Mejiro Dober
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| Mejiro Dober メジロドーベル | |
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 Mejiro Dober racing at the 1999 Oka Sho in Hanshin Racecourse. | |
| Sire | Mejiro Ryan[1] |
| Grandsire | Amber Shadai[1] |
| Dam | Mejiro Beauty[1] |
| Damsire | Partholon[1] |
| Sex | Mare[1] |
| Foaled | May 6, 1994[1] |
| Country | Japan[1] |
| Colour | Bay[1] |
| Breeder | Mejiro Stud[1] |
| Owner | Mejiro Shouji Co Ltd |
| Trainer | Yokichi Okubo |
| Jockey | Yutaka Yoshida |
| Record | 21: 10-3-1[2] |
| Earnings | ¥733,422,000 JPY ($4,596,096 USD)[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (1996) Yushun Himba (1997) Sankei Sho All Comers (1997) Shūka Sho (1997) Fuchu Himba Stakes (1998) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1998, 1999) | |
| Awards | |
| JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly (1996) JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly (1997) JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare (1998, 1999) | |
Mejiro Dober (Japanese: メジロドーベル, Hepburn: Mejiro Dōberu; foaled May 6, 1994) is a Japanese racehorse and broodmare. Her major victories include the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in 1996, the Yushun Himba and the Shuka Sho in 1997, and the Queen Elizabeth II Cup in 1998 and 1999. She received the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly, JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly, and JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare consecutively in the years she raced. Yutaka Yoshida rode her in all her races, and she compiled a career record of 10 wins in 21 starts. She was the first horse in history to receive annual awards for four consecutive years, and her five wins in JRA Grade I races held the record for the most wins by a filly until 2009 when Vodka broke the record by achieving seven Grade I wins.
Background
Mejiro Dober was foaled on May 6, 1994, at Mejiro Farm in Date, Hokkaido.[3] Her sire, Mejiro Ryan, was the winner of the 1991 Takarazuka Kinen, and she was part of his first crop of foals. Her dam, Mejiro Beauty, was highly regarded as a promising prospect,[4] but she retired after only two wins due to injury.[5]
The year before, Mejiro Beauty had given birth to a colt sired by Sunday Silence; however, that colt developed severe jaundice immediately after birth and died from an infection following repeated blood transfusions, due to neonatal isoerythrolysis. As a result, a blood sample from Mejiro Beauty was sent for testing. The results revealed that Mejiro Beauty had a rare blood type that was compatible with only about 22 percent of Japanese stallions at the time. By that point, Mejiro Ryan had already mated Mejiro Beauty, and Mejiro Ryan was a stallion not compatible with Mejiro Beauty's blood type. Due to neonatal isoerythrolysis, drinking the dam's milk before developing immunity by colostrum can cause life-threatening anemia. After Mejiro Dober was born, she was given colostrum from Mejiro Roland, a one-eyed broodmare who gave birth around the same time.[4] Following the perils at birth, she suffered a leg fracture in early 1995. It was a severe condition in which bone fragments were floating within the joint, but surgery was performed and successfully completed with the full cooperation of the veterinary staff at Shadai Stallion Station in Abira, Hokkaido.[4]
Although Mejiro Farm had achieved great racing success in the early 1990's with horses such as Mejiro Ryan, Mejiro McQueen, and Mejiro Palmer, the farm had not been able to produce notable horses following that generation. After deliberation, Mejiro Farm decided to reform their practices including improving pasture management, grazing methods, and training facilities. Mejiro Dober and Mejiro Bright were among the first to be trained under the farm's new reforms.[4] In February of her two-year-old season, Mejiro Dober was transferred to Tenko Farm in Fukushima Prefecture, specifically under Yoshikichi Okubo's stable, who had been in charge for caring for Dober's maternal line for a lengthy amount of time.[4][5]
Racing career
1996: two-year-old season
