Maurice (horse)

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Maurice (Japanese: モーリス, Hepburn: Mōrisu; 2 March 2011) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and active breeding stallion. After showing promise as a two-year-old he disappointed in 2014, being well-beaten in all four of his races. In 2015 he emerged as one of the best milers in the world with an unbeaten record of six wins from six races. After two minor wins early in the year he recorded his first important success in the Lord Derby Challenge Trophy before taking the Grade I Yasuda Kinen. He returned in autumn to win the Mile Championship and then defeated a strong international field in the Hong Kong Mile. His performances in 2015 saw him named Best Japanese Sprinter or Miler and Japanese Horse of the Year. In the following year he won the Champions Mile before moving up in distance in the autumn to win the Autumn Tennō Shō and the Hong Kong Cup.

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