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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 17 10 Nov 2024 JAKY RAVEL $40.2 3UF OPEN G1 2200m $2,524,880 Y YAHAGI 2:11.10
14 of 14 10 Nov 2024 KYOD LAP STAR $29.8 3U ALLOW 1800m $353,970 HIDEYUKI MORI 1:51.20
3 of 13 10 Nov 2024 KYOD PROMISING STAR $3.6 3U ALLOW 1400m $216,770 Y TAKAHASHI 1:24.00
5 of 12 10 Nov 2024 KYOD HRUNGNIR $5.1 3U ALLOW 1800m $216,770 HARUKI SUGIYAMA 1:51.40
1 of 15 10 Nov 2024 JAKY JINSEI $7.1 3U ALLOW 2200m $151,560 Y SHONO 2:12.40
1 of 14 10 Nov 2024 JAKY ADMIRE ZOOM $2.8 2 MDN 1600m $104,500 Y TOMOMICHI 1:33.90
1 of 16 27 Oct 2024 TOYD ARMS REIGN $6.8 3U OPEN 1400m $427,820 HIROYUKI UEMURA 1:23.40
13 of 15 27 Oct 2024 TOY LIBERTY ISLAND $1.3 3U OPEN G1 2000m $4,275,370 MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 1:57.30
12 of 18 27 Oct 2024 TOY MIDNIGHT LUSTRE $8.4 3U ALLOW 1400m $153,770 Y KATO 1:21.10
2 of 15 27 Oct 2024 TOY ROGERLEY MINE $2.3 2 NEWC 2000m $138,800 T KUBOTA 2:01.70
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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
MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 6 50.0% 2 66.7% 12 $1,314,761 0 1 0 0 $1.19
Y TOMOMICHI 3 27.3% 1 36.4% 11 $401,147 0 0 0 0 $0.67
N SUGAI 3 27.3% 3 54.5% 11 $411,634 0 0 0 0 $0.56
KOICHI SHINTANI 2 33.3% 2 66.7% 6 $738,746 0 0 0 0 $0.72
HARUKI SUGIYAMA 2 50.0% 0 50.0% 4 $488,493 0 0 1 0 $1.25
MIKIO MATSUNAGA 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 2 $165,876 0 0 0 0 $1.85
YUICHI FUKUNAGA 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $55,640 0 0 0 0 $1.67
N YOSHIDA 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $81,045 0 0 0 0 $4.60
Y SHONO 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $79,769 0 0 0 0 $4.05
HIROYUKI UEMURA 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $226,029 0 0 0 0 $3.90
HIROYASU TANAKA 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $88,012 0 0 0 0 $1.40
YUKI UEHARA 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $72,941 0 0 0 0 $1.40
HITOSHI KOTEGAWA 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $997,108 0 0 0 0 $2.10
HIDEYUKI MORI 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 $41,569 0 0 0 0 -
YASUYUKI TSUJINO 0 0.0% 3 75.0% 4 $278,906 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 189 29.4% 172 56.2% 642 $58,353,773 6 13 11 4 $0.88
Y IKEE 112 20.7% 142 46.9% 542 $37,684,548 3 6 6 1 $0.88
H MATSUDA 102 14.8% 143 35.7% 687 $27,285,708 1 5 6 0 $1.34
Y TOMOMICHI 85 24.6% 87 49.7% 346 $24,042,403 1 5 1 1 $0.88
TAKAYUKI YASUDA 83 17.4% 121 42.7% 478 $29,213,127 3 1 8 5 $0.99
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
N SUGAI 51 21.5% 75 53.2% 237 $10,489,966 0 1 2 1 $0.77
H OTONASHI 50 23.7% 59 51.7% 211 $12,778,007 1 1 0 4 $1.06
H FUJIWARA 44 21.2% 61 50.5% 208 $9,509,209 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 23.1% 38 45.6% 169 $14,231,066 2 1 1 6 $1.02
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 42 26.4% 45 54.7% 159 $10,836,884 0 1 2 1 $0.73
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 2164 16.9% 2974 23.2% 12822 $573,355,217 31 46 67 57 $0.90