Mejiro Dober made her debut on July 13, 1996, in a maiden race held at Niigata Racecourse. The jockey was Yutaka Yoshida, a young rider in his third year with the Okubo stable. Although she was the fourth favorite that day, Mejiro Dober broke away from the pack in the home stretch after running in a good position and claimed her first victory.[6] In the subsequent Niigata Sansai Stakes, she made her first attempt at a graded stake s race but finished fifth after being boxed in during the race. However, she went on to win the Saffron Sho and the Ichō Stakes in succession, earning a reputation as one of the top fillies in the Kanto region even among colts.[7]
In December, Mejiro Dober competed in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, the championship race for 3-year-old fillies. On the day of the race, Seeking the Pearl was the overwhelming favorite at 1.5-to-1, while Mejiro Dober was the second favorite at 5.8-to-1.[7] The race unfolded with the field stretched out in a long line, with Seeking the Pearl in third place and Mejiro Dober in fifth. From the third turn to the final turn, Mejiro Dober moved up to the leading group; leaving Seeking the Pearl, who lacked a finishing kick, behind, she pulled away in the home stretch and won by two lengths over the second-place finisher, She's Princess.[7] Her winning time of 1 minute 34.6 seconds set a new race record, beating the previous mark set by the 1994 winner, Yamanin Paradise, by 0.1 seconds.[7] This was the first Grade I victory for both Yoshida and Okubo, and it marked the first victory by a Kanto-based horse in ten years, since Mejiro Ramonu.[8]
With this victory, she concluded her season and was named the year’s JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly in January of the following year. Furthermore, her sire, Mejiro Ryan, ranked first in the 3-year-old debut sire rankings. Amidst the prominent success of offspring by imported sires and foreign-bred horses, he garnered attention as a rising star among domestically bred sires.
1997: three-year-old season
In 1997, she began her campaign in March with the Tulip Sho, leading up to the Oka Sho, the first leg of the Classic Triple Crown. She was the favorite at 1.3-to-1 odds, but during the race, she couldn’t handle the slow pace; defying jockey Yoshida’s attempts to rein her in, she ran with her head held high and finished third [11]. In an interview conducted before the race, Okubo remarked, “This mare’s bloodline tends to be a bit too spirited—she has a tendency to want to run—so the biggest challenge will be how she responds when the pace slows down” [7].
The Ouka Sho on April 6 was run on a heavy track due to rain. Kyoei March, who had won four of her five career starts—including the Hochi Cup 4-Year-Old Fillies Special, a lead-up race—was the 2.6-to-1 favorite, while Mejiro Dober was the 3.4-to-1 second favorite. While Kyoei March took the lead early, Mejiro Dober raced from the back of the pack. Mejiro Dobel moved up from the final turn and made a strong push down the home stretch, but Kyoei March, who had pulled away early, finished 4 lengths ahead, leaving Mejiro Dobel in second place [12].
On May 25, in the Yushun Bituma (Oaks)—the second leg of the Fillies’ Classic—Kyoei March and Mejiro Dobel were the favorites, with the former at 2.2-to-1 as the top choice and the latter at 2.9-to-1 as the second favorite. Regarding the distance of 2,400 meters—800 meters longer than the Oka Sho—while Mejiro Dober was considered to have no concerns in terms of pedigree, there was the question of whether she could maintain harmony with jockey Yoshida given her temperament [13]. In front of a crowd of 150,000 spectators, Mejiro Dober—who was kept wearing a blindfold until just before the start—appeared extremely calm, unlike during the Oka Sho when she had been somewhat restless [14]. When the race began, Kyoei March surged to the front as if pushed forward, while Mejiro Dobel, just as in her previous race, settled into a position at the rear and ran in perfect harmony with Yoshida throughout the race [14]. In the final straight, she burst forward from the center of the track and won by two and a half lengths over the second-place finisher, Nana Yo Wing. Kyoei March lost speed rapidly over the final 300 meters and finished 11th [14]. Mejiro