JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse

Updated on Nov 13, 2023

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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)

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