Ten Point

Ten Point (Japanese: テンポイント, Hepburn: Ten Pointo; April 19, 1973 – March 5, 1978) was a racehorse registered by the Japan Racing Association. Ten Point, Tosho Boy, and Green Grass were a group of Thoroughbred horses referred to as TTG. Ten Point debuted in August 1975 as a racehorse. He gathered attention in a classic race in Kansai and was named "Prince of the Shooting Star" due to his facial features and chestnut coat. He did not win the classic race, but he managed to win the Spring Tenno Sho and the Arima Kinen at the age of four. His match race with Tosho Boy in the 1977 Arima Kinen race is regarded as an extremely iconic race in horse racing history. In January 1978, Ten Point had a bone fracture in the middle of the Japanese Economy New Year Cup and died after 43 days of treatment. Ten Point won the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt in 1975 and the JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse in 1977. He was elected to the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1990. Akira Shikato was Ten Point's jockey.