Roger Barows was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and briefly a breeding stallion before his death at the young age of 8 years.
11 Facts About Roger Barows
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Roger Barows showed some promise as a juvenile in 2018 when he won on his debut and ran second in his only other race.
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Roger Barows was a bay colt with a white blaze bred in Japan by the Tobino Farm.
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Roger Barows was from the ninth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the Tokyo Yushun, Tenno Sho, Arima Kinen and Japan Cup.
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Roger Barows was a half sister to Donna Blini, the dam of Gentildonna.
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Roger Barows began his racing career on 18 August in a contest for previously unraced two-year-olds over 2000 metres at Niigata Racecourse and won from Point of Honor.
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On his three-year-old debut Roger Barows ran in the Fukujuso Tokubetsu over 2000 metres at Kyoto and won from Hagino Upload and four others.
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In front of a 110,000 crowd Lion Lion started quickly and set a very fast pace, opening up a clear lead from Roger Barows who was in turn clear of the rest for most of the way.
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When Lion Lion faltered in the straight, Roger Barows went to the front just inside the last 400 metres and held off the persistent challenge of Danon Kingly to win by a neck with two and a half lengths back to Velox in third place.
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In January 2020, at the JRA Awards for 2019, Roger Barows finished fourth in the poll to determine the Best Three-Year-Old Colt.
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On 24 June 2024, Roger Barows passed away at the age of 8.