(b. November 3, 1978, in Rittō, Shiga) is a Japanese trainer of

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and ex-

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. He is the younger brother of

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 rac ...

Jockey career

Take debuted as a jockey in March 1, 1997 at the

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. The following day, he won his first race and also his first graded race at the same time, with him winning the Yomiuri Milers Cup while riding ''Osumi Tycoon,'' making him the fastest rookie to win a graded race. He won his first Grade 1 race in 2000 when he won the Shuka Sho with ''Tico Tico Tac,'' but failed to win another Grade 1 race until his victory at the Kikuka Sho with ''Song of Wind'', and wouldn't for another 7 when he won 3 Grade 1 races with ''Meisho Mambo.''

Trainer career

Take gained his trainer license in December of 2016, and as JRA rules do not allow jockeys to be trainers at the same time, he retired as a jockey in February of 2017. He worked under

Kazuo Fujisawa (born September 22, 1951, in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan) is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred race horses. He had been a licensed trainer in Japan since 1987 and from 1993 until his retirement in 2022 has won the training title eleven times. Th ...

for a year before opening his own stable at Ritto Training Center as a professional trainer in 2018. He won his first race as a trainer on March 3, 2018; with his brother Yutaka riding ''Gouin'' at a

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Major wins

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* Kikuka Sho - (1) - ''Song of Wind (2006)'' * NHK Mile Cup - (1) - ''Win Kluger (2003)'' *

Queen Elizabeth II Cup The Queen Elizabeth II Cup is a Group One Thoroughbred horse race at Sha Tin Racecourse in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1975 by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, it is run annually in April over a distance of 2,000 metres (te ...

- (1) - '' Meisho Mambo (2013)'' * Shuka Sho - (2 ) - ''Tico Tico Tac (2000)'', ''Meisho Mambo (2013)'' *

Yushun Himba The , also known as the is a Japanese Conditions races, Grade 1 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred Filly, fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Tokyo Racecours ...

- (1) - ''Meisho Mambo (2013)''

References

External links

Jockey Koshiro Take - Records - Statistics - Horses , Racing Post
Japanese jockeys 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Shiga Prefecture {{japan-sport-bio-stub Japanese horse trainers