Almond Eye (Japanese: アーモンドアイ, Hepburn: Aamondo Ai; foaled 10 March 2015) is a retired champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Tiara in 2018, and held the world record for the 2,400 meters on turf before it was broken by Calandagan in 2025. She is also a two-time winner of the Japan Cup, breaking the record in the 2018 race and defeating two other undefeated Japan Triple Crown winners in the 2020 race. Almond Eye was the 2018 and 2020 Japanese Horse of the Year, 2018 Best Three-Year-Old Filly, and 2020 Best Older Filly or Mare. She was the World Champion of 2020 in the TRC Global Horses Rankings, and is the highest earning racehorse in the world among the racehorses born in 2015.[4] Her other notable wins include the Dubai Turf in 2019, the Tenno Sho in 2019 and 2020, and the Victoria Mile in 2020. Name Origin Her name means "An eye shape of a face considered beautiful". Almond eyes are considered naturally attractive for beauty standards, known for their symmetry and balance. Pedigree Sire: Lord Kanaloa Grandsire: King Kamehameha Dam : Fusaichi Pandora Damsire: Sunday Silence Sex : Mare Foaled : March 10, 2015 (age 11) Country: Japan Colour : Bay Breeder: Northern Farm Owner : Silk Racing Co. Ltd. Trainer: Sakae Kunieda Jockey: Christophe Lemaire Record 15: 11-2-1 Earnings ¥ 1,915,263,900 Major wins Shinzan Kinen (2018) Japan Cup (2018, 2020) Dubai Turf (2019) Tenno Sho (Autumn) (2019, 2020) Victoria Mile (2020) Japanese Classic Tiara Race wins: Oka Sho (2018) Yushun Himba (2018) Shuka Sho (2018) Awards 5th Japanese Triple Tiara Champion (2018) Japanese Horse of the Year (2018, 2020) JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly (2018) JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare (2020) Honours Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (2023) TRC Global Rankings World Champion (2020) Timeform rating: 129 Retirement and Breeding Career After retirement, she became a broodmare at Northern Farm. Her first foal, a colt named Aaron's Rod, was born on Janaury 13th, 2022, to the sire Epiphaneia. She continues to work as a broodmare, and she's had more foals since then. #umamusume #almondeye #equinox #fyp #racehorse - @ravielaa01