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JRA Award For Best Two-Year-Old Colt
The JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association The Japan Racing Association ( ja, 日本中央競馬会 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai, or JRA) is a public company established to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training ... (JRA). Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards. Winners References {{reflistHorse racing in Japan: JRA Awards Horse racing awards Horse racing in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Racing Association
The Japan Racing Association ( ja, 日本中央競馬会 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai, or JRA) is a public company established to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training facilities. It was founded in 1954, according to the Horse Racing Law (競馬法 Keiba Hō) and the Japan Racing Association Law (日本中央競馬会法 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai Hō) and is operated under the strict oversight of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan). Facilities * Racecourses (競馬場 Keiba Jō) - All racecourses have one oval dirt course inside and one or two turf courses outside. Some have also jump courses. Only three (Tokyo, Niigata and Chukyo) are left-handed (counter-clockwise) and the others are right-handed (clockwise). ** Tokyo Racecourse ( Fuchu, Tokyo) ** Nakayama Racecourse (Funabashi, Chiba) ** Kyoto Racecourse (Kyoto, Kyoto) ** Hanshin Racecourse ( Takarazuka, Hyogo) ** Sapporo Race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshito Yahagi
Yoshito Yahagi(矢作 芳人, ''Yahagi Yoshito'') (born March 20, 1961, in Tokyo, Japan) is a trainer of Thoroughbred race horses. He has been a licensed trainer in Japan since 2004 and since 2014 has won the training title three times. He has trained Contrail, the 2020 Japanese Triple Crown winner. In the 2021 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar in California, Yahagi trained two winners— Filly & Mare Turf winner Loves Only You and Distaff winner Marche Lorraine. He became the first Japanese trainer to win any Breeders' Cup race. Major wins Japan * Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes - (1) - ''Grand Prix Boss (2010)'' * NHK Mile Cup - (1) - ''Grand Prix Boss (2011)'' * Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby) - (2) - ''Deep Brillante (2012), Contrail (2020)'' * Japan Breeding farms' Cup Sprint - (1) - ''Taisei Legend (2012)'' * Yasuda Kinen - (1) - '' Mozu Ascot'' ''(2018)'' * Queen Elizabeth II Cup - (1) - ''Lys Gracieux (2018)'' * Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) - (1) - '' Loves Only You'' ''(2019)'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Deuce
Do Deuce (Japanese: ドウデュース, foaled 7 May 2019) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He was the best two-year-old colt in Japan in 2021 when he was undefeated in three races including the Ivy Stakes and the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes. Background Do Deuce is a bay colt with a white blaze bred in Japan by Northern Farm. During his racing career he was trained by Yasuo Tomomichi and raced in the grey and white of Kieffers Co Ltd. He was from the twelfth crop of foals sired by Heart's Cry a horse whose wins included the Arima Kinen and the Dubai Sheema Classic, as well as the only racehorse that was able to defeat Japanese legendary racehorse Deep Impact on Japanese soil. His other foals have included Suave Richard, Admire Rakti, Just A Way and Lys Gracieux. Do Deuce's dam Dust And Diamonds was bred in Kentucky and raced with considerable success in the United States where she won the Gallant Bloom Handicap and ran second in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danon The Kid
Danon The Kid ( ja, ダノンザキッド, link=no foaled 29 January 2018) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the best two-year-olds in Japan in 2020 when he won all three of his races including the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes and the Hopeful Stakes. In 2021 he finished third in the Mile Championship. Background Danon The Kid is a bay colt bred in Japan by Northern Farm. As a yearling in 2017 he was consigned to the Select Sale and was bought for ¥108,000,000 by Danox Co Ltd. The colt was sent into training with Takayuki Yasuda. He was from the third crop of foals sired by Just A Way, who won the Tenno Sho, Dubai Duty Free Stakes and Yasuda Kinen and was rated the best racehorse in the world in 2014. His other progeny have included the Fillies' Revue winner Epos and Velox who was placed in all three legs of the Japanese Triple Crown. Danon The Kid's dam Epic Love was an Irish-bred mare who showed high-class form in France, winning the Prix Vanteaux and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contrail (horse)
Contrail ( ja, コントレイル, link=no, foaled 1 April 2017) is a champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Crown in 2020. He was one of the leading two-year-olds in Japan in 2019 when he was undefeated in three races including the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes and Hopeful Stakes. In 2020 he maintained his unbeaten record with wins in the Satsuki Sho, Tokyo Yushun and Kobe Shimbun Hai before completing the Japan Triple Crown with a victory in the Kikuka Sho. He came second in the 2020 Japan Cup to champion older mare Almond Eye, winner of the 2018 Japanese Fillies Triple Crown. Background Contrail is a brown horse with a white star bred in Japan by North Hills Co Ltd. He races in the colours of North Hills' owner Shinji Maeda and was sent into training with Yoshito Yahagi. He is a relatively small male Thoroughbred weighing no more than 460 kg during his racing career. He was from the ninth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admire Mars
