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Yoshito Yahagi 矢作芳人
Yahagi in 2023
Occupation
Trainer
Born
(1961-03-20) 20 March 1961 (age 63) Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality
Japanese
Racing awards
JRA Award for Best Trainer (races won) (2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 JRA Award for Best Trainer (money earned) (2019-2023) JRA Award for Best trainer (training technique) (2020, 2021)
Significant horses
Grand Prix Boss, Deep Brillante, Real Steel, Mozu Ascot, Lys Gracieux, Loves Only You, Contrail, Marche Lorraine, Panthalassa
Website
Official Website
Yoshito Yahagi (Japanese: 矢作 芳人, Hepburn: Yahagi Yoshito, born March 20, 1961,[1] in Tokyo, Japan) is a trainer of Thoroughbred race horses. He has been a licensed trainer in Japan since 2004 and since 2014 has won the training title three times.
He has trained Contrail, the 2020 Japanese Triple Crown winner. In the 2021 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar in California, Yahagi trained two winners—Filly & Mare Turf winner Loves Only You and Distaff winner Marche Lorraine. He became the first Japanese trainer to win any Breeders' Cup race.[2][3]
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^Takako, Hanaoka (2021-11-07). "歴史的快挙!日本調教馬2頭のブリーダーズカップ優勝 日本で紡いだ血統が世界で知られるGIを制した日". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-06.
YoshitoYahagi (Japanese: 矢作 芳人, Hepburn: YahagiYoshito, born March 20, 1961, in Tokyo, Japan) is a trainer of Thoroughbred race horses. He has been a...
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representatives of Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. He was sent into training with YoshitoYahagi and was ridden in all of his races by Yasunari Iwata. Deep Brillante...