Screen Hero

Screen Hero is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the 2008 Japan Cup. He is one of the best horses sired by the Kentucky-bred stallion Grass Wonder. In his first two seasons he showed above-average racing ability, winning two races and being placed at Grade II level. After a lengthy absence he emerged as a top-class racehorse as a four-year-old in 2008, winning the Grade II Copa Republica Argentina. He failed to win in the following year and his racing career was ended by a serious leg injury at the end of the season. He has had early success as a breeding stallion and has been trained by Yuichi Shikato. He was trained by Susumu Yano and owned by Teruya Yoshida. His dam Running Heroine (a daughter of Sunday Silence) finished unplaced in both of her races in 1996. Screen Hero's dam Dyna Actress won the Sprinters Stakes and was the JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare in 1987 and 1988. She was descended from the influential French-bred broodmare La Troienne.