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JOCKEY · 115th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Yutaka Take

52 wins in the world's richest races between 1994 and 2024, across 31 different races. The biggest is the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600.

Rolls of honour are kept race by race, so a rider's big-race record only exists once every one of them on this site has been read and turned sideways.

BIG-RACE WINS 52
BIGGEST WIN £5.5m
RACES WON 31
FIRST AND LAST 1994 to 2024
COUNTRIES 5

When the wins came

52 wins from 1994 to 2024, in 3-year spells

Best spell: 2001-03, 12 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Yutaka Take took 12 of these 52 in 2001-03 alone.

The races Yutaka Take keeps winning

By number of wins

7 won more than once

Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic 8 Japan Cup 5 Teio Sho 5 Japan Dirt Classic 4 Kashiwa Kinen 2 Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun 2 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp 2 Dubai Turf 1 Dubai Sheema Classic 1 Hong Kong Cup 1 Hong Kong Vase 1 UAE Derby 1

Every big race Yutaka Take has won

52 winners, newest first

31 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2024 Japan Cup Do Deuce Yasuo Tomomichi Japan £5,493,600£5.5m
2022 Japan Dirt Classic Notturno Hidetaka Otonashi (JRA) Japan £599,760
2020 Saudi Derby Full Flat Hideyuki Mori Saudi Arabia £296,250
2019 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Ladies' Classic Yamanin Imprime Kodai Hasegawa Japan £514,080
2018 Prix Messidor Geniale Mikio Matsunaga France £68,376
2017 Kashiwa Kinen Copano Rickey Akira Murayama Japan £685,440
2016 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic Awardee Mikio Matsunaga Japan £856,800
2016 Japan Cup Kitasan Black Hisashi Shimizu Japan £5,493,600£5.5m
2016 Kashiwa Kinen Copano Rickey Akira Murayama Japan £685,440
2016 Nippon TV Hai Awardee Mikio Matsunaga Japan £201,600
2016 Prix Aga Khan IV (Prix d'Ispahan) A Shin Hikari Masanori Sakaguchi France £213,675
2016 Teio Sho Copano Rickey Akira Murayama Japan £685,440
2016 UAE Derby Lani Mikio Matsunaga United Arab Emirates £1,879,699£1.9m
2015 Hong Kong Cup A Shin Hikari Masanori Sakaguchi Hong Kong £3,800,000£3.8m
2015 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic Copano Rickey Akira Murayama Japan £856,800
2014 Teio Sho Wonder Acute Masao Sato Japan £685,440
2013 Prix Niel Kizuna Shozo Sasaki France £111,111
2011 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic Smart Falcon Ken Kozaki Japan £856,800
2011 Teio Sho Smart Falcon Ken Kozaki Japan £685,440
2010 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic Smart Falcon Ken Kozaki Japan £856,800
2010 Japan Cup Rose Kingdom Kojiro Hashiguchi Japan £5,493,600£5.5m
2009 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic Vermilion Sei Ishizaka Japan £856,800
2009 Teio Sho Vermilion Sei Ishizaka Japan £685,440
2008 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic Vermilion Sei Ishizaka Japan £856,800
2007 Dubai Turf Admire Moon Hiroyoshi Matsuda United Arab Emirates £4,511,278£4.5m
2007 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic Vermilion Sei Ishizaka Japan £856,800
2006 Godolphin Mile Utopia Kojiro Hashiguchi United Arab Emirates £751,880
2006 Japan Cup Deep Impact Yasuo Ikee Japan £5,493,600£5.5m
2005 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic Time Paradox Hiroyoshi Matsuda Japan £856,800
2005 Japan Dirt Classic Kane Hekili Katsuhiko Sumii (JRA) Japan £599,760
2005 Teio Sho Time Paradox Hiroyoshi Matsuda Japan £685,440
2004 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Sprint Meiner Select Hitoshi Nakamura Japan £685,440
2003 Japan Dirt Classic Big Wolf Tadashi Nakao (JRA) Japan £599,760
2003 Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun Admire Hope Mitsuru Hashida (JRA) Japan £359,856
2002 Grand Prix de Vichy Cheshire John Hammond France £47,863
2002 Japan Dirt Classic Gold Allure Yasuo Ikee (JRA) Japan £599,760
2002 La Coupe Equerry Saeed bin Suroor France £68,376
2002 Prix de Meautry Crystal Castle John Hammond France £68,376
2002 Prix de Saint-Georges Maybe Forever Carlos Laffon-Parias France £47,863
2001 Dubai Sheema Classic Stay Gold Yasuo Ikee United Arab Emirates £4,511,278£4.5m
2001 Hong Kong Vase Stay Gold Yasuo Ikee (Japan) Hong Kong £2,280,000£2.3m
2001 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Imperial Beauty John Hammond France £299,145
2001 Prix de la Grotte Quarter Note Henri-Alex Pantall France £68,376
2001 Prix du Muguet Proudwings Ralf Suerland France £111,111
2000 Prix Rothschild Lady of Chad Richard Gibson France £256,410
1999 Japan Cup Special Week Toshiaki Shirai Japan £5,493,600£5.5m
1999 Mile Championship Nambu Hai Nihon Pillow Jupiter Tetsuya Meno Japan £705,600
1999 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Agnes World Hideyuki Mori France £299,145
1998 Prix Maurice de Gheest Seeking the Pearl Hideyuki Mori France £324,786
1998 Prix Quincey Perfect Vintage Corine Barande-Barbe France £47,863
1997 Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun Agnes World Hideyuki Mori (JRA) Japan £359,856
1994 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Ski Paradise André Fabre France £384,615

