JRA Award for Best Steeplechase Horse
The JRA Award for Best Steeplechase Horse is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association (JRA). Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards.
Records[edit]
Most successful horse (5 wins):
- Oju Chosan – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
Winners[edit]
| Year |
Horse |
Trainer |
Owner |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | No Award | |||
| 1988 | Yamanin Appeal | Hitoshi Nakamura | Koji Doi | 5 |
| 1989 | Mejiro Maskette | Mitsuhiro Ogata | Mejiro Shoji Co | 4 |
| 1990 | Waka Taisho | Yukio Inaba | Kihachiro Watanabe | 5 |
| 1991 | Symboli Kriens | Masakatsu Sakai | Symboli Ranch | 6 |
| 1992 | Symboli Kriens | Masakatsu Sakai | Symboli Ranch | 7 |
| 1993 | Broad Mind | Susumu Yano | Teruya Yoshida | 5 |
| 1994 | Broad Mind | Susumu Yano | Teruya Yoshida | 6 |
| 1995 | Return Ace | Iwasa Shunsaku | Akihiro Iida | 7 |
| 1996 | Polaire | Iwamoto Ichizo | Susumu Hayashi | 5 |
| 1997 | Our Paragon | Shigeki Matsumoto | Akira Hiroshi Kudo | 6 |
| 1998 | Northern Rainbow | Yasuhiro Suzuki | Teruya Yoshida | 8 |
| 1999 | Godspeed | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Toshinori Kondo | 5 |
| 2000 | Gokai | Hiroyuki Gohara | Kei Yoshihashi | 7 |
| 2001 | Gokai | Hiroyuki Gohara | Kei Yoshihashi | 8 |
| 2002 | Gilded Age | Shigeki Matsumoto | North Hills Management | 5 |
| 2003 | Big Taste | Tadashi Nakao | Big Co. | 5 |
| 2004 | Blandices | Tatsuo Fujiwara | Sunday Racing | 7 |
| 2005 | T M Dragon | Sadahiro Kajima | Masatsugu Takezono | 3 |
| 2006 | Maruka Rascal | Yutaka Masumoto | Kawacho Sangyo | 4 |
| 2007 | Mercy A Time | Takeshi Kohei | Yasuo Nagai | 5 |
| 2008 | King Joy | Yutaka Masumoto | Takao Matsuoka | 6 |
| 2009 | King Joy | Yutaka Masumoto | Takao Matsuoka | 7 |
| 2010 | Bashi Ken | Yoshihiro Takahashi | Hideo Ishibashi | 5 |
| 2011 | Majesty Bio | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | Bio Co. Ltd. | 4 |
| 2012 | Majesty Bio | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | Bio Co. Ltd. | 5 |
| 2013 | Apollo Maverick | Masahiro Horii | Apollo Thoroughbred Club | 4 |
| 2014 | Apollo Maverick | Masahiro Horii | Apollo Thoroughbred Club | 5 |
| 2015 | Up To Date | Shozo Sasaki | Kazuo Imanishi | 5 |
| 2016 | Oju Chosan | Shoichiro Wada | Chosan Co. Ltd. | 5 |
| 2017 | Oju Chosan | Shoichiro Wada | Chosan Co. Ltd. | 6[1] |
| 2018 | Oju Chosan | Shoichiro Wada | Chosan Co. Ltd. | 7 |
| 2019 | Shingun Michael | Keiji Takaichi | Shigenori Isaka | 5[2] |
| 2020 | Meisho Dassai | Yuji Iida | Kazuma Mori | 7[3] |
| 2021 | Oju Chosan | Shoichiro Wada | Chosan Co. Ltd. | 10[4] |
| 2022 | Oju Chosan | Shoichiro Wada | Chosan Co. Ltd. | 11[5] |
| 2023 | Meiner Grand | Takafumi Aoki | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co. Ltd. | 5[6] |
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.