FROM: Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA)DATE: April 13, 2024

SUBJECT: RESULTS OF THE 26TH NAKAYAMA GRAND JUMP (J-G1)
The Nakayama Grand Jump, the biggest steeplechase event in spring, span off from the biannual
Nakayama Daishogai (J-G1, 4,100m) steeplechase races in 1999. The history of the Nakayama Daishogai
dates back to 1934 when the two races, one each in spring and autumn, were created for the purpose ofmaking them the most prestigious and attractive races in steeplechase racing, just like the Tokyo Yushun(Japanese Derby) in flat racing.
In 2000, a year after the Nakayama Grand Jump received its current name, the race became aninternational event. Seven foreign runners from five countries took part and Boca Boca (IRE, byMandalus) from France finished second to Gokai (JPN, by Judge Angelucci) that year. During 2000 2010 when the Nakayama Grand Jump was an invitational event, St. Steven (NZ, by Hula Town) was thefirst foreign contingent to claim the title in 2002. He finished third the following year while Australiancontender Karasi (IRE, by Kahyasi) became the first horse to win three consecutive titles between 2005
and 2007. In 2013, eighth favorite Irish raider Blackstairmountain (IRE, by Imperial Ballet) became thefirst European contender to claim the title.
The Nakayama Grand Jump features 12 jumps over the figure-of-eight-shaped course, which includes
five up-and-downs over the banks and three hurdles set on the outside turf towards the final stretch. The
310-meter uphill stretch before the wire also is quite a test for many of the runners especially after
running at a solid pace throughout the race.
Defending champion Irogotoshi who was given a long rest following a disappointing sixth in the Tokyo
High-Jump (J-G2, 3,110m) in October last year, kicked off this season in the flat-race Spica Stakes (3Wins Class, 1,800m, Mar.17). Meiner Grand, the 2023 Nakayama Daishogai victor and Best
Steeplechase Horse, extended his winning streak to five in his 2024 comeback, the Hanshin Spring Jump
(J-G2, 3,900m, Mar.9), which he won by an overwhelming seven lengths. Also coming off the Hanshin
Spring Jump were Nakayama Daishogai third-place finisher Ecoro Duel (2nd) and 2022 Nakayama
Daishogai winner Nishino Daisy (4th). The field also included Daishin Clover, third-place finisher of the2023 version of the Nakayama Grand Jump, June Velocity, two-time J-G3 winner who came off a
second in the Shunrei Jump Stakes (Open Class, 3,390m, Feb.24) and Village Eagle, who came off histhird consecutive Pegasus Jump Stakes (Open Class, 3,350m, Mar.16) title.
THE 26TH NAKAYAMA GRAND JUMP (J-G1)4-year-olds & up, 4,250 meters (about 2 and 2/3 miles), turf
Saturday, April 13, 2024 Nakayama Racecourse
11th Race
Post time: 15:40
Total prize money: ¥ 142,660,000 (about US$ 1,011,773 <US$1=¥141>)
4-y-o: 62kg (about 137 lbs), 5-y-o & up: 63kg (about 139 lbs), 2kg allowance for Fillies & Mares
Course Record: 4:43.0
Race Record: 4:43.0 [Oju Chosan (JPN, by Stay Gold), 2018]
Safety factor: 16 runners Going: Good to Firm
Weather: FineFPBKPP

1

68

2

1

1

3710

422

HorseJockey

Irogotoshi (JPN)
Yu Kuroiwa
June Velocity (JPN)
Kazuma Mori
Nishino Daisy (JPN)
Yusuke Igarashi
Ecoro Duel (JPN)
Yuta Onodera

S&A
ColorWgt

H7b.
63.0
H6br.
63.0
H8b.
63.0
H5br.
63.0

Odds(Fav)

12.2
(2)
20.8
(5)
14.2
(3)
14.7
(4)

Margin4:47.2

3

2-1/2

4

Sire
Dam(Dam’s Sire)