Dobel’s great-grandmother, Mejiro Bosatsu, had been trained by Okubo’s father, Sueyoshi, and had finished second in the 1966 Oaks; for those familiar with that era, this victory served as redemption for that defeat [14]. Okubo said, “Up until the fourth turn, she was in perfect rhythm—I’d give that a 95 out of 100—so I was confident she’d pick up speed in the home stretch. In the Oka Sho, she lost ground by taking the outside route, so even though we lost, I believed we were the stronger horse.” Yoshida added, “I was certain we had won by the middle of the home stretch. Since she’s the Champion Three-Year-Old, to be honest, I felt a sense of relief. This proved that our loss in the Oka Sho was solely due to the course loss.” [15]
After a summer break, the fall target became the Shuka Sho, the final leg of the Fillies’ Triple Crown. Leading up to that race, Mejiro Dober, Kyoei March, and Seeking the Pearl—who, though a foreign-bred horse and therefore ineligible for the Oka Sho and Oaks, had won the G1 NHK Mile Cup—were regarded as the “Big Three”[16]. For her first race of the fall, Okubo, taking into account the time between that race and the main event [16], selected the All-Comers Stakes, where she would face older colts. While this race typically attracted top contenders looking ahead to the Tenno Sho (Autumn), that year’s field was relatively weak, with Abukuma Polo—a regional horse with no experience on turf—regarded as the leading contender. Consequently, Mejiro Dobel was backed as the favorite at 2.1-to-1 odds [17]. During the race, just as in the Tulip Sho, he struggled to settle with jockey Yoshida; however, when Yoshida refrained from forcing him back and let him take the lead, he regained his composure and held on to win by leading from start to finish [17].
On October 19, in the Shuka Sho, Seeking the Pearl was absent due to a tracheal condition, and the race was viewed as a showdown between the two top contenders, Mejiro Dobel and Kyoei March, who had each won their respective preliminary races [18]. On race day, Mejiro Dober’s odds stood at 1.7, making her the favorite for the first time, ahead of Kyoei March. In the race, Kyoei March ran in second place while Mejiro Dober settled in the middle of the pack; in the final straight, Mejiro Dober caught Kyoei March—who had taken the lead—with 100 meters to go and won by two and a half lengths [18]. She thus completed the Fillies’ Double. Nobumichi Iwasaki, General Affairs Director at Mejiro Farm, who attended the race on behalf of the farm, commented, “I think it was a fantastic Grade I race where the two horses, who had also competed in the spring, clashed head-to-head in a battle of strength.”[19] After this race, Kyoei March shifted to a short-distance racing career, making this their final head-to-head matchup.
At the end of the year, in a fan vote to select entrants for the Arima Kinen Grand Prix, she received 132,690 votes, placing third behind Air Groove and Bubble Gum Fellow (who did not run)[20]. On race day, despite being a 4-year-old filly, she was the third favorite behind Marvelous Sunday and Air Groove. In the race, she ran from the middle to the back of the pack, moved up to the leading group at the final turn, but failed to gain momentum in the home stretch and finished eighth behind Silk Justice.
In that year’s annual awards, she won two categories: Best 4-Year-Old Filly and Best Domestic-Bred Sire. Meanwhile, Air Groove—who won the Tenno Sho (Autumn), finished second in the Japan Cup, and placed third in the Arima Kinen—was selected as Horse of the Year, marking the first time in 26 years that a filly had received the honor.
1998: four-year-old season
The following year, 1998, she began her campaign with the Sankei Osaka Cup in April, where she faced Air Groove. On race day, Air Groove was the overwhelming favorite at 1.2-to-1 odds, while Mejiro Dobel was the third favorite. The race unfolded at a slow pace—which she struggled with—and she also suffered the misfortune of losing her path in the home stretch, but she still finished second, just three-quarters of a length behind Air Groove [21]. However, he finished fifth in both the subsequent Meguro Kinen and Takarazuka Kinen, and was sent to rest.
