Sire of 2018 G2 Nikkei Sho winner Ganko and G2 St. Lite Kinen winner Babbitt, Nakayama Festa will retire from stud duties. He has moved to "Urakawa Yushun Village AERU" and will spend the rest of his life there.

His racing career began in November 2008 with a win, he went on to claim the G1 Takarazuka Kinen at the age of four. He travelled to France in that same year and finished second in the G2 Prix Foy and the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. His career race record is five wins from 15 starts.