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Katsuhiko Sumii
(born 28 March 1964, Kanazawa, Ishikawa) is a Japanese horse trainer. He trained the first and second placing horses in the 2006 Melbourne Cup, Delta Blues and Pop Rock. Other notable horses Sumii has trained include Kane Hekili, Vodka, Victoire Pisa, and Epiphaneia. Sumii retired on February 2021 to succeed his mother's work as an active member of the Tenrikyo. Major Wins Japan * Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Legers) - (3) - ''Delta Blues (2004), Epiphaneia (2013), Kiseki (2017)'' * Yushun Himba - (2) - ''Cesario (2005), Tall Poppy (2008)'' * Japan Dirt Derby - (2) - ''Kane Hekili (2005), Friendship (2006)'' * Derby Grand Prix - (1) - ''Kane Hekili (2005)'' * Mile Championship - (1) - ''Hat Trick (2005)'' * Japan Cup Dirt - (2) - ''Kane Hekili (2005, 2008)'' * February Stakes - (1) - ''Kane Hekili (2006)'' * Teio Sho - (1) - ''Kane Hekili (2006)'' * Hanshin Juvenile Fillies - (2) - ''Vodka (2006), Tall Poppy (2007)'' * Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) - (2) - ''Vodka (2007), Ro ...
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Horse Trainer
A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals' physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which may include contests and other riding purposes. The level of education and the yearly salary they can earn for this profession may differ depending on where the person is employed. History Domestication of the horse, Horse domestication by the Botai culture in Kazakhstan dates to about 3500 BC. Written records of horse training as a pursuit has been documented as early as 1350 BC, by Kikkuli, the Hurrian "master horse trainer" of the Hittite Empire. Another source of early recorded history of horse training as a discipline comes from the Ancient Greece, Greek writer Xenophon, in his treatise On Horsemanship. Writing circa 350 BC, Xenophon addressed Horse training, starting young horses, selecting older animals, and proper Ho ...
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Derby Grand Prix
The Derby Grand Prix (in Japanese: ダービーグランプリ), is a race for three-year-olds in the Iwate Prefecture Horse Racing Association. Race details The race was established in 1986. It was for 4-year-olds, but changed to 3-year-olds in 2001. The race was graded as a Grade-1 race in 1997 and was then moved down to Grade-M1 in 2016. The race took place at Morioka Racecourse from 1996-2011. Winners since 2014 Past winners Past winners include: 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 conditions races which currently hold Grade 1 First grade (also called ... References {{Reflist Horse races in Japan Recurring sporting events established in 1986 ...
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Japan Cup
The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with a maximum of 18 horses on turf (grass). With a purse of ¥476 million (about US$5.8 million), the Japan Cup is one of the richest races in the world. The Japan Cup is an invitational event. During a relatively short history, the race has established itself as an international contest with winners from Japan, North America, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Germany and Italy. The Japan Cup has produced some of the most memorable finishes seen in Japanese racing. Along with the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Melbourne Cup and the Breeders' Cup, the race ranks as one of the great end-of-year events. The Japan Racing Association established the Japan Cup as an international invitational race in order for local racehorses to hav ...
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Victoria Mile
The Victoria Mile () is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for four-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Tokyo Racecourse in May. Winners See also * Horse racing in Japan * List of Japanese flat horse races References *Racing Post ''Racing Post'' is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting publisher which is published in print and digital formats. It is printed in tabloid format from Monday to Sunday. , it has an average daily circulation of 6 ...: **, , , , , , , , , ** , , , , , , {{Japanese Grade I horse races Mile category horse races for fillies and mares Horse races in Japan Turf races in Japan ...
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Kawasaki Kinen
The Kawasaki Kinen (Kawasaki Memorial) (川崎記念) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track for horses aged four years or older. It was graded as a domestic grade 1 race in 1998. It is held in January, so it is the first (domestic) grade 1 race in Japanese horseracing season. Its name "Kawasaki" comes from that of Kawasaki city in Kanagawa prefecture. This race is regarded as preparation for the Dubai World Cup, along with the February Stakes. Although some past winners (such as Smart Falcon and Vermilion Vermilion (sometimes vermillion) is a color, color family, and pigment most often made, since antiquity until the 19th century, from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide, which is toxic) and its corresponding color. It i ...) ran the Dubai World Cup after winning this race, only Ushba Tesoro won both the Kawasaki Kinen and the Dubai World Cup. Records Most successful horses (3 wins): * Countess Up – ''1985, 1986, 1987'' * Hokko Tarum ...
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Tokyo Daishōten
The Tokyo Daishōten (東京大賞典) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track for three years old and above. It is run over a distance of 2,000 meters (about 10 furlongs) at Ōi Racecourse in the Shinagawa, Tokyo in the end of the year. It was first held in 1955, at that time named ''Aki-no-Kura'' (秋の鞍), meaning 'The Race of Autumn race meeting', with a distance of 2,600 meters. In 1966, its name was changed to ''Tokyo Daishōten''. Since 2011, It has been held as international Grade 1 race (The only international race in Japan not organized by Japan Racing Association). The race provides an alternative to the February Stakes and to the Dubai World Cup Night's meetings for Japanese horses. Its distance has been changed three times. From 1962 to 1988, it was 3,000 meters long, from 1989 to 1997, 2,800 meters and after 1998, 2,000 meters. Gold Allure, Vermilion, Kane Hekili, Hokko Tarumae, Copano Rickey won the race on the way to winning the JRA Award for B ...