After training at Hakodate Racecourse, he began his fall campaign with the Fuchu Fillies’ Stakes. Carrying 58 kilograms, he was pushed to the wire by Grace Admire, who finished just a nose behind, but secured his first victory since the Shuka Sho [22]. His next race was the Queen Elizabeth II Cup on November 15. Air Groove, who had skipped the Tenno Sho (Autumn), was entered in this race; her camp had publicly stated that it was a “stepping stone to the Japan Cup.” On race day, she was the favorite at odds of 1.4 to 1, while Mejiro Dober was the second favorite at 4.6 to 1. When the race began, Mejiro Dober raised her head during the slow-paced first half, once again failing to settle with jockey Yoshida [23]. However, she soon settled down, broke away along the inside rail from the final turn [23], and finished a length and a quarter ahead of second-place finisher Run for the Dream and three-quarters of a length ahead of Air Groove, becoming the first filly in history to win her fourth Grade I race. Her final three furlongs (the last 600 meters) were clocked at 33.5 seconds, an extraordinary time for that era [24]. Although she defeated Air Groove in their fourth head-to-head matchup, it was the first time in two years and one month that Air Groove had been beaten by a filly [23].
Her primary goal that fall was the Queen Elizabeth II Cup [24], but at the end of the year, she was selected to run in the Arima Kinen for the second consecutive year after finishing third in the fan vote. However, she failed to settle with jockey Yoshida and finished ninth without putting on a show [21]. Incidentally, Air Groove, who finished fifth in that race, retired after this performance. At the annual awards ceremony that year, Mejiro Dober was named Best Mare Aged 5 and Over, edging out Air Groove and Seeking the Pearl—who had won the Prix Maurice de Geste in France, becoming the first Japanese-trained horse to win a European G1 race[25].
1999: five-year-old season
Her final season, 1999, began with the Nakayama Fillies’ Stakes. Although the field was considered a walk in the park for Mejiro Dober [21], she was defeated by Naritaru Na Park—the ninth favorite, who carried a 5.5-kilogram weight advantage—marking the first time since the Oaks that she had been beaten by a filly other than Air Groove. Furthermore, she subsequently sustained an injury to the left side of her hindquarters, forcing her to take her first extended break from racing [21]. She made her comeback in the Mainichi Ohkan in the fall but finished sixth there as well. However, she regained her form in the lead-up to the Queen Elizabeth II Cup—her primary goal for the fall—and by race day, she was in even better condition than the previous year [26].
On November 14, she competed in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup aiming for a repeat victory. The previous year’s dual-crown filly, Phalaenopsis, was the favorite, with Mejiro Dober as the second favorite and the previous year’s Oaks winner, Erimo Excel, as the third favorite, creating an atmosphere of a “big three” showdown [27]. The race unfolded at a slow pace, with the three favorites running side by side on the backstretch [27]. However, starting at the 600-meter mark, both Phalaenopsis and Erimo Excel were unable to maintain a smooth run due to contact with other horses. Mejiro Dober broke away and held off the charging Fusaichi Airedale by three-quarters of a length to take first place, achieving the first back-to-back victory in the race’s history [27]. She extended her own record for G1 victories by a filly to “5,” placing her in a tie for second place overall with Narita Brian, behind only Symboli Rudolf’s seven wins [28]. As of 2024, her five G1 victories in fillies-only races tie her with Apapane for the all-time record [Note 5]. Furthermore, her four consecutive GI victories tied her with Mejiro MacQueen, owned by the same owner, for first place in that category [28][Note 6]. Yoshida commented, “Last year, I was strongly focused on defeating Air Groove, but this time I was in the position of being the one being chased. Given the pressure that came with that, this is a truly joyful victory.” Owner Toshio Kitano added, “She put on the best possible race, fitting for her final outing. I think she surpassed Mejiro Lamourne in this race as well,” he remarked [27].
Although a start in the Arima Kinen had been considered prior to the race, she retired after this victory, having ended her career on a high note. On November 21, a retirement ceremony was held at Tokyo Racecourse, where she made her final public appearance wearing the No. 16 race number she had worn when she won the Oaks [29]. On December 3, she headed to her hometown, Mejiro Farm, to begin her breeding career [29]. In that year’s annual awards, she was selected as the Best Mare Aged 5 and Over for the second consecutive year. She became the first horse in the history of Central Racing to receive annual awards for four consecutive years [30]. Furthermore, in the “Great Poll for the Greatest Horses of the 20th Century” organized by the Japan Racing Association in 2000, she was ranked 19th [31], and her name was also included in the “Top 100 Horses of the 20th Century” list published in the JRA’s public relations magazine, *Yushun* [32].