Vincennes
Irojikake(Kurofune)
Lord Kanaloa
Admire Sabrina(Symboli Kris S)
Harbinger
Nishino Hinagiku(Agnes Tachyon)
Kitasan Black
Clarinet(Giant's Causeway)

Owner
BreederTrainer

Gensho Uchida
Gensho Uchida
Kazuya Makita
Jun Yoshikawa
Yoshikawa Holdings
Hidenori Take
Shigeyuki Nishiyama
Nishiyama Stud
Noboru Takagi
Masatoshi Haramura
Shimokobe Farm
Takaki Iwato

555644781287981110339

Village Eagle (JPN)Kei Oehara
Meiner Grand (JPN)
Shinichi Ishigami
Daishin Clover (JPN)
Jun Takada

566

7

H6br.
63.0
G8d.b.
63.0

Keita Ban

G9b.
63.0

Sho Ueno

H5b.
63.0

Giga Bakken (JPN)B

H7d.b.
63.0

Florstadt (JPN)

Wonder Clover (JPN)
Yoshiyasu Namba
Tamamo Wakamusha (JPN)
Masayuki Nakamura
Portafoglio (JPN)
Kayata KomakiH6g.
63.0
G5b.
63.0
H6b.
63.0

21.7
(6)
1.1
(1)
123.4
(7)
285.4
(9)
315.6
(11)
130.7
(8)
332.5
(12)
303.2
(10)

1-3/4

BehkabadTokino Nastia(New England)

1-1/2Gold Ship
Meine Nouvelle(Brian's Time)DS

Kinshasa no Kiseki
Hishi Diva
(Fusaichi Pegasus)DS

I'll Have Another
Windy Hill
(Manhattan Cafe)

7DSFF

FF

Kurofune
Flor de Cerezo(Swept Overboard)Gold Ship
Sigiriya Lady
(KingKamehameha)
KizunaHitori Musume(Afleet)Heart's Cry
Unlimited Budget(Street Sense)

Teruo MurayamaKawashima Bokujo
Masahiro Takeuchi
Thoroughbred Club RuffianCo., Ltd.
Big Red Farm
Takafumi Aoki
Nobuyuki Oyagi
Kamii StudKazuya Takahashi
Normandy Thoroughbred
Racing Co., Ltd.
Okada Stud
Takaki Iwato
Katsumi Yoshida
Northern Farm
Hirofumi Toda
Yoshinari Yamamoto
Kosho Bokujo
Naoyuki Morita
Tamamo Co., Ltd.
Tamamo Co., Ltd.
Yoshihiko Kawamura
Teruya Yoshida
Shadai Farm
Koichi Tsunoda

FP: Final Position / BK: Bracket Number / PP: Post Position / B: Blinker / S&A: Sex & Age / Wgt: Weight (kg)
DS: Distance / FF: Fail to Finish
Color: b.=bay / bl.=black / br.=brown / ch.=chestnut / d.b.=dark bay / d.ch.=dark chestnut / g.=gray / w.=white
NOTE 1: No Foreign Contenders
NOTE 2: Figures quoted under Odds are shown in form of decimal odds (single unit is ¥100), and Fav indicates the order of favorites.

Turnover for the Race alone: ¥ 2,145,086,200

Turnover for the Day: ¥ 8,860,882,700

Attendance: 21,473

Pay-off (for ¥100)
WinPlace

No.8¥ 1,220

No.8

¥ 720

No.1

¥ 870

No.10

¥ 550

Bracket Quinella
Quinella Place1-6¥ 8,120Quinella

1-8¥ 7,250

1-8¥ 1,540

Exacta8-1¥ 17,170

8-10

¥ 760

Trio

1-8-10¥ 8,040

1-10

¥ 990

Trifecta

8-1-10¥ 101,750

Winner= 31 starts: 6 wins, 1 second & 4 thirds (6 starts: 3 wins & 2 thirds *steeplechases only)
Added & stakes money: ¥ 66,420,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 208,495,000 (¥ 146,820,000 *steeplechases only)

