Taiki Shuttle

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Taiki Shuttle (Japanese: タイキシャトル, Hepburn: Taiki Shatoru; March 23, 1994 – August 17, 2022) was an American-bred, Japanese-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won races at the highest level both home and abroad, most notably winning the Mile Championship (twice), Yasuda Kinen, and Sprinters Stakes in Japan and the Prix Jacques Le Marois in France. Taiki Shuttle was honored as the Japan Racing Association's (JRA) Champion Sprinter in both 1997 and 1998, and was named the Japan Horse of the Year in 1998, along with Champion Older Male Horse. In 1999, he was inducted into the JRA Hall of Fame. Taiki Shuttle died due to advanced age on August 17, 2022. He had suffered a heart attack while he was sleeping.

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