Panja Tower

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Panja Tower
パンジャタワー
File:Panja Tower-2024-12-15.jpg
At the paddock, 2024 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes
SireTower of London[1]
GrandsireRaven's Pass[1]
DamClarksdale[1]
DamsireVictoire Pisa[1]
SexColt[1]
Foaled (2022-02-21) February 21, 2022 (age 4)[1]
CountryJapan[1]
ColorBay[1]
BreederChampions Farm[1]
OwnerDeep Creek Ltd, Co.[2]
TrainerShinsuke Hashiguchi[2]
Record7:4-0-0[2]
Earnings253,546,000 JPY[3][note 1]
JPN: 229,230,000 JPY
AUS: 250,000 AUD
Major wins
Keio Hai Nisai Stakes (2024)
NHK Mile Cup (2025)
Keeneland Cup (2025)
Last updated on November 1, 2025

Panja Tower (Japanese: パンジャタワー, Hepburn: Panjatawā; foaled February 21, 2022) is an active Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2025 NHK Mile Cup.[1][2]

He was named after his sire while bearing his owner's crown name.[3]

Background

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Panja Tower was born at Champions Farm in Hokkaido, Japan. His dam, Clarksdale, was an unraced mare purchased for ¥1.5 million (excluding tax) at the 2019 Northern Farm Broodmare Sale.[5] Akihito Nakamura, president of Champions Farm, remarked on the colt’s early development: "He wasn’t particularly striking at birth, but his exceptional movement on Champion Hills’ training slopes made people around him say, ‘This horse runs incredibly well."[6]

Racing career

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2024: two-year-old season

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Panja Tower debuted on September 8, 2024, in a 2-year-old maiden race at Chukyo Racecourse over a distance of 1200 meters on turf. He won the race by a half length victory as the favorite.[7]

On November 2, he contested the Keio Hai Nisai Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse. Racing mid-pack under jockey Kohei Matsuyama, he swung wide into the stretch and unleashed the fastest closing speed in the field to win by a neck. This victory marked the first graded stakes win for a foal sired by Tower of London, a freshman stallion and son of Raven's Pass.[8]

In his next race, he was targeted to Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes on December 15 at Kyoto Racecourse as his first grade one stakes challenge. Starting as the fourth favorite, he finished 12th, unable to reproduce his devastating turn of foot.[9] Two days later, his connections announced that he is targeted to NHK Mile Cup on spring with a warm-up race in between.[10]

2025: three-year-old season

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Panja Tower began his classic campaign in the Falcon Stakes on March 22, ridden by Yusuke Fujioka. He broke well and traveled mid-pack, he got a clear lane swinging to the home straight and chased with great speed but was unable to catch the winner. He finished fourth by three-quarters of a length to the winner.[11]

On May 11, he ran his target race, NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse over a distance of 1600 meters. Starting as the 9th favorite with Kohei Matsuyama back on his saddle, he settled in the mid-pack as his previous races. Swinging the widest in the final stretch, he unleashed his devastating speed, easily overtaking the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes winner, Admire Zoom. He held off the fast-finishing Magic Sands to win the race by a head, securing his first grade one stakes victory.[12] Notably his sire, Tower of London, ran the same race in 2018 as the favorite and lost the race to 12th place. He is the first grade one stakes winner for Tower of London as a sire.[13]

On August 24, Panja Tower won the Keeneland Cup. His next planned race is The Golden Eagle on November 1.[14]

Racing statistics

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Below data is based on data available on JBIS Search,[15] and NetKeiba.[16]

Date Track Race Grade Distance
(Condition) 		Entry HN Odds
(Favored) 		Finish Time Margins Jockey Winner
(Runner-up)
2024 – two-year-old season
Sep 8 Chukyo 2YO Debut 1,200 m (Firm) 7 3 1.6 (1) 1st 1:09.7 -0.1 Kohei Matsuyama (Tagano Enfant)
Nov 2 Tokyo Keio Hai 2YOS GII 1,400 m (Good) 14 7 21.0 (8) 1st 1:21.2 -0.1 Kohei Matsuyama (Meiner Ticket)
Dec 15 Kyoto Asahi Hai FS GI 1,600 m (Firm) 16 12 9.0 (4) 12th 1:35.8 1.7 Kohei Matsuyama Admire Zoom
2025 – three-year-old season
Mar 22 Chukyo Falcon Stakes GIII 1,400 m (Firm) 18 4 4.5 (1) 4th 1:21.1 0.1 Yusuke Fujioka Yankee Barows
May 11 Tokyo NHK Mile Cup GI 1,600 m (Firm) 18 11 26.1 (9) 1st 1:31.7 0.0 Kohei Matsuyama (Magic Sands)
Aug 24 Sapporo Keeneland Cup GIII 1,200 m (Firm) 16 5 5.5 (2) 1st 1:08.2 -0.1 Kohei Matsuyama (Pair Pollux)
Nov 1 Randwick Golden Eagle 1,500 m (Soft) 16 12 8.0 (3) 5th Kohei Matsuyama Autumn Glow

Legend:
  Turf

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Panja Tower (JPN), bay colt, 2022[17]
Sire
Tower of London
b. 2015 		Raven's Pass (USA)
ch. 2005 		Elusive Quality Gone West
Touch of Greatness
Ascutney Lord At War (ARG)
Right Word
Snow Pine (GB)
gr. 2010 		Dalakhani (IRE) Darshaan (GB)
Daltawa
Shinko Hermes (IRE) Sadler's Wells (USA)
Doff the Derby (USA)
Dam
Clarksdale
dk. b. 2016 		Victoire Pisa
dk. b. 2007 		Neo Universe Sunday Silence (USA)
Pointed Path (GB)
Whitewater Affair (GB) Machiavellian (USA)
Much Too Risky
Acoustics
b. 2001 		Cape Cross (IRE) Green Desert (USA)
Park Appeal
Soninke (GB) Machiavellian (USA)
Sonic Lady (USA) (Half-bred Family: B3)[18]

Footnotes

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Notes

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  1. ^ Earnings earned overseas are converted to JPY using the formula provided by JRA.[4]

References

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