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Yamanin Zephyr

Japanese-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1988–2017)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Yamanin Zephyr was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Tennō Shō (Autumn) in 1993 and the Yasuda Kinen in 1992 and 1993. He had multiple awards and accumulated a total of ¥596,209,600 after his racing career.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Yamanin Zephyr” as japanese-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1988–2017). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 1992—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Yamanin, Zephyr and Japanese-bred can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as japanese-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1988–2017). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1993 and 1992.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Yamanin Zephyr” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.