🐴 Buena Vista: The Queen of the Comeback
Born in 2006, daughter of Special Week, the orphan colt who became Japan's General.
From her very second race, she found her signature move: starting from the back of the pack, then blowing past the entire field down the stretch.
Her first Grade 1 win came at the 2008 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, from the back as always, closing a full-circle moment since her own mother had raced in that same event back in 1995.
In 2009, she completed the Double Tiara, sweeping the Oka Sho and the Japanese Oaks.
Her final career win came in 2011 at the Japan Cup, where she went in as only the second favorite behind Germany's star mare Danedream, and won anyway. Her sixth and last Grade 1 title.
Final record: 23 races, 9 wins, over ¥1.48 billion in earnings.
The most touching detail came at her retirement ceremony, where she was seen with tears in her eyes, a moment so iconic it directly inspired her in-game victory animation, where she's shown crying with joy. 🥹