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Tenno Sho
The is a horse race held twice a year in Japan, once in the spring and once in the autumn. "Tenno" means "Emperor of Japan". The races are both International Grade I races. Prior to the 2007 races, both Tenno Sho races were Japanese domestic Grade I races. Spring The Spring Tenno Sho is held at Kyoto Racecourse, in late April or early May. It is run over a distance of , making it the longest Grade I race in Japan. Deep Impact won the 2006 version of the race setting the world record for a 3200 metre race with a time of 3:13.4. beating the World Record set in the 1988 Wellington Cup by Daria’s Fun, held for almost 20 years of 3:15.59, the closest time run in The Melbourne Cup is 3:16.3. Deep Impact's record stood until Kitasan Black won in 3:12.5 in 2017. The average time 1990-2018 of the Tenno Sho is 3:16.7, the Melbourne Cup 3:21.1, a difference of 4.4 seconds. Winners since 1990 The 1994 race was contested at Hanshin Racecourse. The 2021 and 2022 races were contested ...
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Yasuda Kinen
The Yasuda Kinen (English: Yasuda Memorial, Japanese and Chinese language: 安田記念) is a Japanese International Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at the Tokyo Racecourse in Tokyo. Raced annually each June, the Yasuda Kinen is run at a distance of eight furlongs (one mile) on turf and is open to horses three years of age and up. The event was first run in 1951 as the Yasuda Sho in honor of Izaemon Yasuda, the founding chairman of the Japan Racing Association. Following the death of Mr. Yasuda, in 1958 the race name was changed to the Yasuda Kinen. In 1984 the race was promoted to Grade 1 status and in 1993 it was granted International Grade 1 status. In 2005, the race became the final leg of the Asian Mile Challenge. In addition to the US$1 million first place purse, another US$1 million bonus is given to any horse who wins two legs of the four-race Asian Mile Challenge. Past winners of the Yasuda Kinen include Oguri Cap and Taiki Shuttle, both Horse of the Y ...
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Roger Barows
Roger Barows ( Japanese: ロジャーバローズ, foaled 24 January 2016) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed some promise as a juvenile in 2018 when he won on his debut and ran second in his only other race. In the following spring he won a minor event in January and finished second in the Kyoto Shimbun Hai before recording an upset victory in the Tokyo Yushun. His racing career was ended by injury in August. Background Roger Barows is a bay colt with a white blaze bred in Japan by the Tobino Farm. As a foal in 2016 he was consigned to the Select Sale and was bought for ¥84,240,000 by Hirotsugu Inokuma. The colt was sent into training with Katsuhiko Sumii. He was from the ninth 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 Sho, Arima Kinen and Japan Cup. Deep Impact's other progeny include Gentildonna, Harp Star, Kizuna, A Shin Hikari, Marialite and Saxon Warrior. Roge ...
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Tōkyō Yūshun
The , also called the is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in late May or early June. It was first run in 1932 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English Epsom Derby. It is the second leg of the Japanese Triple Crown, preceded by the Satsuki Shō (the Japanese equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas) in mid-late April and followed by the Kikuka Shō (the Japanese equivalent of the English St. Leger Stakes) in mid-late October. Since 2010, the Tokyo Yūshun (along with several other JRA Japanese domestic Grade 1 races, including the other Japanese classics such as the Satsuki Shō and the Kikuka Shō) is open to international competition due to Japan's inclusion in the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' ICS Part I category, in which all graded black-type races in the JRA calendar are open to internat ...
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Hanshin Juvenile Fillies
The Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (阪神ジュベナイルフィリーズ) is a one-mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred fillies two years old. It is considered the ''de facto'' year-end championship for Japanese thoroughbred racing in the two-year-old fillies division. Qualifying Races *Artemis Stakes *Fantasy Stakes *Keio Hai Nisai Stakes Winners See also * Horse racing in Japan * List of Japanese flat horse races References *Racing Post ''Racing Post'' is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting publisher which is published in print and digital formats. It is printed in tabloid format from Monday to Sunday. , it has an average daily circulation of 6 ...: **, , , , , , , , , ** , , , , , , , , , ** , , , , , , External links Horse Racing in Japan Flat horse races for two-year-old fillies Horse races in Japan Turf races in Japan {{horseracing-race-stub ...
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Teio Sho
The Teio Sho (帝王賞) is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 race. This race began in 1978 as a spring championship race of southern Kanto region horseracing. It was later opened to JRA horses in 1986. Then, there were few opportunities for JRA and NAR horses to run in the same race, because JRA and NAR were individually operated. This trial promoted an expansion of exchanges between the two organizations. In 1997, it was graded as Domestic Grade 1. The race is run over 2000 metres at Ohi Racecourse , also known as Tokyo City Keiba (TCK), is located in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1950 for horse racing, on weekends it also hosts one of the largest Tokyo-area flea markets The racecourse is located near Ōi Keibajō Mae Station on the Tokyo ... in late June. Hokuto Vega, Admire Don, Vermilion, Espoir City and Hokko Tarumae won the race before winning the JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse. Most successful horses (2 wins): * Champion Star – ''1988, 1991'' * Furioso – ''2008, 2010' ...
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