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Hanshin Daishōten
The Hanshin Daishōten (阪神大賞典, ''hanshin daishōten'') is a Japanese Conditions races, Grade 2 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred Colt (horse), colts and Filly, fillies aged four and over run over a distance of 3,000 metres at the Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo. The race was run in late November or early December until 1987 when it was moved to a date in March. The race now serves as a trial for the spring edition of the Tenno Sho. It was first run in 1953. Race details The race is run at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 3,000 meters on turf using the inner curve. Weight 56 kg for four-year-olds, and 57 kg for five-year-olds and above.''Allowances:'' * 2 kg for Filly, fillies / Mare, mares * 1 kg for Southern Hemisphere, southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds ''Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):'' * If a Graded stakes race, graded stakes race has been won within a year: ** 2 k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanshin Racecourse
is located in Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan. It has a capacity of 139,000 and is used for horse racing. The land was originally owned by Kawanishi Aircraft Company, which manufactured combat planes during World War II. After World War II, GHQ ordered the company to stop manufacturing combat planes, which led to the closure of the factory. In 1949, Keihanshin Keiba K.K. built the Hanshin Racecourse. The racecourse was transferred to Japan Racing Association The Japan Racing Association () is a public company established in Japan under a law to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training facilities in the country. It was ... in 1955. A major reconstruction was completed in 1991, and another in 2006. Beginning May 2024, the racecourse was closed for a year due to a grandstand renovation. The track's biggest events, the Takarazuka Kinen in June and the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in December were both rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yutaka Take
(born March 15, 1969, in Kyoto, Kyoto) is a Japanese jockey. Take made his riding debut in 1987 and currently holds seven all-time records in Japan. He has won at least one Grade 1 race for 23 straight years until 2010, and a graded stakes race for 39 consecutive years. Take has 114 wins to his credit in eight countries, including Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. His international victories include Group 1 wins in the Prix d'Ispahan (France) and Hong Kong Cup (Hong Kong), the July Cup (England) and Dubai Duty Free Stakes (UAE). Take has won one of Japan's premier horse races, the Japan Cup, a record five times. Early life Yutaka was born in Kyoto on March 15, 1969, to Kunihiko and Yoko Take. Kunihiko was also a notable jockey, nicknamed "The wizard of the turf" during his prime. Take followed in his father's footsteps, and made his debut as a jockey in 1987. Career In 1987, he became the first ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naosuke Sugai
Naosuke Sugai (; born June 3, 1966) is a Japanese Horse trainer and retired jockey of the Japan Racing Association. Career Sugai started his jockey career in March 1985 after graduating the 's jockey curriculum. He was one of the first members to graduate the school alongside Yoshitomi Shibata. He ran his first race on March 2 at a maiden race held at Hanshin Racecourse with Shin Kokin, in which he and the horse finished 6th. He won his first race the following day at Hanshin when he rode Hagino Goody in her debut race. Sugai won his first graded race in 1990 when he rode and won the Kisaragi Sho. Sugai retired in 2008 and became a horse trainer based at Ritto Training Center. His first race as a trainer was . He won his first race as a trainer on March 14 at an allowance race held at Hanshin with Hokko One Man. Sugai won his first graded race as a trainer with Gold Ship when he won the Kyodo Tsushin Hai in 2012, and won his first GI race with the same horse when the horse w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Ship
Gold Ship (, foaled 6 March 2009) is a Japanese Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds, horse breed developed for Thoroughbred racing, horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thorough ... racehorse. In a racing career which began in July 2011, he ran twenty-eight times and won thirteen races. As a two-year-old in 2011, he won two of his four races. In 2012, he won the Satsuki Shō and the Kikuka Shō, the first and third legs of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#Japan, Japanese Triple Crown. In December, he defeated a strong field in the weight-for-age invitational Arima Kinen, which led to his being rated the best three-year-old racehorse in the world by some authorities. As a four-year-old, he ran disappointingly in the Tennō Shō but returned to form to win the Takarazuka Kinen. As a five-year-old, Gold Ship became the first horse to record a sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuichi Fukunaga
is a Japanese horse trainer and former jockey who has won 29 Grade 1 races in Japan and abroad. He is affiliated with the Japan Racing Association (JRA) in Rittō. His father is former jockey who was said to be a "genius" during his active career, and his uncle is Takashi Kitamura, also a former jockey. His wife is former Fuji TV announcer . Since July 2016, he has a management contract with Horipro together with Yuga Kawada, the entertainment production with which his wife is also affiliated. On December 8, 2022, following his trainer license being issued by the JRA, Fukunaga announced that he would retire as a jockey at the end of February next year and make a transition in to becoming a horse trainer. Two months later, Fukunaga rode his final races in Japan at the February Stake on 19 February, and finished his racing career at the Riyadh Dirt Sprint on February 25, 2023, where he rode Remake which finished 3rd behind Elite Power. Retirement ceremonies of Fukunaga were hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asakusa Kings
is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is known for Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals, such as . History The development of Asakusa as an entertainment district during the Edo period came about in part because of the neighboring district, Kuramae. Kuramae was a district of storehouses for rice, which was then used as payment for servants of the feudal government. The keepers () of these storage houses initially stored the rice for a small fee, but over the years began exchanging the rice for money or selling it to local shopkeepers at a margin. Through such trading, many came to have a considerable amount of disposable income and as result theaters and okiya, geisha houses began to spring up in nearby Asakusa. For most of the 20th century, Asakusa remained a major entertainment district in Tokyo. The or "Sixth District" was in particular famous as a theater distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuo Tomomichi
