Fierement, (, foaled 20 January 2015) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. Unraced as a juvenile he won his first two starts as a three-year-old before running second in the Radio Nikkei Sho and the winning the Grade 1 Kikuka Sho on his final appearance of the year. In the following spring he finished runner-up in the American Jockey Club Cup before recording his second Grade 1 success in the spring edition of the Tenno Sho. As a five-year-old in 2020 he repeated his success in the spring Tenno Sho, ran second in the autumn edition of the same race and finished third in the Arima Kinen. Background Fierement is a bay horse with a white star and white socks on his hind legs bred in Japan by Northern Farm. The horse entered the ownership of Sunday Racing and was sent into training with Takahisa Tezuka. He was from the eighth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the Tokyo Yushun, Tenno Sho, Arima Kinen and Japan Cup. Deep Impact's other progeny include Gentildonna, Harp Star, Kizuna, A Shin Hikari, Marialite and Saxon Warrior. Fierement's dam Lune d'Or was a top class racehorse in Europe, winning the Prix de Malleret, Prix de Pomone and Premio Lydia Tesio. In December 2010 she was sold at auction for €750,000 to Katsumi Yoshida and exported to Japan. Lune d'Or's dam Luth d'Or was a half sister to Luth Enchantee. Racing career 2018: three-year-old season Fierement did not race as a two-year-old, beginning his track career on 28 January 2018 when he won an event for previously unraced three-year-olds over 1800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse. Over the same distance at Nakayama Racecourse in April he won again as he took the Yamafuji Sho, beating Nishino Baseman and nine others. On 1 July the colt was stepped up in class and started the 1.5/1 favourite for the Grade 3 Radio Nikkei Sho over 1800 metres at Fukushima Racecourse. Ridden by Shu Ishibashi he raced towards the rear of the field and turned into the straight last of the thirteen runners. He made rapid late progress overtaking all but one of his rivals to finish second, half a length behind the winner Meishi Tekkon. Takahisa Tezuka later commented that the colt was unsuited by the track. After a break of three and