FROM: Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA)DATE: April 15, 2023

SUBJECT: RESULTS OF THE 25TH 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.
Last year’s victor Oju Chosan (JPN, by Stay Gold), who was awarded the JRA Award for Best
Steeplechase Horse five times in 2016-2018, 2021 and 2022, retired with a sixth-place finish in theNakayama Daishogai late last year.
The victor of last year’s Nakayama Daishogai, Nishino Daisy, commenced the current season with a third
in the Hanshin Spring Jump (J-G2, 3,900m, Mar.11) with Mikki Meteo behind in fourth. Key runners
who came off the Pegasus Jump Stakes (3,350m, Mar.18) were the top three finishers—Village Eagle,Daishin Clover and Irogotoshi, in that order, while 2021 Tokyo Jump Stakes (J-G3, 3,110m) winner
Smart Apex was fifth. The field also included T O Socrates who extended his winning streak to three in
the Shunrei Jump Stakes (3,390m, Feb.25), and June Velocity who finished right behind in second in thatrace.
THE 25TH NAKAYAMA GRAND JUMP (J-G1)4-year-olds & up, 4,250 meters (about 2 and 2/3 miles), turf
Saturday, April 15, 2023 Nakayama Racecourse
11th Race
Post time: 15:40
Total prize money: ¥ 142,660,000 (about US$ 1,089,008 <US$1=¥131>)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: Yielding
Weather: Rainy
FP

BKPP

12

2

2

8

3

7

7

4

78

10
B

HorseJockey

Irogotoshi (JPN)
Yu Kuroiwa
Mikki Meteo (JPN)
Yusuke Igarashi
Daishin Clover (JPN)
Kazuma MoriT O Socrates (JPN)

S&AColorWgt

H6b.
63.0
H6b.
63.0
G7d.b.
63.0
H6b.

Odds(Fav)

17.1
(6)
4.3
(2)
11.9(5)
9.6

Margin4:54.1Distance

1-1/2
HeadSireDam(Dam’s Sire)

Vincennes
Irojikake(Kurofune)
Rulership
Meteorica(Deep Impact)
Kinshasa no Kiseki
Hishi Diva
(Fusaichi Pegasus)
Eishin FlashT O Venus

Owner
BreederTrainer

Gensho Uchida
Gensho Uchida
Kazuya Makita
Mizuki Noda
Northern Farm
Yuichiro NishidaNobuyuki Oyagi
Kamii StudTakayuki Yasuda
Tomoya Ozasa
Yanagawa Bokujo

Tadashi Kosaka
5446117558669331089

Smart Apex (JPN)
Masayuki Nakamura
June Velocity (JPN)
Makoto Nishitani
Village Eagle (JPN)Kei Oehara
Emilio (JPN)
Sho Ueno
Nishino Daisy (JPN)
Shinichi Ishigami
Kurino Oja (JPN)

B

Yoshiyasu Namba

63.0
H6
br.
63.0
H5
br.
63.0
H6
d.b.
63.0
H9
b.
63.0
H7b.
63.0
H7b.
63.0

(4)
32.4

2-1/2

(8)
27.6

7(7)
7.0

4

(3)
166.8

Neck(10)1.8

2-1/2(1)59.1(9)

Distance(Deep Impact)

Yutaka Okumura

Heart's Cry
Smart Movie(Sakura Bakushin O)
Lord KanaloaAdmire Sabrina(Symboli Kris S)
BehkabadTokino Nastia(New England)
Admire Moon
Prime of Youth(Deputy Minister)Harbinger
Nishino Hinagiku(Agnes Tachyon)
Meisho Samson
Blue Box Bow(Sunday Silence)

Toru Okawa
Smart Incorporated
Naoya Nakamura
Jun Yoshikawa
Yoshikawa Holdings
Hidenori Take
Teruo Murayama
Kawashima Bokujo
Masahiro Takeuchi
Makoto Kato
Hidaka Taiyo Bokujo
Tsuyoshi Tanaka
Shigeyuki Nishiyama
Nishiyama Stud
Noboru Takagi
Mamoru Kurimoto
Koki Hayashi
Yoshitada Takahashi

FP: Final Position / BK: Bracket Number / PP: Post Position / B: Blinker / S&A: Sex & Age / Wgt: Weight (kg)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: ¥ 1,820,028,100

