Sakura Laurel

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Sakura Laurel (Japanese: サクラローレル, Hepburn: Sakura Rōreru; 8 May 1991 – 24 January 2020) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who won the 1996 Spring Tennō Shō and Arima Kinen. Sakura Laurel was impeded by injuries such as fractures as a three-year-old. In his four-year-old season, he won the 1996 Tenno Sho (Spring) and Arima Kinen and was awarded Japanese Horse of the Year along with the JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse. His other achievements include victories in the 1996 Nakayama Kinen and Sankei Sho All Comers.

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