Almond Eye
| Almond Eye | |
|---|---|
Almond Eye wins the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) | |
| Sire | Lord Kanaloa |
| Grandsire | King Kamehameha |
| Dam | Fusaichi Pandora |
| Damsire | Sunday Silence |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | March 10, 2015 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Northern Farm |
| Owner | Silk Racing Co. Ltd. |
| Trainer | Sakae Kunieda |
| Jockey | Christophe Lemaire |
| Record | 15: 11-2-1 |
| Earnings | 1,915,263,900 JPY JPN: 1,519,563,000 JPY UAE: 3,600,000 USD |
| Major wins | |
| Shinzan Kinen (2018) Oka Sho (2018) Yushun Himba (2018) Shuka Sho (2018) Japan Cup (2018, 2020) Dubai Turf (2019) Tenno Sho (Autumn) (2019, 2020) Victoria Mile (2020) | |
| Awards | |
| 5th Japanese Triple Tiara Champion (2018) Japanese Horse of the Year (2018, 2020) JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly (2018) JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare (2020) | |
| Honours | |
| Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (2023) TRC Global Rankings World Champion (2020) Timeform rating: 129 | |
| Last updated on 6 June 2023 | |
Almond Eye (Japanese: アーモンドアイ, foaled 10 March 2015) is a retired champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Tiara in 2018, and held the world record for the 2,400 meters on turf before it was broken by Calandagan in 2025. She is also a two-time winner of the Japan Cup, breaking the record in the 2018 race and defeating two other undefeated Japan Triple Crown winners in the 2020 race. Almond Eye was the 2018 and 2020 Japanese Horse of the Year, 2018 Best Three-Year-Old Filly, and 2020 Best Older Filly or Mare. She was the World Champion of 2020 in the TRC Global Horses Rankings, and is the highest earning racehorse in the world among the racehorses born in 2015. Her other notable wins include the Dubai Turf in 2019, the Tenno Sho in 2019 and 2020, and the Victoria Mile in 2020.