Yutaka Take
Yutaka Take (武 豊, Take Yutaka?) (born March 15, 1969, comes from Kyoto, Kyoto) is a Japanese jockey who is a multiple champion in his homeland and won the Japan Cup in 1999 on the horse Special Week. His United Kingdom successes include the July Cup with Agnes World in 2000, the Falmouth Stakes with Proudwings in 2001, and the Shergar Cup in 2007 with the rest of the world team.
Career
He is the son of Kunihiko Take, known as a master, and his younger brother, Koshiro Take is also a jockey. In 1987 he became the first rookie to ride 69 winners in one season. In the following year he became the youngest jockey to achieve 100 wins and won the GI race.
In 2005 he achieved the feat of winning the Japanese Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Satsuki Sho, Tokyo Yushun, Kikuka Sho) with Deep Impact, which is the second undefeated horse that has won the classic.
On March 25, 2007, Yutaka Take won the Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo Racecourse aboard Suzuka Phoenix. The win gave Take a Group One victory for the 20th consecutive racing season.[1] Also in 2007, Take won his fourth Japan Cup Dirt in seven years.
Major wins
Great Britain
France
Hong Kong
Japan
- Arima Kinen - (2) - Oguri Cap (1990), Deep Impact (2006)
- Derby Grand Prix - (2) - Gold Allure (2002), Kane Hekili (2005)
- February Stakes - (3) - Gold Allure (2003), Kane Hekili (2006), Vermillion (2007)
- Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes - (1) - Yamanin Paradise (1994)
- Japan Breeding farm's Cup Classic - (4) - Time Paradox (2005), Vermillion (2007 & 2008 & 2009), Smart Falcon (2010)
- Japan Breeding farm's Cup Sprint - (1) - Meiner Select (2004)
- Japan Cup - (3) - Special Week (1998), Deep Impact (2006), Rose Kingdom (2010)
- Japan Cup Dirt - (4) - Kurofune (2001), Time Paradox (2004), Kane Hekili (2005), Vermillion (2007)
- Japan Dirt Derby - (3) - Gold Allure (2002), Big Wolf (2003), Kane Hekili (2005)
- Kawasaki Kinen - (1) - Time Paradox (2005), Vermillion (2010)
- Kikuka Shō - (4) - Super Creek (1988), Dance in the Dark (1996), Air Shakur (2000), Deep Impact (2005)
- Mile Championship Nambu Hai - (1) - Nihon Pillow Jupiter (1999)
- NHK Mile Cup - (3) - Seeking the Pearl (1997), Kurofune (2001), Logic (2006)
- Oka Sho - (5) - Shadai Kagura (1989), Vega (1993), Oguri Roman (1994), Phalaenopsis (1998), Dance in the Mood (2004)
- Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup - (4) - To the Victory (2001), Fine Motion (2002), Admire Groove (2003 & 2004)
- Satsuki Shō - (3) - Narita Taishin (1993), Air Shakur (2000), Deep Impact (2005)
- Shuka Sho - (3) - Phalaenopsis (1998), Fine Motion (2002), Air Messiah (2005)
- Sprinters Stakes - (2) - Bamboo Memory (1990), Believe (2002)
- Takamatsunomiya Kinen - (2) - Admire Max (2005), Suzuka Phoenix (2007)
- Takarazuka Kinen - (4) - Inari One (1989), Mejiro McQueen (1993), Marvelous Sunday (1997), Deep Impact (2006)
- Teio Sho - (3) - Time Paradox (2005), Vermillion (2009), Smart Falcon (2011)
- Tenno Sho Autumn - (5) - Super Creek (1989), Air Groove (1997), Special Week (1999), Meisho Samson (2007), Vodka (2008)
- Tenno Sho Spring - (6) - Inari One (1989), Super Creek (1990), Mejiro McQueen (1991 & 1992), Special Week (1999), Deep Impact (2006)
- Tokyo Daishōten - (4) - Gold Allure (2002), Star King Man (2003), Vermillion (2007), Smart Falcon (2010)
- Tokyo Yūshun - (4) - Special Week (1998), Admire Vega (1999), Tanino Gimlet (2002), Deep Impact (2005)
- Victoria Mile - (1) - Vodka (2009)
- Yasuda Kinen - (3) - Oguri Cap (1990), Heart Lake (1995), Vodka (2009)
- Yushun Himba - (3) - Vega (1993), Dance Partner (1995), Air Groove (1996)
- Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun - (1) - Admire Hope (2003)
United Arab Emirates
See also
References
Year-end charts in the United States
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