Grade 1 Winner Fierement Retires to Northern Farm
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Photo: Masakazu Takahashi
Fierement wins the 2019 Tenno Sho Spring at Kyoto Racecourse
Multiple Japanese grade 1 winner Fierement has been retired due to a suspensory ligament injury and will stand at Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm.
The son of Deep Impact, who is out of the French-bred Premio Lydia Tesio Darley (G1) scorer Lune d'Or, struck in the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger, G1) at 3 before following up in the Tenno Sho Spring (G1) at 4. The 6-year-old landed the Tenno Sho Spring again in 2020 before a brave second to Almond Eye in the Tenno Sho Autumn (G1) in November.
Fierement concluded his career when a half-length third to Chrono Genesis in the Arima Kinen (Grand Prix, G1) last month, and retires as the winner of five of his 12 starts and ¥709,265,000 (US$6,521,654)) in prize money.
The Sunday Racing-owned colt, who is the seventh foal out of the multiple stakes-winning Lune d'Or, is a close relation to the winning Heart's Cry mare Revoir and Learned Friend, the dam of Prix du Gros-Chene (G2) scorer and Tally Ho Stud stallion Inns of Court.
Lune d'Or, a daughter of Green Tune, won the Prix de Malleret (G2) and Prix de Pomone (G2) for Richard Gibson before her Italian group 1 triumph and was subsequently picked up by Yoshida for €750,000 at Arqana's December Mixed Sale in 2010.