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Group 1 winner · 2025 Asian season
Star Anise
2yo by Drefong×Epice Arome
G1 wins1
Last winHanshin Juvenile Fillies 14.12.25
Star Anise

G1 record 2025

2025 Asian season
1Win
0Placed
1Recorded G1 result
US$410kPrize money
Recorded results are the Group 1 wins and placings in this database. Unplaced runs are not recorded, so no win rate is shown. Prize money is what the horse earned in these results; it stays empty where a prize is not on file.

G1 performance 2025

1 win · 0 places
Trainer / Jockey / Track
Hanshin Juvenile Fillies1600 metres · € 682,7001stTomokazu TakanoKohei Matsuyama14.12.2025HanshinPrize money €359,896Race detailsWatch

Total G1 career

G1 since 2025 · 2 wins · 0 places
Trainer / Jockey / Track
20261 win · 0 places
Sprinters Stakes1200 metres · € 2,048,1004thTomokazu TakanoChristophe Lemaire27.09.2026NakayamaPrize money €143,958Race detailsWatch
Yushun Himba2400 metres · € 1,792,10012thTomokazu TakanoKohei Matsuyama24.05.2026TokyoPrize money —Race detailsWatch
Oka Sho1600 metres · € 1,696,3001stTomokazu TakanoKohei Matsuyama12.04.2026HanshinPrize money €775,161Race detailsWatch
20251 win · 0 places
Hanshin Juvenile Fillies1600 metres · € 682,7001stTomokazu TakanoKohei Matsuyama14.12.2025HanshinPrize money €359,896Race detailsWatch

G1 video record

4 races on film
Hanshin Juvenile FilliesStar Anise · Kohei MatsuyamaRace details →
More Videos (3)
Sprinters Stakes27.09.2026 · NakayamaWatch the Race
Yushun Himba24.05.2026 · TokyoWatch the Race
Oka Sho12.04.2026 · HanshinWatch the Race

Pedigree

As of race day 12.04.26
Star Anise
Epice AromeDamby Daiwa Major
DamEpice Arome

Star Anise is out of Epice Arome (Daiwa Major), a multiple Group winner in Japan who won the Gr.2 Centaur Stakes in 2012 and the Gr.3 Kokura Nisai Stakes. She has three winners from three runners, including the dual Listed winner Balsam Note (Maurice).

Second damRatafia

Second dam Ratafia (Cozzene) is also the dam of the stakes performer Alla Salute, a full sister to Epice Arome.

Third damSakura Fabulous

Third dam Sakura Fabulous (Fabulous Dancer).

Wider family

This is the family of the Japanese Horse of the Year Sakura Laurel (Rainbow Quest).

Connections

TrainerTomokazu TakanoProfile →
OwnerKatsumi YoshidaProfile →
BreederNorthern FarmProfile →
Group 1 jockeys
1Kohei Matsuyama1 ride · 1 win

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