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JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse

Japanese thoroughbred horse racing award

Summary

Japanese thoroughbred horse racing award

The JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) to an outstanding horse of that category in Thoroughbred horse racing in Japan. Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Orfevre – 2012, 2013
Kitasan Black – 2016, 2017

Winners

Year
Horse
Trainer
Owner
Age
1987	Nippo Teio	Kinzo Kubotu	Yuichi Yamaichi	4
1988	Tamamo Cross	Isami Obara	Tamamo Inc.	4
1989	Inari One	Kiyoshi Suzuki	Hiroki Hotehama	5
1990	Oguri Cap	Tsutomu Setoguchi	Shunsuke Kondo	5
1991	Mejiro McQueen	Yasuo Ikee	Mejiro Shoji Co	4
1992	Mejiro Palmer	Masaki Okubo	Mejiro Shoji Co	5
1993	Yamanin Zephyr	Yusuke Kurita	Hajime Doi	5
1994	Biwa Hayahide	Mitsumasa Hamada	Biwa Co., Ltd.	4
1995	Sakura Chitose-O	Katsutaro Sakai	Sakura Commerce	5
1996	Sakura Laurel	Katsutaro Sakai	Sakura Commerce	5
1997	Marvelous Sunday	Makoto Osawa	Sadao Sasahara	4
1998	Taiki Shuttle	Kazuo Fujisawa	Taiki Farm	4
1999	El Condor Pasa	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	Takashi Watanabe	4
2000	T M Opera O	Ichizo Iwamoto	Masatsugu Takezono	4
2001	Agnes Digital	Toshiaki Shirai	Takao Watanabe	4
2002	Manhattan Cafe	Futoshi Kojima	Ken Nishikawa	4
2003	Symboli Kris S	Kazuo Fujisawa	Symboli Stud	4
2004	Zenno Rob Roy	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shinobu Osako	4
2005	Heart's Cry	Kojiro Hashiguchi	Shadai Race Horse Co	4
2006	Deep Impact	Yasuo Ikee	Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd.	4
2007	Admire Moon	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Darley Japan Farm Co., Ltd.	4
2008	Screen Hero	Yuichi Shikato	Teruya Yoshida	4
2009	Dream Journey	Yasutoshi Ikee	Sunday Racing	5
2010	Nakayama Festa	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	Shinichi Izumi	4
2011	Victoire Pisa	Katsuhiko Sumii	Yoshimi Ichikawa	4
2012	Orfevre	Yasutoshi Ikee	Sunday Racing Co.	4
2013	Orfevre	Yasutoshi Ikee	Sunday Racing Co.	5
2014	Just A Way	Naosuke Sugai	Akatsuki Yamatoya	5
2015	Lovely Day	Yasutoshi Ikee	Makoto Kaneko	5
2016	Kitasan Black	Hisashi Shimizu	Ono Shoji	4
2017	Kitasan Black	Hisashi Shimizu	Ono Shoji	5
2018	Rey de Oro	Kazuo Fujisawa	U Carrot Farm	4
2019	Win Bright	Yoshihiro Hatakeyama	Win Co. Ltd	5
2020	Fierement	Takahisa Tezuka	Sunday Racing Co.	5
2021	Contrail	Yoshito Yahagi	Shinji Maeda	4
2022	Titleholder	Toru Kurita	Hiroshi Yamada	4
2023	Equinox	Tetsuya Kimura	Silk Racing	4
2024	Do Deuce	Yasuo Tomomichi	Kieffers Co. Ltd.	5
2025	Forever Young	Yoshito Yahagi	Susumu Fujita	4

References

Horse racing in Japan: JRA Awards

References

(10 January 2018). "Winners of the 2017 JRA Awards announced".
(8 January 2020). "Winners of the 2019 JRA Awards announced".
(7 January 2021). "Winners of the 2020 JRA Awards announced".
(11 January 2022). "Winners of the 2021 JRA Awards announced".
(2023-01-10). "Winners of the 2022 JRA Awards announced".
"「2023年度JRA賞」決定！年度代表馬はイクイノックス！ JRA".
"2025.01.07 Winners of the 2024 JRA Awards announced - News - Horse Racing in Japan".
"「2025年度JRA賞」決定！年度代表馬はフォーエバーヤング！ JRA".

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