JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse
Japanese Best Dirt Horse is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) to an outstanding horse of that category in horse racing in Japan. Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards.
Records
[edit]Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Wing Arrow – 1998, 2000
- Admire Don – 2003, 2004
- Kane Hekili – 2005, 2008
- Espoir City – 2009, 2010
- Lemon Pop – 2023, 2024
Leading trainer (2 wins):
- Katsumi Minai – Wing Arrow (1998, 2000)
- Hiroyoshi Matsuda – Admire Don (2003, 2004)
- Sei Ishizaka – Alondite (2006), Vermilion (2007)
- Katsuhiko Sumii - Kane Hekili (2005, 2008)
- Akio Adachi – Espoir City (2009, 2010)
- Kunihide Matsuda – Kurofune (2001), Belshazzar (2013)
- Hiroyasu Tanaka – Lemon Pop (2023, 2024)
Leading owner (4 wins):
- Makoto Kaneko – Wing Arrow (2000), Kurofune (2001), Kane Hekili (2005, 2008)
Winners
[edit]| Year |
Horse |
Trainer |
Owner |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | No Award | |||
| 1988 | No Award | |||
| 1989 | Dyna Letter | Toshio Nihon'yanagi | Shadai Racing | 5 |
| 1990 | Caribbean Song | Osamu Kato Hajime | Ogifuji Ranch | 4 |
| 1991 | Narita Falcon | Kentaro Nakao | Hidenori Yamaji | 4 |
| 1992 | No Award | |||
| 1993 | Meisho Homura | Takahashi Shigetada | Yoshio Matsumoto | 5 |
| 1994 | Fujino Makken O | Yoshio Nakamura | Hiroshi Nakamura | 3 |
| 1995 | Lively Mount | Fujio Shibata | Tetsuro Kato | 4 |
| 1996 | Hokuto Vega | Takao Nakano | Kanamori Shoji Mori | 6 |
| 1997 | No Award | |||
| 1998 | Wing Arrow | Katsumi Minai | Minoru Ikeda | 3 |
| 1999 | No Award | |||
| 2000 | Wing Arrow | Katsumi Minai | Makoto Kaneko | 5 |
| 2001 | Kurofune | Kunihide Matsuda | Makoto Kaneko | 5 |
| 2002 | Gold Allure | Yasutoshi Ikee | Shadai Racing | 4 |
| 2003 | Admire Don | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 4 |
| 2004 | Admire Don | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 5 |
| 2005 | Kane Hekili | Katsuhiko Sumii | Makoto Kaneko | 3 |
| 2006 | Alondite | Sei Ishizaka | Carrot Farm Co. | 3 |
| 2007 | Vermilion | Sei Ishizaka | Sunday Racing | 5 |
| 2008 | Kane Hekili | Katsuhiko Sumii | Makoto Kaneko | 6 |
| 2009 | Espoir City | Akio Adachi | Yushun Horse | 4 |
| 2010 | Espoir City | Akio Adachi | Yushun Horse | 5 |
| 2011 | Transcend | Yasuda Takayuki | Koji Maeda | 5 |
| 2012 | Nihonpiro Ours | Yuki Ohashi | Hyakutaro Kobayashi | 5 |
| 2013 | Belshazzar | Kunihide Matsuda | Shadai Race Horse | 5 |
| 2014 | Hokko Tarumae | Katsuichi Nishiura | Michiaki Yabe | 5 |
| 2015 | Copano Rickey | Akira Murayama | Sachiaki Kobayashi | 5 |
| 2016 | Sound True | Noboru Takagi | Hiroshi Yamada | 6 |
| 2017 | Gold Dream | Osamu Hirata | Katsumi Yoshida | 4[1] |
| 2018 | Le Vent Se Leve | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | G1 Racing | 3 |
| 2019 | Chrysoberyl | Hidetaka Otonashi | Carrot Farm | 3[2] |
| 2020 | Chuwa Wizard | Ryuji Okubo | Shinobu Nakanishi | 5[3] |
| 2021 | T O Keynes | Daisuke Takayanagi | Tomoya Ozasa | 4[4] |
| 2022 | Cafe Pharoah | Noriyuki Hori | Koichi NIshikawa | 5[5] |
| 2023 | Lemon Pop | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Godolphin | 5[6] |
| 2024 | Lemon Pop | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Godolphin | 6[7] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Winners of the 2017 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Winners of the 2019 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Winners of the 2020 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Winners of the 2021 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Winners of the 2022 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ "「2023年度JRA賞」決定！年度代表馬はイクイノックス！ JRA". jra.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "2025.01.07 Winners of the 2024 JRA Awards announced - News - Horse Racing in Japan". japanracing.jp. Retrieved 2025-01-08.