Mejiro Bright

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Mejiro Bright (Japanese: メジロブライト, Hepburn: Mejiro Buraito; April 19, 1994 – May 16, 2004) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Mejiro Bright won the JRA Award for Best Horse by Home-Bred Sire in 1998, and also won the Tennō Shō (Spring) in the same year. He was called "the second Ryan" in reference to his sire. His other major wins include the 1996 Radio Tampa Hai 3-Year-Old Stakes (GIII), the 1997 Stayers Stakes (GII) and Kyodo News Service Hai 4-Year-Old Stakes (GIII), the 1998 American Jockey Club Cup (GII) and Hanshin Daishōten (GII), and the 1999 Nikkei Shinshun Hai (GII). He is the half-brother of Mejiro Bailey (sired by Sunday Silence), who won the 2000 JRA Award for Best 3-Year-Old Colt. Mejiro Bright is also known as the sire of Makihata Cyborg, the winner of the 2007 Stayers Stakes. He is also the half-brother of Mejiro Monet (sired by Mogami), who was a member of the Japan Racing Association and Takasaki Racecourse, finishing second in the 1996 Musashino Stakes, second and third in the 1993 and 1995 Winter Stakes respectively, and second, third and third in the Takasaki Daishoten from 1998 to 2000.