Admire Mars ( ja, アドマイヤマーズ, link=no, foaled 16 March 2016) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. As a juvenile in 2018 he was undefeated in four races including the Daily Hai Nisai Stakes and the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes and won the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt. In his first two races of 2019 he was beaten in the Tokinominoru Kinen and the Satsuki Sho before returning to winning form to take the NHK Mile Cup. In December he won the Hong Kong Mile. He failed to win in 2020 but ran third in both the Mile Championship and the Hong Kong Mile. Background Admire Mars is a chestnut horse with a white blaze and a long white sock on his left hind leg bred in Hokkaido by Northern Farm. As a yearling in 2017 he was consigned to the Select Sale and was bought for ¥56,160,000 by Riichi Kondo. He was sent into training with Yasuo Tomomichi. He was from the eighth crop of foals sired by Daiwa Major, an outstanding miler whose wins included the Tenno Sho, Mile Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danon Premium
Danon Premium, ( ja, ダノンプレミアム, link=no, foaled 3 April 2015) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He was the top-rated juvenile in Japan in 2017 when he was undefeated in three races including the Saudi Arabia Royal Cup and the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes. In the following year he won the Yayoi Sho but finished sixth when favourite for the Tokyo Yushun. As a four-year-old he won the Kinko Sho and Yomiuri Milers Cup as well as finishing second in both the Tenno Sho and the Mile Championship. Background Danon Premium is a black or brown colt with a white blaze bred in Japan by K I Farm. 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 has been ridden in most of his races by Yuga Kawada. He was from the eighth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the Tokyo Yushun, Tenno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leontes (horse)
Leontes, ( ja, リオンディーズ, link=no, foaled 29 January 2013) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was rated the best two-year-old in Japan in 2015 after winning a minor race on his debut and then taking the Grade 1 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes on his second and final start of the year. In the following spring he finished second in the Yayoi Sho, fourth in the Satsuki Sho and fifth in the Tokyo Yushun before his track career was ended by injury. Background Leontes is a dark bay or brown horse, standing 1.67 metres, with no white markings bred in Japan by Northern Farm. During his racing career he was owned by U Carrot Farm and trained by Katsuhiko Sumii. He was ridden in most of his races by the Italian-born jockey Mirco Demuro. His sire, King Kamehameha was one of the best Japanese colts of his generation, beating a field including Heart's Cry and Daiwa Major in the 2004 Japanese Derby. His other winners as a breeding stallion include Lord Kanaloa, Rose ... [...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] |
Asia Express (horse)
Asia Express ( ja, アジアエクスプレス, link=no, foaled 9 February 2011) is an American-bred, Japan-based Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was bred in Florida and exported as a two-year-old to Japan where he began his career on dirt and won two races before switching to turf to win the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes. At the end of the year he was the top-rated juvenile in Japan and took the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt. In the following year he was beaten in the Spring Stakes and the Satsuki Sho before reverting to dirt and winning the Leopard Stakes. He raced sporadically over the next two seasons but never won again. Background Asia Express is a chestnut horse standing 1.66 metres high with white socks on his hind leg bred in Florida by Ocala Farm. In March 2013 the colt was consigned to the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training and was bought for $230,000 by Narvick International. He was exported to Japan where he entered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logotype (horse)
Logotype (Japanese: ロゴタイプ, foaled 10 March 2010) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a juvenile in 2012 he won two minor races in his first four starts before recording an upset victory in the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes, which resulted in his taking the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt. In the following spring he maintained his winning form by taking the Spring Stakes and then winning the Satsuki Sho in record time. He failed to win for over three years before taking the Yasuda Kinen as a six-year-old in 2016. Background Logotype is a dark bay horse standing 168 cm tall with no white markings bred in Japan by his owner, Teruya Yoshida's Shadai Farm. During his racing career he was trained by Tsuyoshi Tanaka. He was the most successful racehorse sired by Lohengrin, a top-class Japanese miler who won the Yomiuri Milers Cup and the Nakayama Kinen and was placed in the Prix du Moulin, Takarazuka Kinen and Yasuda Kinen. Logotype's dam showed modest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Kingdom
Rose Kingdom ( ja, ローズキングダム, link=no, foaled 10 May 2007) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire (horse), sire. In a racing career which lasted from 2009 until 2013 he won six of his twenty-five races. As a two-year-old in 2009 he was undefeated in three races and was voted Japanese Champion two-year-old colt. In the following year he won the Kobe Shimbun Hai and finished second in both the Satsuki Sho and the Tokyo Yushun before being awarded the Japan Cup on the disqualification of Buena Vista (horse), Buena Vista. He won only once in sixteen subsequent starts and was retired from racing in 2013. Background Rose Kingdom is a dark bay or brown horse with a small white star (horse marking), star standing 1.63 metres bred in Japan by Northern Farm. His sire, King Kamehameha was one of the best Japanese colts of his generation, beating a field including Heart's Cry (horse), Heart's Cry and Daiwa Major in the 2004 Japanese Derby. His other winners as a breeding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