Racing record
| Date | Track | Name | Grade | Distance
(Condition) |
Field | Finished | Time | Jockey | Winner (2nd Place) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jul 13, 1996 | Niigata | 2YO debut | 1000m (Firm) | 1 | 1st | 0:58.2 | Yutaka Yoshida | (Central Heidi) | ||||
| Sep 1, 1996 | Nakayama | Niigata Sansai Stakes | 3 | 1200m (Firm) | 5 | 5th | 1:11.4 | Yutaka Yoshida | Personality One | |||
| Oct 6, 1996 | Tokyo | Saffron Sho | ALW | 1400m (Firm) | 2 | 1st | 1:23.5 | Yutaka Yoshida | (Daiwa Angela) | |||
| Oct 27, 1996 | Tokyo | Icho Stakes | OP | 1600m (Firm) | 7 | 1st | 1:35.0 | Yutaka Yoshida | (Sky Baron) | |||
| Dec 1, 1996 | Hanshin | Hanshin Juvenile Fillies | 1 | 1600m (Firm) | 6 | 1st | 1:34.6 | Yutaka Yoshida | (She's Princess) | |||
| 1997 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Mar 1, 1997 | Hanshin | Tulip Sho | 3 | 1600m (Good) | 6 | 3rd | 1:38.1 | Yutaka Yoshida | Orange Peel | |||
| Apr 6, 1997 | Hanshin | Oka Sho | 1 | 1600m (Heavy) | 16 | 2nd | 1:37.6 | Yutaka Yoshida | Kyoei March | |||
| May 25, 1997 | Tokyo | Yushun Himba | 1 | 2400m (Soft) | 16 | 1st | 2:27.7 | Yutaka Yoshida | (Nanayo Wing) | |||
| Sep 14, 1997 | Nakayama | Sankei Sho All Comers | 2 | 2200m (Firm) | 6 | 1st | 2:16.6 | Yutaka Yoshida | (Yashima Sovereign) | |||
| Oct 19, 1997 | Kyoto | Shūka Sho | 1 | 2000m (Firm) | 10 | 1st | 2:00.1 | Yutaka Yoshida | (Kyoei March) | |||
| Dec 21, 1997 | Nakayama | Arima Kinen | 1 | 2500m (Firm) | 15 | 8th | 2:36.0 | Yutaka Yoshida | Silk Justice | |||
| 1998 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Dec 23, 1990 | Nakayama | Nikkei Shinshun Hai | 2 | 2400m (Firm) | 11 | 8th | 2:27.3 | Yutaka Yoshida | Erimo Dandy | |||
| Apr 5, 1998 | Hanshin | Sankei Ōsaka Hai | 2 | 2000m (Firm) | 4 | 2nd | 2:01.4 | Yutaka Yoshida | Air Groove | |||
| Jun 13, 1998 | Tokyo | Meguro Kinen | 2 | 2500m (Soft) | 6 | 5th | 2:35.8 | Yutaka Yoshida | Going Suzuka | |||
| Jul 12, 1998 | Hanshin | Takarazuka Kinen | 1 | 2200m (Firm) | 3 | 5th | 2:12.4 | Yutaka Yoshida | Silence Suzuka | |||
| Oct 18, 1998 | Tokyo | Fuchu Himba Stakes | 3 | 1800m (Soft) | 10 | 1st | 1:49.3 | Yutaka Yoshida | (Grace Admire) | |||
| Nov 15, 1998 | Kyoto | Queen Elizabeth II Cup | 1 | 2200m (Firm) | 1 | 1st | 2:12.8 | Yutaka Yoshida | (Run for the Dream) | |||
| Dec 27, 1998 | Nakayama | Arima Kinen | 1 | 2500m (Firm) | 14 | 9th | 2:33.2 | Yutaka Yoshida | Grass Wonder | |||
| 1999 – five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 28, 1999 | Nakayama | Nakayama Himba Stakes | 3 | 1800m (Firm) | 11 | 2nd | 1:48.7 | Yutaka Yoshida | Narita Luna Park | |||
| Oct 10, 1999 | Tokyo | Mainichi Ōkan | 2 | 1800m (Firm) | 1 | 6th | 1:46.4 | Yutaka Yoshida | Grass Wonder | |||
| Nov 14, 1999 | Kyoto | Queen Elizabeth II Cup | 1 | 2200m (Firm) | 6 | 1st | 2:13.5 | Yutaka Yoshida | (Fusaichi Airedale) | |||
Retirement
As a broodmare, she was bred to numerous top stallions, including Sunday Silence—who was the undisputed leading sire at the time—and his successors, but none of her direct offspring went on to achieve notable success. Her sixth foal, Mejiro Daibosatsu—a son of the seven-crown winner Deep Impact—generated much buzz and high expectations as the “12-Crown Baby” alongside Mejiro Dober’s five Grade I victories [33][34], but ultimately finished with a record of one win in 16 starts.
