Mairzy Doates

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Mairzy Doates (April 1, 1976 – May 25, 1998) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and multiple graded stakes winner, most remembered for her victory at the inaugural Japan Cup in 1981. Owned by New York City art dealer Arno D. Schefler and trained primarily by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Horatio Luro, she competed successfully across the United States from 1978 to 1981, including winning the Yerba Buena Handicap twice. In her final race, she traveled to Tokyo to contest the first Japan Cup, an international invitational established by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) to assess Japanese horses' performance against the rest of the world. She defeated the field in a course-record time, which alongside the strength of the other foreign horses, was widely considered as evidence of the disparity between Japanese and international horse-racing standards. Her performance is frequently credited as the catalyst for the JRA's long-term initiative to improve the caliber of Japanese breeding and racing. Following her victory, which made her 1981's highest earning mare globally, Mairzy Doates retired from racing to become a broodmare in Midway, Kentucky.