The figure on each row is what that race puts up today, which is the number that says how big a day it was. The prize itself goes to the owner and the jockey takes a percentage of it, set by the rules of the country the race is run in.

Where Yutaka Take wins

5 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Japan 30 58% Japan Cup
France 15 29% Prix du Moulin de Longchamp
United Arab Emirates 4 8% Dubai Turf
Hong Kong 2 4% Hong Kong Cup
Saudi Arabia 1 2% Saudi Derby

The riders either side

Ranked 115th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
105 Jacinto Vásquez 56 40 1967 to 1992 £3,759,399£3.8m
106 Julien Leparoux 56 45 2006 to 2025 £1,503,759£1.5m
107 Oisin Murphy 56 47 2015 to 2026 £5,493,600£5.5m
108 Johnny Longden 55 29 1936 to 1964 £3,759,399£3.8m
109 Joe Bravo 55 42 1994 to 2022 £1,503,759£1.5m
110 John Velazquez 54 35 1995 to 2024 £9,022,556£9.0m
111 Umberto Rispoli 54 45 2008 to 2025 £2,850,000£2.9m
112 David R. Flores 53 42 1991 to 2013 £1,879,699£1.9m
113 Michael Hills 53 35 1988 to 2011 £3,800,000£3.8m
114 Thierry Gillet 53 44 1993 to 2008 £4,273,504£4.3m
116 Andreas Helfenbein 52 31 1992 to 2022 £427,350
117 Zac Purton 51 18 2010 to 2026 £10,582,011£10.6m
118 Martin Garcia 51 37 2010 to 2025 £5,263,158£5.3m
119 Chris Antley 51 44 1984 to 1999 £3,759,399£3.8m
120 Patrick Husbands 51 20 1999 to 2024 £751,880
121 Randy Romero 50 40 1980 to 1996 £1,503,759£1.5m
122 Peter Scudamore 50 30 1981 to 1993 £450,000
123 Junior Alvarado 49 38 2012 to 2026 £3,950,000£4.0m
124 Kent J. Desormeaux 49 34 1990 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
125 Silvestre de Sousa 48 42 2011 to 2026 £9,022,556£9.0m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Yutaka Take won?

52, across 31 different races between 1994 and 2024. That is 115th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Yutaka Take has won?

the Japan Cup, worth £5,493,600 and run in Japan. Yutaka Take won it in 2024, 2016, 2010, 2006, 1999.

Which race has Yutaka Take won most often?

the Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic, 8 times at Changes yearly. 7 of these races have gone to Yutaka Take more than once.

How much prize money has Yutaka Take won?

The prize goes to the owner, and the jockey takes a percentage of it set by the rules of the country the race is run in. What this page holds is the races themselves: 52 wins, the biggest of them worth £5,493,600.

When did Yutaka Take win these races?

Between 1994 and 2024. The busiest spell was 2001-03, with 12 of them.

Where to next

The races Yutaka Take has won, and the riders around them

The races Yutaka Take has won

The riders either side

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