Japanese BestDirtHorse is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association (JRA). Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRAAwards. Most successful...
the year the colt started second favourite behind the 2019 JRAAwardforBestDirtHorse winner Chrysoberyl in the Grade 1 Champions Cup over 1800 metres...
and Hokko Tarumae won the race before winning the JRAAwardforBestDirtHorse. Most successful horses (2 wins): Champion Star – 1988, 1991 Furioso – 2008...
of all horses in all four races that he ran that season. His victory at the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes earned him the 2006 JRAAwardfor the Best Two-Year...
Daishōten (twice) and Hanshin Daishoten (twice). He won the JRAAwardforBest Older Male Horse in 1991 and was inducted into the Japan Racing Association...
God" in Hawaiian mythology. In 2005 and 2006 he won four Grade 1 races on dirt in Japan and finished fourth to Electrocutionist in the 2006 Dubai World...
descendants include: c = colt, f = filly An anthromorphized version of the horse appears as a character in Uma Musume Pretty Derby. "Espoir City". "Espoir...
JRAAwardforBest Sprinter or Miler. In 2012 she was overshadowed by her stablemate Lord Kanaloa but won the Takamatsunomiya Kinen and took the JRA Award...
Association's (JRA) Champion Sprinter in both 1997 and 1998, and was named the Japan Horse of the Year in 1998, along with Champion Older Male Horse. In 1999...
historical record. For competition horses, such as show jumpers and dressage horses, see List of historical horses § Competition horses. Adios Butler: famous...
was a top-class racemare who won the Sprinters Stakes and was the JRAAwardforBest Older Filly or Mare in 1987 and 1988. She was descended from the influential...
title. 2023 saw his come-back to the highest rank of horse racing in Japan: not only did he win the JRA championship but also broke the record in terms of...
strongest horse I've ever ridden". In the JRAAwardsfor 2015, Duramente was voted Best Three-Year-Old Colt taking 285 of the 291 votes. In the poll for Japanese...