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YUGA KAWADA

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Jockey :Y Kawada Y Kawada poses at Sandown Park in Esher, United Kingdom.

Yuga's father Takayoshi Kawada was a former jockey and a trainer at Saga Racecourse in Japan so racing was in the blood.

He was granted a Japan Racing Association licence in March 2004 and rode his first winner the same month at Hanshin Racecourse.

The breakthrough season came in 2008 when landing his first Classic race and G1 on Captain Thule in the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas).

Since 2010, has regularly finished among the top 10 jockeys riding on the JRA circuit. Best year came in 2013 when second with 120 wins and had a great 2019.

Has been associated with some of Japan's best horses of recent times, including crack fillies Gentildonna and Harp Star, plus Japan's 2015 Horse of The Year, Maurice.

One of only eight jockeys in JRA history to have won all five Classic races in Japan. Has ridden over 1200 winners in Japan, including 12 at G1 level.

First Runner  07 Mar 2004
Surely Gold (USA)  
Chukyo Dirt (Jpn)  |  Maiden Race
First Win  20 Mar 2004
Homan Rookie (Jpn)
Hanshin Dirt (Jpn)  |  Allowance Race
Best Horse :
PROGNOSIS  (Timeform Rating 126)
DEEP IMPACT (JPN)  VELDA (GB)  [By OBSERVATORY (USA)]
First Group Win (G1):
CAPTAIN THULE  (20 Apr 2008)
AGNES TACHYON (JPN)  AIR THULE (JPN)  [By TONY BIN (IRE)]

YUGA KAWADA's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
2 of 11 08 Sep 2024 SEOL WILSON TESORO $0.57 OPEN 1800m $1,587,270 HITOSHI KOTEGAWA 1:51.80
1 of 15 08 Sep 2024 SEOL REMAKE $0.33 OPEN 1200m $1,388,860 KOICHI SHINTANI 1:10.30
2 of 13 26 Jun 2024 JAOH WILSON TESORO $2.2 4U COND 2000m $1,269,963 HITOSHI KOTEGAWA 2:06.90
2 of 16 23 Jun 2024 KYOD DIXIE GUNNER $1.6 3U ALLOW 1200m $288,440 MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 1:10.10
8 of 13 23 Jun 2024 JAKY ROUGE EVEIL $32.8 3U OPEN G1 2200m $4,059,070 YOICHI KUROIWA 2:12.00
11 of 18 23 Jun 2024 JAKY SONSHI $0.9 3U ALLOW 1400m $288,530 MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 1:21.20
5 of 8 23 Jun 2024 JAKY FLAMING HOOP $1.3 3U ALLOW 2000m $205,410 Y TOMOMICHI 2:03.10
1 of 8 23 Jun 2024 JAKY ERI KING $0.7 2 NEWC 1800m $132,000 MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 1:52.10
3 of 16 23 Jun 2024 KYOD WORKING ASSET $1.5 3 MDN 1800m $100,830 KEIJI YOSHIMURA 1:52.10
5 of 18 02 Jun 2024 TOY SERIFOS $5.1 3U OPEN G1 1600m $3,342,310 MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 1:32.30
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Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
Y TOMOMICHI 3 50.0% 3 100.0% 6 $447,786 0 0 0 0 $0.78
MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 2 16.7% 5 58.3% 12 $910,731 0 1 0 0 $0.57
N SUGAI 2 28.6% 2 57.1% 7 $258,292 0 0 0 0 $0.40
N YOSHIDA 2 66.7% 0 66.7% 3 $136,888 0 0 0 0 $3.73
I SAMESHIMA 2 66.7% 1 100.0% 3 $544,492 0 0 1 0 $2.23
Y IKEE 1 25.0% 1 50.0% 4 $127,464 0 0 0 0 $0.35
TATSUYA YOSHIOKA 1 25.0% 1 50.0% 4 $116,328 0 0 0 0 $0.32
KOICHI SHINTANI 1 25.0% 1 50.0% 4 $791,894 0 0 0 0 $0.33
KEISUKE MIYATA 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $91,648 0 0 0 0 $2.40
MIKIO MATSUNAGA 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $60,864 0 0 0 0 $1.15
KEIJI YOSHIMURA 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $95,441 0 0 0 0 $2.15
TAKASHI SAITO 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $76,297 0 0 0 0 $1.00
HARUKI SUGIYAMA 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $267,623 0 0 0 1 $0.60
N TAKAGI 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $164,727 0 0 0 0 $2.90
R OKUBO 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $81,227 0 0 0 0 $1.70
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 185 29.3% 170 56.2% 632 $57,736,520 6 13 11 4 $0.88
Y IKEE 112 20.7% 142 47.0% 540 $37,421,150 3 6 6 1 $0.88
H MATSUDA 102 14.8% 143 35.7% 687 $27,285,708 1 5 6 0 $1.34
TAKAYUKI YASUDA 83 17.4% 121 42.7% 478 $29,213,127 3 1 8 5 $0.99
Y TOMOMICHI 82 24.5% 86 50.1% 335 $23,641,256 1 5 1 1 $0.88
I SAMESHIMA 68 14.5% 127 41.5% 470 $15,480,891 0 1 1 2 $0.91
TOMOKAZU TAKANO 54 21.3% 76 51.4% 253 $17,490,075 3 2 4 0 $1.03
KATSUHIKO SUMII 53 15.6% 76 38.1% 339 $14,212,859 1 1 0 0 $0.90
H OTONASHI 50 23.7% 59 51.7% 211 $12,778,007 1 1 0 4 $1.06
N SUGAI 48 21.1% 73 53.3% 227 $10,119,047 0 1 2 1 $0.78
H FUJIWARA 44 21.3% 60 50.2% 207 $9,476,837 0 0 1 0 $0.92
N YOSHIDA 41 13.1% 68 34.7% 314 $9,289,354 1 0 1 0 $0.63
Y YAHAGI 39 23.2% 37 45.2% 168 $13,702,160 2 1 1 6 $1.03
H KAWACHI 37 15.7% 68 44.5% 236 $6,888,531 0 0 0 0 $1.09
R OKUBO 35 17.9% 53 44.9% 196 $13,238,304 0 0 3 6 $0.83

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2024/25 21 28.4% 23 59.5% 74 $4,913,695 0 1 1 1 $0.77
2023/24 159 30.9% 160 61.9% 515 $49,916,568 4 3 5 4 $0.82
2022/23 148 27.5% 150 55.3% 539 $47,686,982 4 3 4 12 $0.78
2021/22 149 28.0% 167 59.4% 532 $45,799,432 4 2 4 8 $0.84
2020/21 162 28.3% 149 54.3% 573 $49,061,157 5 7 7 13 $1.05
2019/20 170 28.1% 177 57.4% 605 $46,737,507 1 3 5 12 $0.84
2018/19 128 21.7% 181 52.3% 591 $40,047,356 1 6 6 5 $0.83
2017/18 111 17.5% 174 45.0% 634 $28,699,151 2 1 5 0 $0.79
2016/17 107 17.1% 175 45.0% 627 $28,142,807 1 2 2 1 $0.84
2015/16 122 16.0% 190 40.8% 764 $33,118,465 1 4 5 1 $0.91
Overall 2143 16.8% 2952 23.2% 12737 $567,432,028 31 46 66 57 $0.90