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Calstone Light O Factoids
>A nickname when he was active is Idaten / Skanda, a Buddhist guardian who is believed to move very fast.
>He set the record time for Japan’s 1000m straight course (53.7 seconds), with a time of 9.6 seconds in the second last furlong. This also made him the fastest Japanese racehorse in history (Calstone Light O ran the first three furlongs with a speed of 75 km/hr and then consistently till finishing at 67 km/hr. The average speed of a thoroughbred, for comparison, runs at 44 km/hr).
>A horse that is dedicated to speed only. A gentle slope or a slightly longer distance could bring him down.
>Never won any race that was longer than 1200m.
>Only horse in his clan that has won a GI title.
>Genuinely more Bakushin than Bakushin.
>The jockey who rode him in his three victory heavy prize races is Naohiro Oonishi, who jockeyed Sunny Brian to overpower Silence Suzuka and claim the double-crown in 1997.
>He set the world record for the fastest three-furlong speed: 29.6 seconds.
>He is only the fastest thoroughbred, not the fastest horse. A breed of horse named quarter horse, specifically bred for very short distance racing, can reach an average speed of 88 km/hr (but lacks the stamina to run longer races). They serve mostly as leading horses in Japan.
>So far, among all of the horses that were implemented in the franchise, he is the only direct descendant of Godolphin Barb.
>Due to his pedigree, he was a very unpopular stallion. He only had three children who won local heavy prize races, and all of them were foaled from the same mare - Sea Fairy.
>In her intro page, she says she wants to have a match against deers and pronghorns over who’s faster.
>This is a reference to a NHK quiz program aired on May 24, 2019. In the program, there’s a question about: “what is the second-fastest animal on land?” The answer is the pronghorn, with a maximum speed of 96km/hr. The program also used Calstone Light O as comparison.
>A nickname when he was active is Idaten / Skanda, a Buddhist guardian who is believed to move very fast.
>He set the record time for Japan’s 1000m straight course (53.7 seconds), with a time of 9.6 seconds in the second last furlong. This also made him the fastest Japanese racehorse in history (Calstone Light O ran the first three furlongs with a speed of 75 km/hr and then consistently till finishing at 67 km/hr. The average speed of a thoroughbred, for comparison, runs at 44 km/hr).
>A horse that is dedicated to speed only. A gentle slope or a slightly longer distance could bring him down.
>Never won any race that was longer than 1200m.
>Only horse in his clan that has won a GI title.
>Genuinely more Bakushin than Bakushin.
>The jockey who rode him in his three victory heavy prize races is Naohiro Oonishi, who jockeyed Sunny Brian to overpower Silence Suzuka and claim the double-crown in 1997.
>He set the world record for the fastest three-furlong speed: 29.6 seconds.
>He is only the fastest thoroughbred, not the fastest horse. A breed of horse named quarter horse, specifically bred for very short distance racing, can reach an average speed of 88 km/hr (but lacks the stamina to run longer races). They serve mostly as leading horses in Japan.
>So far, among all of the horses that were implemented in the franchise, he is the only direct descendant of Godolphin Barb.
>Due to his pedigree, he was a very unpopular stallion. He only had three children who won local heavy prize races, and all of them were foaled from the same mare - Sea Fairy.
>In her intro page, she says she wants to have a match against deers and pronghorns over who’s faster.
>This is a reference to a NHK quiz program aired on May 24, 2019. In the program, there’s a question about: “what is the second-fastest animal on land?” The answer is the pronghorn, with a maximum speed of 96km/hr. The program also used Calstone Light O as comparison.
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