Youtube still hadn't explain this what is the story with soccer boy?
Soccer Boy's full sister Golden Sash foaled Stay Gold, making them uncle and nephew (as the commentary indicates). That said, Stay Gold was disqualified in the 2001 Kyoto Daishoten after causing Narita Top Road to trip and take him out of the race, injuring Top Road's jockey in the process. Narita Top Road's sire just so happens to be Soccer Boy, so predictably any interaction between Stay Gold (or his generified counterpart) and Soccer Boy/Dictus Striker isn't depicted as being a pretty one.
Soccer Boy's full sister Golden Sash foaled Stay Gold, making them uncle and nephew (as the commentary indicates). That said, Stay Gold was disqualified in the 2001 Kyoto Daishoten after causing Narita Top Road to trip and take him out of the race, injuring Top Road's jockey in the process. Narita Top Road's sire just so happens to be Soccer Boy, so predictably any interaction between Stay Gold (or his generified counterpart) and Soccer Boy/Dictus Striker isn't depicted as being a pretty one.
They also had a bad relationship in real life. Or rather it's one-sided with Soccer Boy rearing and screeching at Stay Gold while giving the latter the mother of all Dictus Glares. Granted, Soccer Boy was a rough-tempered horse with a habit of intimidating horses in adjacent stalls, especially if they had a smaller stature than him, and Stay Gold was indeed smol... though the sheer level of aggression displayed was still a wee bit unusual for Soccer Boy.
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