic campaign in the Yayoi Sho on March 9, reuniting with Hideaki Miyuki. Starting as the top favorite ahead of other horses such as Naglfar and Vincentio, he raced mid-pack settling between horses. As moved up at the back stretch, he advanced on the third turn but faded to fourth in the final stretch after being overtaken by in the final strides.

For the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) on April 20, connections enlisted jockey João Moreira. Starting as the third favorite behind unbeaten top favorite and Triple Crown hopeful Croix du Nord and , he tracked mid-pack as the field chased a blistering pace of 59.3 seconds for the first half of the race. Swinging wide into the stretch, he unleashed a powerful late drive to overtake Croix du Nord in the final 200 meters, securing his grade 1 title.

Museum Mile would win two more times in 2025, first in the Grade 2 St Lite Kinen, and then the Grade 1 Arima Kinen which concluded the races he would enter during the Japanese racing year. The latter race saw the horse, this time ridden by Cristian Demuro, chase down surprise challenger in the final 100 metres to win by half a length.

Racing statistics

Below data is based on data available on JBIS Search, and NetKeiba.

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