Tosen Ra

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| horsename = Tosen Ra

| image_name = Tosen-Ra IMG 0859 20131117.JPG

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| sire = Deep Impact

| grandsire = Sunday Silence

| dam = Princess Olivia

| damsire = Lycius

| sex = Stallion

| foaled = April 21, 2008

| country = Japan

| color =

| breeder = Shadai Farm

| owner = Takaya Shimakawa

| trainer = Hideaki Fujiwara

| record = 25:4-5-6

| earnings =$5,058,792 {{cite web|title=Tosen Ra|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=9004433®istry=T|website=www.equibase.com|accessdate=30 March 2019}}

| race = Mile Championship (2013)
Kyōto Kinen (2013)

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Tosen Ra (in Japanese: トーセンラー) (foaled April 21, 2008 ) is a Japanese retired Thoroughbred racehorse and breeding stallion who won the 2013 Mile Championship.

The horse's name comes from the combination of the brand name, Tosen, and Ra, the sun god in Egyptian mythology. {{Cite web |title=【マイルCS】トーセンラー悲願の初G1制覇！武豊はG1・100勝目 {{!}} 競馬ニュース {{!}} 競馬ラボ |url=https://www.keibalab.jp/topics/20060/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=www.keibalab.jp |language=ja}}

Career

Tosen's first race was on November 7, 2010 in Kyoto in which she came in 1st place. He then won the Kisaragi Sho on February 6, 2011.

On February 10, 2013, he won the 2013 Kyōto Kinen.

On November 17, 2013, he won the biggest race of his career, winning the Group 1 2013 Mile Championship, which proved to be the last win of his career.{{cite web|url=https://www.punters.com.au/news/japanese-rider-yutaka-take-wins-100th-g1_127030/|title=Japanese rider Yutaka Take wins 100th G1|publisher=Punters.com |date=2013-11-17 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}

On December 28, 2014, he came in 8th on his last race in the 2014 Arima Kinen.

Shortly after the Arima Kinen race, he was removed from the racing horse registration list.{{Cite web |title=トーセンラー引退、種牡馬に {{!}} 競馬ニュース |url=https://news.netkeiba.com/?pid=news_view&no=94563 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=netkeiba |language=ja}}

Pedigree

{{Pedigree

|name = Tosen Ra (JPN), 2012{{cite web|url=https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001096885/pedigree/|title=Tosen Ra(JPN)|publisher=JBIS |date=2017-11-28 |accessdate=2019-03-28}}

|f = Deep Impact (JPN)
2002

|m = Princess Olivia (USA)
1995

|ff = Sunday Silence (USA)
1986

|fm = Wind in Her Hair (IRE)
1991

|mf = Lycius (USA)
1988

|mm = Dance Image (IRE)
1990

|fff = Halo

|ffm = Wishing Well

|fmf = Alzao

|fmm = Burghclere

|mff = Mr. Prospector

|mfm = Lypatia