FROM: Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA)DATE: April 16, 2022

SUBJECT: RESULTS OF THE 24TH 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 Meisho Dassai (JPN, H9, by Suzuka Mambo) is currently sidelined from racing after
sustaining a ligament injury (desmitis) to his left foreleg last fall.
2021 Nakayama Daishogai winner and Best Steeplechase Horse Oju Chosan commenced his 11-year-old
season with a 1-1/2-and-neck third in the Hanshin Spring Jump (J-G2, 3,900m, Mar.12) in which Meiner
Prompt, a two-time third-place finisher J-G1 events, was a distant ninth. Ken Hovawart, runner-up in
both the 2020 Nakayama Daishogai and last year’s edition of this race, came off a win in the Kyoto Jump
Stakes (J-G3, 3,140m, Nov.13). Village Eagle registered his second career win in the Pegasus Jump
Stakes (3,350m, Mar.26) with Blason d’Amour, second in last year’s Nakayama Daishogai and My
Sunshine following in second and third, respectively. The field also included Meiner Leone finishedfourth in the Shunrei Jump Stakes (3,390m, Feb.26), his comeback start after a long break following hisvictory in the Pegasus Jump Stakes last year.
THE 24TH NAKAYAMA GRAND JUMP (J-G1)4-year-olds & up, 4,250 meters (about 2 and 2/3 miles), turf
Saturday, April 16, 2022 Nakayama Racecourse
11th Race
Post time: 15:40
Total prize money: ¥ 142,660,000 (about US$ 1,240,500 <US$1=¥115>)
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
Weather: FineFP

BK

PPHorseJockey177

Oju Chosan (JPN)
Shinichi Ishigami

211

Blason d'Amour (JPN)
Makoto Nishitani

322

Meiner Leone (JPN)
Kenji Hirasawa

S&AColorWgt

H11b.
63.0
H7d.b.
63.0
H10d.b.
63.0

Odds(Fav)

Margin2.1(1)

4:52.3

4.2
(3)

1-1/4

26.0
(5)

1/2

Sire
Dam
(Dam’s Sire)

Owner
BreederTrainer

Stay Gold
Shadow Silhouette(Symboli Kris S)
Deep Impact
Medaglia d'Amour(Medaglia d'Oro)
Stay Gold
Wembley(Soccer Boy)

Chosan Co., Ltd.
Naoyoshi Nagayama
Shoichiro Wada
G1 Racing Co., Ltd.
Oiwake Farm
Mikio Matsunaga
Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co., Ltd.
Takashi Watanabe
Hisashi Shimizu

466

Ken Hovawart (JPN)
Kazuma Mori

588

Village Eagle (JPN)Kei Oehara

644

Satono Pursuit (JPN)
Jun Takada

755

Meiner Prompt (JPN)
Yuzo Shirahama

889

Kitano Teio (JPN)
Sho Ueno

933

My Sunshine (JPN)
Yoshiyasu Namba

H9b.
63.0
H5d.b.
63.0
H5d.b.
63.0
G10
d.b.
63.0
H7
d.b.
63.0
H6
ch.
63.0

3.0
(2)

3-1/2

8.9
(4)

3-1/2

54.2
(7)

3-1/2

73.1
(8)

DS

147.7
(9)

628.7(6)Neck

Marvelous Sunday
Eishin Pansy(Tony Bin)
BehkabadTokino Nastia(New England)
Deep Impact
Candy Nevada(Pure Prize)
Matsurida Gogh
Cosmo Krabbe(Meiner Love)
Rulership
Tokai Belta(Wild Rush)Gold Allure
Fratte Rosa
(Brian's Time)

Hiroaki Nakanishi
Mario Stable
Hideyuki Mori
Teruo Murayama
Kawashima Bokujo
Masahiro Takeuchi
Satomi Horse Company Co., Ltd.
Shadai Farm
Yasuyuki Takahashi
Takefumi Okada
Cosmo View Farm
Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
Ryotokuji Kenji Holdings Co., Ltd.
Nagahama Bokujo
Yuji Wada
Masahiro Mita
Northern RacingTadao Igarashi

FP: Final Position / BK: Bracket Number / PP: Post Position / S&A: Sex & Age / Wgt: Weight (kg) / DS: Distance
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: ¥ 1,841,840,400

