JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse
Japanese Best Dirt Horse is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association (JRA). Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Wing Arrow – 1998, 2000
- Admire Don – 2003, 2004
- Kane Hekili – 2005, 2008
- Espoir City – 2009, 2010
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)
Leading owner (4 wins):
- Makoto Kaneko – Wing Arrow (2000), Kurofune (2001), Kane Hekili (2005, 2008)
Winners
| 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
References
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