Shadai Farm Hayakita era • 1967 - Zenya Yoshida founds the Shadai Farm Hayakita in the town of
Hayakita (now Abira). • 1976 -
Northern Taste arrives at the farm. • 1980 - Shadai Diners Thoroughbred Club (future Shadai Thoroughbred Club) founded. • 1988 - Japan Diners Thoroughbred Club (future Sunday Thoroughbred Club) founded. • 1989 -
Tony Bin arrives at the farm. • 1991 -
Sunday Silence arrives at the farm. • 1993 - Zenya Yoshida passes away on August 13.
Northern Farm era • 1994 - Shadai Farm Hayakita is rebranded as the Northern Farm in January. • 1999 - One of their bred horses,
Shiva, becomes the first Japanese-bred horse to win a foreign Grade 1 race. • 1999 - Wins the Leading Breeder title for the first time. Since then, Northern Farm has consistently been either the breeding leader of Japan or in second place. • 2005 -
Deep Impact, one of the horses bred at the farm, becomes a
Triple Crown Winner. • 2010 -
Apapane, one of the horses bred at the farm, becomes a Filly Triple Crown Winner. • 2011 - Northern Farm purchases the Ten'ei Horse Park in
Fukushima and renames it the . At the same time, Northern Farm pulled out of Shadai's
Yamamoto Training Center in Miyagi. • 2012 -
Gentildonna, one of the horses bred at the farm, becomes a Filly Triple Crown Winner. • 2018 -
Almond Eye, one of the horses bred at the farm, becomes a Filly Triple Crown Winner. • 2021 - Two horses bred at the farm became the first Japan-bred horses to win
Breeders' Cup races—first
Loves Only You in the
Filly & Mare Turf, followed about two hours later by
Marche Lorraine in the
Distaff. Loves Only You went on the become the first Japan-bred to win an
Eclipse Award in the US, specifically as
champion female turf horse. • 2025 -
Forever Young, one of the horses bred at the farm, becomes the first Japan-bred horse to win the
Breeders' Cup Classic. == Affiliated facilities and organizations ==