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Sakura BAKUSHIN O Factoids (1/2)
>Sakura: Clan Name
>Bakushin: which can mean to bravely dash forward, 驀進, but to also explosively dash forward, 爆進. The latter definitely fits him more
>O: For “king”, a suffix used for male horses in the Sakura clan, save for Sakura Laurel.
>Anime and Game Bakushin is very eager, wanting to run in other higher distance races than just short distance races. IRL, his team overestimated his ability because he had amazing speed.
>His true power was just for sprint races but his team had bigger dreams because of his pedigree (his father, Sakura Yutaka O, won a lot of middle distance races), so Bakushin O would go to a mile race, not win and then completely annihilate a sprint race afterwards.
>Despite never winning any of his nine mile races, he finished in very good positions.
>The one occasion that he has lost a race under 1400m is in the 1993 Sprinter Stakes, coming in sixth to Nishino Flower. Otherwise, his record is 12 races, 11 wins.
>He broke the race record on his retirement race.
>Sakura Bakushin O was one of the reasons that JRA decided to add more sprint and mile races. At the time, sprinters/milers were still considered “lesser” in comparison to horses who could race in the classics, despite horses like Nihon Pillow Winner paving the way and proving the status quo wrong. Sakura Bakushin O, along with other sprint/mile racers like Nishino Flower and North Flight, proved that there was a difference between sprint/mile races and the classics in the end.
>Sakura: Clan Name
>Bakushin: which can mean to bravely dash forward, 驀進, but to also explosively dash forward, 爆進. The latter definitely fits him more
>O: For “king”, a suffix used for male horses in the Sakura clan, save for Sakura Laurel.
>Anime and Game Bakushin is very eager, wanting to run in other higher distance races than just short distance races. IRL, his team overestimated his ability because he had amazing speed.
>His true power was just for sprint races but his team had bigger dreams because of his pedigree (his father, Sakura Yutaka O, won a lot of middle distance races), so Bakushin O would go to a mile race, not win and then completely annihilate a sprint race afterwards.
>Despite never winning any of his nine mile races, he finished in very good positions.
>The one occasion that he has lost a race under 1400m is in the 1993 Sprinter Stakes, coming in sixth to Nishino Flower. Otherwise, his record is 12 races, 11 wins.
>He broke the race record on his retirement race.
>Sakura Bakushin O was one of the reasons that JRA decided to add more sprint and mile races. At the time, sprinters/milers were still considered “lesser” in comparison to horses who could race in the classics, despite horses like Nihon Pillow Winner paving the way and proving the status quo wrong. Sakura Bakushin O, along with other sprint/mile racers like Nishino Flower and North Flight, proved that there was a difference between sprint/mile races and the classics in the end.
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