Fine Motion
ファインモーション
Fine Motion at the Shūka Sho parade ring
BreedThoroughbred
SireDanehill
GrandsireDanzig
DamCocotte
DamsireTroy
SexMare
Foaled27 January 1999
CountryJapan
ColorBay
BreederBarronstown Stud and Orpendale
OwnerTatsuo Fushikida
TrainerYuji Ito
Record15: 8-3-0
Earnings¥494,518,000[1]
Major wins
Rose Stakes (2002)
Shūka Sho (2002)
Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (2002)
Hanshin Himba Stakes (2003)
Sapporo Kinen (2004)
Awards
JRA Best Three-Year-Old Filly (2002)

Fine Motion (ファインモーション, Hepburn: Fain Mōshon, foaled 27 February 1999) is an Irish-bred, Japanese-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Shūka Sho and the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup in 2002. She was also awarded with JRA Best Three-Year-Old Filly in the same year. With a total of 15 starts and 8 wins from those races, she earned 494,518,000 JPY in total before retiring from racing.[1][2]

Background

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Fine Motion is a bay horse foaled on February 27, 1999, by Cocote, a daughter of Troy. She was sired by Danehill, an inductee of Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2015 and a leading sire in many countries multiple times.[3][4] Her half brother, Pilsudski, who was the winner of the 1996 Breeders' Cup Turf as well as the 1997 Japan Cup.[5]

Racing Record

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Fine Motion was active from 2001 to 2004. The table below taken from netkeiba and JBIS shows her racing statistics.[6][7]

Date Race Grade Distance Surface Condition Track Entry Finish Time Margin Jockey Winner (Runner-up)
2001 – two-year-old season
Dec 1 2YO DEBUT 2000m Turf Firm Hanshin 10 1st 2:03.4 -0.7 Yutaka Take (Neo Maestro)
2002 – three-year-old season
Aug 4 3YO+ ALW (1 Win) 2000m Turf Firm Hakodate 16 1st 2:03.9 -0.9 Mikio Matsunaga (Pretty Jewel)
Aug 25 Akanko Tokubetsu ALW (2 Win) 2600m Turf Firm Sapporo 14 1st 2:42.4 -0.8 Mikio Matsunaga (Meijro Raiden)
Sep 15 Rose Stakes G2 2000m Turf Firm Hanshin 16 1st 2:00.1 -0.5 Mikio Matsunaga (Sakura Victoria)
Oct 13 Shūka Sho G1 2000m Turf Firm Kyoto 18 1st 1:58.1 -0.6 Yutaka Take (Sakura Victoria)
Nov 10 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup G1 2200m Turf Firm Kyoto 16 1st 1:58.1 -0.4 Yutaka Take (Diamond Biko)
Dec 2 Arima Kinen G1 2500m Turf Good Nakayama 14 5th 2:33.4 0.8 Yutaka Take Symboli Kris S
2003 – four-year-old season
Aug 17 Queen Stakes G3 1800m Turf Firm Sapporo 11 2nd 1:47.7 0.0 Yutaka Take Osumi Haruka
Oct 12 Mainichi Ōkan G2 1800m Turf Good Tokyo 11 7th 1:46.4 0.7 Yutaka Take Balance of Game
Nov 23 Mile Championship G1 1600m Turf Firm Kyoto 18 2nd 1:33.4 0.1 Yutaka Take Durandal
Dec 21 Hanshin Himba Stakes G2 1600m Turf Firm Hanshin 16 1st 1:33.4 0.0 Yutaka Take (Happy Path)
2004 – five-year-old season
Jun 6 Yasuda Kinen G1 1600m Turf Good Tokyo 18 13th 1:34.0 1.4 Yutaka Take Tsurumaru Boy
Jul 25 Hakodate Kinen G3 2000m Turf Firm Hakodate 13 2nd 2:00.7 0.1 Yutaka Take Craft Work
Aug 22 Sapporo Kinen G2 2000m Turf Firm Sapporo 11 1st 2:00.4 -0.1 Yutaka Take (Balance of Game)
Nov 21 Mile Championship G1 1600m Turf Firm Kyoto 16 9th 1:34.1 1.1 Yutaka Take Durandal

Breeding career

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Although registered as a mare, she had a chromosomal abnormality, making her infertile and was unable to become a broodmare.[8]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Fine Motion, bay mare, 1999[9]
Sire
Danehill
b. 1986
Danzig
b. 1977
Northern Dancer Nearctic
Natalma
Pas de Nom Admiral's Voyage
Petitioner
Razyana
b. 1981
His Majesty Ribot
Flower Bowl
Spring Adieu Buckpasser
Natalma
Dam
Cocotte
b. 1983
Troy
b. 1976
Petingo Petition
Alcazar
La Milo Hornbeam
Pin Prick
Gay Milly
b. 1977
Mill Reef Never Bend
Milan Mill
Gaily Sir Gaylord
Spearfish

References

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  1. ^ a b Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. "Fine Motion (IRE)". jbis.jp. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  2. ^ NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. "Fine Motion | Horse Profile, Pedigree, Form, Race Record". en.netkeiba.com. Retrieved 2025-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Australian Racing Hall of Fame". aushorseracing.com. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  4. ^ Australian Racing Museum. "Danehill". collection.racingmuseum.com.au. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  5. ^ "Pilsudski Pedigree | Horse Profile". netkeiba. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  6. ^ NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. "Fine Motion Race Record and Form". en.netkeiba.com. Retrieved 2025-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. "Race Records | Fine Motion(IRE)". jbis.jp. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  8. ^ Sports Hochi (2022-08-10). "「ウマ娘」でも人気のファインモーション、苦難救った故郷・伏木田牧場で今も変わらない気品を漂わせている". hochi.news (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  9. ^ Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. "Fine Motion Five-generation Pedigree Table". jbis.jp. Retrieved 2025-12-29.