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Fuji Stakes
The Fuji Stakes (Japanese 富士ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse. It was first run in 1984 and held Grade 3 status from 1998 until 2019. The race was run over 1800 metres until 1996, and over 1400 metres from 1997 to 1999. It serves as a trial race for the Mile Championship. Winners since 2000 Earlier winners * 1986 - Waverley Star * 1987 - Triptych * 1988 - Salem Drive * 1989 - Oracle Asuka * 1990 - Mogami Champion * 1991 - Stabilizer * 1992 - Shinko Lovely * 1993 - Matikanetannhauser * 1994 - Sakura Chitose O * 1995 - Fujiyama Kenzan * 1996 - Shinko King * 1997 - Biko Alpha * 1998 - Air Jihad * 1999 - Red Chili Pepper See also * Horse racing in Japan * List of Japanese flat horse races A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Japan. Except for the Tokyo Daishoten, all graded races are operated Japan Racing Association, including all c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Racecourse
is located in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1933 for horse racing, it is considered the "racecourse of racecourses" in Japanese horseracing. It has a capacity of 223,000, with seating for 13,750. Tokyo Racecourse hosts numerous G1 (Grade 1) races, including the Japan Cup, Tokyo Yushun (the Japanese Derby) and the Yasuda Kinen, a part of the Asian Mile Challenge. Physical attributes Tokyo Race Course's grass course measures 2083m (1¼ miles + 234 feet) with two chutes (1800m and 2000m). Races can be run on the "A Course" rail setting (on the hedge), the "B Course" setting (rail out 3 meters), the "C Course" setting (rail out 6 meters), the "D Course" setting (rail out 9 meters) or the "E Course" setting (rail out 12 meters). The dirt course measures 1899 meters (1⅛ mile + 290 feet), with a 1600m chute. The jump course measures 1675 meters (1 mile + 215 feet). There was a chute for 3200m races (used for the Tenno Sho Autumn races), but when the race was shortened to 2000m, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayoshi Ebina
(born March 19, 1969 in Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese jockey. Nicknamed ''Ebi-Shō''. He is best known for riding El Condor Pasa. That won the Japan Cup (1998) and second in Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1999). In 2010 he won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown with Apapane. Major wins France * Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud - (1) - '' El Condor Pasa (1999)'' ---- Hong Kong * Hong Kong Cup - (1) - ''Fujiyama Kenzan (1995)'' ---- Japan * Arima Kinen - (2) - ''Manhattan Cafe (2001)'', ''Matsurida Gogh (2007)'' * Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes - (2) - ''Dream Journey (2006)'', ''Danon Platina (2014)'' * Hanshin Juvenile Fillies - (2) - ''Apapane (2009)'', ''Shonan Adela (2014)'' * Japan Breeding farm's Cup Sprint - (1) - ''Nobo Jack (2001)'' * Japan Cup - (1) - '' El Condor Pasa (1998)'' * Kikuka Shō - (1) - ''Manhattan Cafe (2001)'' * Mile Championship - (2) - ''Air Jihad (1999)'', ''Tokai Point (2002)'' * Oka Sho - (1) - '' Apapane (2010)'' * Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Racing In Japan
; Horse racing in Japan is a popular equestrian sport, with more than 21,000 horse races held each year. There are three types of racing that take place in Japan - flat racing, jump racing, and Ban'ei Racing (also called Draft Racing). In Japan, horse racing is organized by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) and the National Association of Racing (NAR). The JRA is responsible for horseracing events at ten major racecourses in metropolitan areas, while the NAR is responsible for various local horseracing events throughout Japan. This system of administration of horse racing is unique to Japan. Japan's top stakes races are run in the spring, autumn, and winter; the top race is the Japan Cup. History The history of equestrian sports and horse racing in Japan goes back many centuries, but it was not until the Spring of 1862 that the first horse race in a recognizably European format was organized by a group of British residents on an area of drained marshland just outside the rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Jihad
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Triptych (horse)
Triptych (1982–1989) was an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won nine top-class races in Europe. She earned over $1.5 million in prize money. Triptych died in a freak accident in 1989 when in foal. Background Triptych was a dark bay mare bred in Kentucky by Nelson Bunker Hunt & Edward L. Stevenson. She was sired by Riverman an American-bred French-trained horse who won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains in 1972. As a breeding stallion he was highly successful, being the sire of many important winners including Irish River, Bahri, Gold River, River Memories and Detroit. She was consigned to the 1983 Keeneland Sales summer yearling auction, where she was purchased for US$2.15 million by an agent for Alan Clore. Racing career Triptych ran 41 times and won 18 races; of those, 12 were Pattern races, including nine Group 1 events. She was placed another 19 times, all but one of them in Group 1 races, and her worldwide earnings amounted to more than £1,500,500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waverley Star