Irogotoshi Successful in Defending Nakayama Grand Jump Win
Second favorite Irogotoshi successfully defended his title in this year’s Nakayama Grand Jump andbecame the fourth jumper after Gokai (2000-2001), Karasi (2005-2007) and Oju Chosan (2016-2020,2022) to win back-to-back victories in this prestigious J-G1 event. After his first victory last year, the sonof Vincennes finished sixth in the Tokyo High-Jump (J-G2, 3,110m), after which he was given the rest of
the season off, and kicked off this season on March 17 in a flat race, the Spica Stakes (3 Wins Class,1,800m) in which he was 13th. For both trainer Kazuya Makita and jockey Yu Kuroiwa, the victory was
their second J-G1 title after last year—Makita also has three grade-titles in flat racing while Kuroiwa has
a total of five graded victories, all over jumps.
Irogotoshi broke smoothly, soon settled in mid-division between rivals going right-handed and advanced
to around fourth position approaching the big brush fence (no.6). Maintaining good rhythm as the fieldswitched to the left, the seven-year-old bay moved closer to the front, overtaking June Velocity after thebig hedge (no.7) into third position while still more than five lengths behind the pacesetter along thebackstretch. Picking up speed approaching the third corner, he was more or less uncontested after hitting
the front after fence no.9 to successfully pull away to a three-length victory.
“I am thrilled to have won today. Not just for myself but because I was able to validate his win last year,”commented jockey Yu Kuroiwa.
Fifth favorite June Velocity rated in a forward position in around second or third while saving groundnear the rails throughout most of the trip, gave an impressive late charge as soon as being shifted to theoutside after landing fence no.10, and overtook Nishino Daisy 50 meters out for second.
Third favorite Nishino Daisy stayed close to the pace in fourth along the outside and overtook the leader
after the big brush (no.7), switching to the left-handed course. Opening the gap from the rest of the fieldby more than sixth lengths at one point, the son of Harbinger weakened with 800 meters to go, allowing
his rivals to inherit the lead with two fences to go, but continued to chase the leaders into the stretch andfound another gear in the last furlong in his attempt to close in on the eventual winner. While overtaken
by June Velocity in the last strides, the eight-year-old bay was well ahead of the remaining group by fourlengths.
Odds on favorite Meiner Grand, who was looking into picking up his sixth consecutive win and second
J-G1 title, was off slow and, although soon advancing to mid-division, was more than ten lengths behindthe pacesetter for most of the way, failing to threaten throughout the race to a distant sixth.
Other Horses:
4th: (2) Ecoro Duel—sat around 5th, overtook past pacesetter before wire, never threatened top finishers
5th: (5) Village Eagle—set pace up to 5th jump (no.6), remained in contention but weakened after final
jump (no.10)
7th: (12) Daishin Clover—settled near favorite, unable to reach contention
8th: (9) Giga Bakken—chased pace in 2nd early, faded after 7th jump (no.7)
9th: (11) Florstadt—ran around 6th, gradually dropped back10th: (3) Wonder Clover—was off slow, raced 2nd from rear, no factor
FF: (6) Tamamo Wakamusha—traveled around 5th early, unseated rider soon after 3rd jump (no.2)
FF: (7) Portafoglio—trailed in rear throughout trip, pulled up before final jump (no.10)
Fractional time:

Last 1 mile: 1:46.4

Positions at each corner (2nd lap):

1st corner
2nd corner
3rd corner
4th corner

Last 4 furlongs: 52.9

Last 3 furlongs: 40.4

10=5-8-1-2-12,4-9-11-3=7
10=5-8-1,2-(12,4)=9=(11,3)=7(5,*8)10=(1,2)-4-12=9-11-3=7
8-5,10-(1,2)-4=12=9=11=3=7

NOTE 1: Underlined bold number indicates the winning horse.
NOTE 2: Horse numbers are indicated in the order of their positions at each corner, with the first position listed first. Two or more horses
inside the same parentheses indicate that they were positioned side by side. Hyphens between the horse numbers indicatethat there is distance between the former and the latter. The asterisk indicates a slight lead.