Red Desire
| Red Desire | |
|---|---|
Red Desire at Tokyo Racecourse in 2009 | |
| Breed | Thoroughbred |
| Sire | Manhattan Cafe |
| Grandsire | Sunday Silence |
| Dam | Great Sunrise |
| Damsire | Caerleon |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 19 April 2006 |
| Died | 20 May 2016 (10 years old) |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Shadai Farm |
| Owner | Tokyo Horse Racing Co. Ltd. |
| Trainer | Mikio Matsunaga |
| Record | 14: 4-3-3 |
| Earnings | Japan: 328,116,000 JPY Overseas: 32,352,800 JPY |
| Major wins | |
| Shuka Sho (2009) Al Maktoum Challenge (2010) | |
| Last updated on 12 November 2025 | |
Red Desire (Japanese: レッドディザイア, 19 April 2006 – 20 May 2016) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She won the Shuka Sho in 2009 and also the Al Maktoum Challenge in 2010. She famously finished second in both the 2009 Oka Sho and the Yushun Himba behind 2010 Japanese Horse of the Year Buena Vista. She retired in 2011 with four wins in 14 races and gave birth to four foals. She died in 2016 due to peritonitis after giving birth to her final foal.