Taiki Shuttle

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Taiki Shuttle
Taiki Shuttle at Arrow Stud
Sire	Devil's Bag
Grandsire	Halo
Dam	Welsh Muffin
Damsire	Caerleon
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	March 23, 1994
Died	August 17, 2022(2022-08-17) (aged 28)
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Taiki Farm
Owner	Taiki Farm
Trainer	Kazuo Fujisawa
Record	13: 11-1-1
Earnings	615,485,000 JPY + 1,000,000 FF
Major wins
Unicorn Stakes (1997) Swan Stakes (1997) Sprinters Stakes (1997) Mile Championship (1997, 1998) Keio Hai Spring Cup (1998) Yasuda Kinen (1998) Prix Jacques Le Marois (1998)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler (1997, 1998) JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (1998) Japanese Horse of the Year (1998)
Honours
Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame
Last updated on February 24, 2023

Taiki Shuttle (タイキシャトル, March 23, 1994 – August 17, 2022) was an American-bred, Japanese-trained thoroughbred race horse and stallion. He won races at the highest level both home and abroad, most notably winning the Mile Championship (twice), Yasuda Kinen, and Sprinters Stakes in Japan and the Prix Jacques Le Marois in France. Taiki Shuttle was honored as the Japanese Racing Association's (JRA) Champion Sprinter in both 1997 and 1998, and was named the Japan Horse of the Year in 1998, along with Champion Older Male Horse.

In 1999, he was inducted into the JRA Hall of Fame.^[1]

Taiki Shuttle died on August 17, 2022. He suffered a heart attack while he was sleeping due to his advanced age.^[2][3]