Waverley Star (foaled 1982) was a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who is best remembered for finishing second to Bonecrusher in the 1986 Cox Plate – widely referred to as the 'race of the century'. Waverley Star, who was known as Our Waverley Star in Australia to distinguish him from a 1976 foaling of the same name, won his maiden race as a three-year-old on 30 November 1985 at Pukekohe. Prior to his first visit to Australia, for the Cox Plate, he had 13 starts for 10 wins and 2 placings in New Zealand. This included: * 2nd in the Castlemaine XXXX Easter Stakes (Group One 1600m) behind Cosmetique, with Infinite Secret third. * 1st in the Television New Zealand Stakes (Group Two 2000m WFA) beating Solveig and Santanea * 1st in the Admiralty Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on 23 August 1986 when he beat Matthew Ryan with Bonecrusher third. In the Cox Plate, he was installed 3/1 second-favourite behind fellow New Zealander Bonecrusher, who was 6/4-on. With 800 metres to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songline (horse)
Songline ( ja, ソングライン, link=no foaled 4 March 2018) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. She showed some promise as a two-year-old in 2022 when she won a maiden race on the second of her two starts. She developed into a high-class miler in the following year, winning the Kobai Stakes and Fuji Stakes as well as running second in the NHK Mile Cup. In 2022 she improved again and recorded major successes in the 1351 Turf Sprint and Yasuda Kinen. She was awarded the JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare and JRA Award for Best Miler for 2023. Background Songline is a brown mare with a white blaze and white socks on her hind legs bred in Japan by Northern Farm. She was sent into training with Toru Hayashi and races in the black, yellow and red colours of the Northern Farm associate Sunday Racing. She was from the second crop of foals sired by Kizuna whose wins included the Tokyo Yushun, Prix Niel and Osaka Hai. His other foals have included Akai Ito and Deep B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuichi Fukunaga
is a Japanese 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 Yoichi Fukunaga 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 Midori Matsuo. Since July 2016, he has a management contract with Horipro, the entertainment production in which his wife is also affiliated. On December 8, 2022, following his trainer license issue 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. Achievements Grade 1 race victories Japan * Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes - (3) - '' Eishin Preston (1999), Eishin Champ (2002), Fusaichi Richard (2005)'' * February Stakes - (2) - ''Meisho Bowler (2005)'', ''Cafe Pharoah (2022) '' * Hanshin Juvenile Fillies - (3) - ''Peace of World (2002), Rêve d'E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normcore (horse)
Normcore ( ja, ノームコア, link=no foaled 25 February 2015) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. She showed promising form in her first two seasons, winning both of her races as a juvenile in 2017 and taking the Grade 3 Shion Stakes in the following year. As a four-year-old she recorded a Grade 1 success in the Victoria Mile as well as taking the Fuji Stakes. In 2020 she finished third in the Victoria Mile and won the Sapporo Kinen before claiming the Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse on her final run of the season. She earned over US$5.7 million in prize money. Background Normcore is a grey mare bred in Japan by Northern Farm. As a yearling in 2016 she was consigned to the Japan Racing Horse Association Sale of Yearlings and Weanlings and was bought for ¥23,760,000 by Seiichi Iketani. She was sent into training with Kiyoshi Hagiwara. She was from the fourth crop of foals sired by Harbinger, a British horse who was rated the best racehorse in the world in 2010 when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Lemaire
Christophe Patrice Lemaire (Japanese:, born 20 May 1979) is a French-born jockey. He has enjoyed much of his success on the Japanese flat racing circuit, with the most wins at Japan Racing Association racetracks for five consecutive years since 2017. Career Lemaire began racing in 1999, after he obtained the license required for a French jockey. From there, he has steadily built up a good track record, becoming the seventh leading jockey in 2003, and winning the French Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris in the same year. In 2002 he also began racing in Japan Racing Association races using the 3-month system, taking part mainly at local racecourses such as Chukyo Racecourse and Kokura Racecourse. Within a few years he had already placed in Japan's major Grade 1 stakes races, finishing second in the 2004 Autumn Tenno Sho on Dance in the Mood, second in the 2004 Japan Cup on Cosmo Bulk, and second in the 2005 Mile Championship on Daiwa Major. Lemaire secured his first Japanese graded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danon Platina
Danon Platina (Japanese: ダノンプラチナ, foaled 23 March 2012) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was the best two-year-old colt in Japan in 2014 when he won his last three races including the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes and was the unanimous choice for the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt. In the following year he finished third in a strong edition of the Spring Stakes and defeated older opponent in the Fuji Stakes. He remained in training for another three years but made only seven appearances and won only one more race, the Listed New Year Stakes in 2018. He was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion in South Africa. Background Danon Platina is a grey stallion bred in Japan by Chiyoda Farm Shizunai. During his track career he carried the colours of Danox Co Ltd the business software enterprise of his owner Masahiro Noda, and was trained by Mitsumasa Nakauchida. He was ridden in most of his races by Masayoshi Ebina. He was from the fifth c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