In April 2011, Mejiro Farm decided to dissolve due to poor financial performance [35]. The horses, including Mejiro Dober, were transferred to Lake Villa Farm—a new operation established by Nobumichi Iwasaki, the managing director of Mejiro Farm, who took over the facilities—where they continued to be stabled. Nobumichi and his son Yoshihisa Iwasaki, who had worked tirelessly to launch the farm, expressed their aspirations, stating, “We want to prove that it’s not the horses’ fault that Dober’s bloodline isn’t producing winners. And we want to rebuild the Mejiro brand from the ground up.”[36] In May 2014, Shonan Lagoon—a son of Mejiro Charade, the fourth foal out of Mejiro Dober—won the Aoba Sho, marking the first graded stakes victory for a descendant of Mejiro Dober and the first such victory for a horse bred by Lake Villa Farm. The horse was trained by Yokichi Okubo, who was set to retire the following February, and Okubo said through tears, “This is the victory that makes me happiest” [37]. This also marked Okubo’s final graded stakes victory.
In 2016, she was retired from breeding and has since served as a lead horse, guiding herds of weaned yearlings [38].
In February 2025, following the death of Taiki Fortune, she became the oldest living JRA flat Grade I winner at that time [Note 7].
In popular culture
An anthropomorphized depiction of Mejiro Dober appears in the Umamusume: Pretty Derby and is voiced by Hikari Kubota.[9]
Pedigree
| Sire Mejiro Ryan |
Amber Shadai | Northern Taste | Northern Dancer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Victoria | |||
| Clear Amber | Ambiopoise | ||
| One Clear Call | |||
| Mejiro Chaser | Mejiro Samman | Charlottesville | |
| Paradisea | |||
| Cheryl | Snob | ||
| Chanel | |||
| Dam Mejiro Beauty |
Partholon | Milesian | My Babu |
| Oatflake | |||
| Paleo | Pharis | ||
| Calonice | |||
| Mejiro Nagasaki | Never Beat | Never Say Die | |
| Bride Elect | |||
| Mejiro Bosatsu | Montaval | ||
| Mejiro Queen (Family 10-d)[11] |
References
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Mejiro Dober(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2026. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mejiro Dober Race Record and Form | Horse Profile". netkeiba. NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 3 April 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "ウマ娘異名「クールビューティー」メジロドーベル、"ビッグマザー"として余生過ごす28歳の夏". スポーツ報知 (in 日本語). 報知新聞社. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 『優駿』 ["Yushun"] (in Japanese). February 1997. pp. 39–42.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 『優駿』 ["Yushun"] (in Japanese). March 1997. pp. 36–38.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ 『優駿』 ["Yushun"] (in Japanese). October 2001. p. 59.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 『優駿』 ["Yushun"] (in Japanese). January 1997. pp. 36–37.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ 『優駿』 ["Yushun"] (in Japanese). February 1997. p. 131.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ "Character キャラクター". ウマ娘 プリティーダービー 公式ポータルサイト (in 日本語). Retrieved April 4, 2026.
- ↑ "Pedigree | Mejiro Dober(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Mejiro Dober". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
