Panja Tower
Panja Tower is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse born on February 21, 2022. Bred by Champions Farm in Hokkaido, he is owned by Deep Creek Ltd, Co. and trained by Shinsuke Hashiguchi. He is a bay colt, sired by Tower of London (grandsire Raven’s Pass) out of the unraced Clarksdale, a mare bought for 1.5 million yen at the 2019 Northern Farm Broodmare Sale.
Panja Tower debuted as a two-year-old on September 8, 2024 at Chukyo, winning a 1200-meter turf maiden race as the favorite. On November 2, 2024, he captured the Keio Hai Nisai Stakes at Tokyo, rallying from mid-pack to win by a neck—the first graded stakes win for a foal by Tower of London.
He then ran in the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at Kyoto on December 15, 2024, finishing 12th. In 2025, he placed fourth in the Falcon Stakes at Nakayama on March 22. His big moment came in the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo on May 11, 2025, at 1600 meters, where he started as the 9th favorite but swung widest in the final stretch to win by a head over Admire Zoom, giving Tower of London his first Grade 1 winner as a sire.
Panja Tower added another victory on August 24 by taking the Keeneland Cup. He then raced abroad in the Golden Eagle in Australia on November 1, finishing fifth behind Autumn Glow.
Career highlights and totals: Panja Tower has started seven times with four wins, earning 253,546,000 yen (229,230,000 yen in Japan and 250,000 Australian dollars in Australia). He is the first Grade 1 winner for Tower of London as a sire, and his name reflects both his sire and his owner’s crown-name.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 16:02 (CET).