16 Facts About Meisho Mambo

Meisho Mambo is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the second and third legs of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown in 2013.

Meisho Mambo showed some promise as a juvenile in 2012 when winning on her debut.

Meisho Mambo returned in the autumn to win the Shuka Sho before defeating older fillies and mares in the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup.

Meisho Mambo won the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly of 2013.

Meisho Mambo stayed in training for three more seasons but failed to win again.

Meisho Mambo is a bay mare with a white sock on her right hind leg bred in Japan by Kosho Bokujo, the breeding farm of her owner Yoshio Matsumoto.

Meisho Mambo was sent into training with Akihiro Iida and was ridden in most of her races by Koshiro Take.

Meisho Mambo was sired by Suzuka Mambo who recorded his biggest win in the spring edition of the 2005 Tenno Sho.

Meisho Mambo was a female-line descendant of Dianne K, an American broodmare who was imported to Japan in the 1950s.

Meisho Mambo took the lead 300 metres from the finish and won by one and a quarter lengths from Ever Blossom, with Denim and Ruby two lengths back in third place.

Meisho Mambo finished fourth of the eighteen runners, beaten half a length, a nose and a neck by Denim and Ruby, Chateau Blanche and Uliuli.

Meisho Mambo produced a strong late run on the outside to take the lead 50 metres from the finish and won by one and a quarter lengths from Smart Layer who came out best in a blanket finish for second.

In January 2014 at the JRA Awards Meisho Mambo was unanimously voted Japan's champion three-year-old filly of 2013.

Meisho Mambo made little impact in her four subsequent races that year, finishing unplaced in the Takarazuka Kinen, Kyoto Daishoten, Queen Elizabeth II Cup and Arima Kinen.

Meisho Mambo remained in training for two more years but has never recovered her best form.

Meisho Mambo finished no better than sixth in seven races as a five-year-old and was unplaced in all of her six races in 2016, as well as her two races the following year.