Turnover for the Day: ¥ 9,129,058,500

Attendance: 7,829

Pay-off (for ¥100)
WinPlace

No.7

¥ 210

No.7

¥ 110

No.1

¥ 130

No.2

¥ 270

Bracket Quinella
Quinella Place

1-7

¥ 510

Quinella

1-7

¥ 510

1-7

¥ 230

Exacta

7-1

¥ 770

2-7

¥ 580

Trio

1-2-7

¥ 2,000

1-2

¥ 870

Trifecta

7-1-2¥ 6,120

Winner= 38 starts: 20 wins, 2 seconds, 4 thirds (30 starts: 18 wins, 2 seconds, 4 thirds *steeplechases only)
Added money: ¥ 66,315,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 941,377,000 (¥ 915,457,000 *steeplechases only)

Oju Chosan Proves Invincible with Sixth Nakayama Grand Jump Victory
Race favorite Oju Chosan claimed his sixth Nakayama Grand Jump title following a five-year winningstreak between 2016 and 2020. At the same time, the 11-year-old son of Stay Gold renewed his own
record for most J-G1 wins to nine total—he also renewed the record for career grade-race wins overobstacles at 15. Oju Chosan is the first jumper, ten years and over, to claim the title since Karasi(2005-2007) after the race was established under the Nakayama Grand Jump name in 1999. It was thefirst J-G1 title since the Nakayama Daishogai (Oju Chosan) for both trainer Shoichiro Wada and jockey
Shinichi Ishigami. Wada has a total of nine J-G1 titles, all with Oju Chosan, while Ishigami claimed his
10th J-G1 title while reaching a milestone of 1,000 career rides over obstacles.
Oju Chosan broke smoothly from stall seven and quickly secured his usual position among the front
group and within close range from Village Eagle who made the pace for most of the 4,250-meter trip.
Shinichi Ishigami and his mount cruised along, looking extremely comfortable over the jumps while
shifting right to left and right again to save ground, gradually moved up from fifth position to third orfourth then advanced rapidly turning for home towards the last obstacle. Landing the last fence in tandemwith Blason d’Amour who had assumed command soon after previous jump, the eleven-year-old bay
climbed the uphill stretch with impressive power to pull away to a 1-1/4-length victory.
“I can’t find any words to express how great he is. Last time out in the Nakayama Daishogai, we wererunning away from Blason d'Amour but this time was the other way around. I was confident though that
we would be able to out-finish our rival,” commented Shinichi Ishigami.
Blason d’Amour was unhurried early, third from last of the nine-horse field which didn’t spread out too
far and was about ten lengths from the leader to the last horse for most of the way. The son of Deep
Impact moved closer to the eventual winner approaching the backstretch and was given the go after fencenine to assume command before turning for home with Oju Chosan also picking up speed and chasing
him on his outside. It was a duel between the two going up the uphill stretch until the winner pulled awayin the last 50 meters and Blason d’Amour had to settle for second while holding off a tremendous latecharge from Meiner Leone.
Meiner Leone kept his eye of the race favorite while saving ground in around sixth or seventh and waseased further back near the rear. Picking up speed again along the backstretch, the son of Stay Gold had
plenty in the tank in the last 200 meters to threaten Blason d’Amour, finishing half a length behind that
foe in third.
Other Horses:
4th: (6) Ken Hovawart—sat near winner, lacked needed kick after 11th jump (no.9)
5th: (8) Village Eagle—set pace, sustained lead until final corner, weakened in stretch
6th: (4) Satono Pursuit—raced around 4th behind winner early, failed to keep up after final jump (no.10)
7th: (5) Meiner Prompt—tracked leader in 2nd early, gradually dropped back
8th: (9) Kitano Teio—ran near rear throughout, no factor
9th: (3) My Sunshine—traveled around sixth early, fell back after 7th jump (no.7), faded
Fractional time:

Last 1 mile: 1:45.1

Positions at each corner (2nd lap):

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

Last 4 furlongs: 51.2

Last 3 furlongs: 38.4

8(7,6)-1,5,4(2,9)3(*8,6)-7,1,5(4,2)9,3(*8,6)(7,1)2(4,5)-9,3
1,7(8,6)2-4-5=9-3

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.