Makoto Kaneko (businessman)

Deep Impact

Makoto Kaneko (金子真人, Kaneko Makoto, born March 15, 1945 in Tokyo) is the President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc.,^[1] a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.　He also owns the exclusive golf club, The King Kamehameha Golf Club in Hawaii.^[2]

Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan. He is the owner of Deep Impact, one of the most famous racehorses in Japanese history.

Makoto Kaneko's famous racehorses

• Black Hawk

He won the Sprinters Stakes and the Yasuda Kinen.

• Kurofune

He has 4 course records. Because of his strength, He was called "White Secretariat".

• To the Victory

She won the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup and challenged the Dubai World Cup twice. Her younger brother Silent Deal is also Makoto's horse.

• Utopia

He was traded to Godolphin Racing.

• King Kamehameha

He won the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) for the first time as Kaneko's horse.

• Kane Hekili

He was also one of the strongest dirt-horses in Japan. He won 7 GI dirt-races.

• Deep Impact

He won 7 GI races including the Japanese Triple Crown in 2005, and challenged the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe held in 2006.

• White Vessel

He was the first white horse in Japan Racing Association history to win a race. His father is Kurofune and mother is Shirayukihime who is also a white horse; White Vessel is a full brother of Yukichan.

• Apapane

She won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown in 2010.

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