Yasuo Tomomichi (; born August 11, 1963) is a Japanese horse trainer of the Japan Racing Association. Career Tomomichi was born in the district of Akō, Hyōgo. After graduating from in 1982, he enrolled in the Osaka Prefecture University's School of Veterinary Medicine to become a veterinarian, and joined the University's Equestrian Club. As part of the Club's activity, he took up a part time job as a security guard at a horse racing track, which is where Tomomichi was introduced to the world of horse racing. After working as a groom and assistant trainer at the stables of and , Tomomichi obtained a Trainer license in 2001 before opening his own stable at the Ritto Training Center in 2002. Tomomichi scored his first win on December 1 of that year when Inter Marvelous won an allowance race at Chukyo Racecourse. Tomomichi won his first graded race when won the Asahi Challenge Cup in 2005. In 2008, Tomomichi won his first GI race when won the Tenno Sho (Spring). In 2016, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasunari Iwata
(born March 12, 1974; from Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture) is a Japanese jockey who rode the winner of the 2006 Melbourne Cup, Delta Blues. It was Iwata's first race outside Japan. He debuted in the Hyōgo Keiba, one of the racing organizations in National Association of Racing (NAR). He has started riding in selected events in Japan Racing Association (JRA) since 2002. In 2005, Iwata won the 19th World Super Jockey Seriehttp://www.diviplus.com/racing-news/iwata-wins-world-super-jockey-series/]. Despite not having passed the written test in the past, he was allowed to transfer to JRA in the following year due to "Ankatsu's Rule". He was awarded JRA most winning-jockey in 2011 and 2012, in races won and money earned. His son, , is also a jockey. Major wins Australia * Melbourne Cup - (1) - ''Delta Blues (2006)'' ---- Hong Kong * Hong Kong Sprint - (2) - '' Lord Kanaloa (2012/2013)'' ---- Japan * Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes - (1) - ''Seiun Wonder (2008)'' * February Stakes - (1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Kaneko (businessman)
is the founder, President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He also owns the exclusive King Kamehameha Golf Club in Hawaii. Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan. He was the owner of Deep Impact, one of the most famous racehorses in Japanese history. Kaneko has also become the first racehorse owner to win all of the 8 major races of Japan as well as the Japan Cup. Makoto Kaneko's famous racehorses * Black Hawk :He won the Sprinters Stakes and the Yasuda Kinen. * Kurofune :He has four course records. Because of his strength, He was called "White Secretariat". * To the Victory :She won the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup and challenged the Dubai World Cup twice. Her younger brother Silent Deal is also Makoto's horse. *Utopia :He was traded to Godolphin Racing. * King Kamehameha :He won the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) for the first time as Kaneko's horse. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Impact (horse)
Deep Impact (Japanese : ディープインパクト, March 25, 2002 – July 30, 2019) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Crown in 2005 and the Japan Cup in 2006, as well as three other Grade One races in Japan. As a stallion, he was the leading sire in Japan for 11 consecutive years from 2012 to 2022, and produced Derby horses in four countries: Japan, England, France, and Ireland. In 2020, his son Contrail became the third horse in Japanese horse racing history to win the Classic Triple Crown without losing any races, becoming the first event in the world where a father and son both won the Triple Crown undefeated. Background Deep Impact was born in Northern Farm, Abira, Hokkaido on 25 May 2002. His sire Sunday Silence took over from perennial Japanese leading sire Northern Taste (10 time leading sire in Japan) and was the leading sire in Japan 12 times. His dam, Wind in Her Hair, a Group One winner, finished second in The Oaks to super-filly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narita Top Road
Narita Top Road () was a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1999 Kikuka-shō. Racing career 1998: Two year old season Narita Top Road ran his maiden race at the Hanshin Racecourse in December 5, where he finished second behind Meiner Success. Later that month, he won his first race at another maiden race at Hanshin. 1999: Three year old season Narita Top Road won his first graded race when he won that year's Kisaragi Sho. The horse then went on to the Yayoi Sho, where he beat Admire Vega. He was then entered in to the Satsuki Sho, where he finished third behind T M Opera O and . The horse also ran in the Tokyo Yushun, where he finished second behind Admire Vega. After taking the summer off, the horse once again finished second behind Admire Vega at the Kyoto Shimbun Hai. Later, at the Kikuka-shō, the horse took the fourth position in the pack before taking the lead at the fourth corner. Narita Top Road held on to the lead from there and won the race, even as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuji Wada
Ryūji Wada（, June 23, 1977 – ）is a Japanese jockey and YouTuber affiliated with the Ritto Training Center of the Japan Racing Association. He is also the vice-president of the (JJC) and chief of the JJC's Kansai branch. Profile Ryuji's father Mamoru was a groom who first took care of at the stable of Yoshiharu Matsunaga, and later at 's stable. Ryuji's elder brother, Yuich is also a groom and was in charge of . His nephew, , is also a jockey. Ryuji debuted in 1996 as a jockey hired by the stable of , and made his first victory in March 16 of that year with S.T. Top. On December of that same year, he became the first of his peers to win a graded race by winning the Stayers Stakes with Sage Wells. He finished that year with a total of 33 wins, and as a result was awarded the , which is the equivalent for the Rookie Jockey Award for jockeys in Kansai (Ritto). Ryuji won his first Grade 1 race in 1999 with T M Opera O, who won the Satsuki Shō that same year. In the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