Turnover for the Day: ¥ 9,142,876,800

Attendance: 13,326

Pay-off (for ¥100)
WinPlaceNo.2¥ 1,710

No.2

¥ 320

No.10¥ 180

No.7

¥ 260

Bracket Quinella
Quinella Place

2-8¥ 3,870

Quinella

2-10¥ 3,520

2-10¥ 1,030

Exacta2-10¥ 9,950

2-7¥ 1,290Trio

2-7-10¥ 7,760

7-10

¥ 640

Trifecta

2-10-7¥ 78,090

Winner= 28 starts: 5 wins, 1 second & 4 thirds (4 starts: 2 wins & 2 thirds *steeplechases only)
Added money: ¥ 66,357,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 142,075,000 (¥ 80,400,000 *steeplechases only)

Irogotoshi Shows Stamina Romping to Nakayama Grand Jump Win
Sixth favorite Irogotoshi captured his first graded victory in this year’s Nakayama Grand Jump in hisfourth start in jump racing, becoming the first horse to do so with the least career starts. The six-year-olddebuted in flat racing as a two-year-old and registered 3 wins among 24 starts with a fifth in the 2020
Kyoto Shimbun Hai (G2, 2,200m) as his best finish at the graded level. After switching to steeplechaseracing this year, he claimed his first win in his second start and landed a third in his next and latest race,
the Pegasus Jump Stakes (3,350m) on March 18. He also marks a milestone in becoming the firstKyushu-born horse to win at the highest level while most are born and bred on the northern island ofHokkaido. For trainer Kazuya Makita, who opened his yard in 2011, this was his first G1 title after
claiming three graded wins in flat racing. Jockey Yu Kuroiwa also celebrates his fourth grade-race andfirst G1 title since his debut in 2002.
The field of ten broke on the rain-soaked track with third favorite Village Eagle taking the lead as
expected, followed by T O Socrates and Mikki Meteo while Irogotoshi was settled in mid-pack. Aftertaking a wide move into the backstretch coming out of the last dip still in fifth, the son of Vincennes
cleared the 10th obstacle (no.8) beside the race favorite in fourth, made rapid headway from the outside toeasily take over the lead from the tired pacesetter before the 11th jump (no.9) and showed incredible
stamina to pull away comfortably for the win, 3.1 seconds ahead of the next finisher.

“His experience as a jumper is very short but since he prepped here at this same racecourse last month, I
had a good feeling he was going to show a better performance today. He has an amazing sense of thegame—to run like that against such a strong field nearly as a novice—we have a lot to look forward to in
the future,” commented Yu Kuroiwa.
Second favorite Mikki Meteo was positioned in fifth early, advanced to run in third from the 3rd jump(no. 2) up to the backstretch, dropped to sixth before the 11th jump (no.9) but found another gear toaccelerate and inherit the runner-up seat 100 meters out while never imposing any threat to the winner.
Favored fifth, Daishin Clover raced in around seventh, steadily closed the gap with the frontrunners after
the 7th jump (no.7), circled wide into the stretch and after clearing the final obstacle (no.10) in fourth,showed a late charge to pass the tiring T O Socrates at the wire for third.
Race favorite Nishino Daisy missed his break and trailed in the rear but gradually elevated to fifth by the8th jump (no.2), cleared the 10th obstacle (no.8) in third, but was used up by the last corner and faded toninth.
Other Horses:
4th: (8) T O Socrates—tracked leader in 2nd, took brief lead after 10th jump (no.8), soon surrenderedlead, overtaken by runner-up 100m out and missed third place just before wire
5th: (4) Smart Apex—settled near pace around 4th early, dropped back after 5th jump (no.6), angled out
to improve position at stretch
6th: (1) June Velocity—ran near rear, passed tired rivals at stretch
7th: (5) Village Eagle—set pace until 10th jump (no.8), faded
8th: (6) Emilio—raced 2nd from rear, no factor throughout trip
10th: (9) Kurino Oja—traveled around 5th early, gradually fell back
Fractional time:

Last 1 mile: 1:47.7

Positions at each corner (2nd lap):

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

Last 4 furlongs: 53.5

Last 3 furlongs: 40.4(*5,8)(10,3)2(7,4)-9,1,65,8(10,3)2(7,4)-9-1,62,8,3,5(10,7)-4-9-6,12=8-(10,5)3,7-4=(6,9)-1

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.