FROM: Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA)DATE: December 25, 2021

SUBJECT: RESULTS OF THE 144TH NAKAYAMA DAISHOGAI (J-G1)
The history of the Nakayama Daishogai dates back to 1934 when the biggest jump race in Japan wasestablished in the aim of providing equal excitement to the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), which was
the most popular race in flat racing. The highest level of steeplechase racing was originally held as abiannual event held in April and December until the spring version was renamed the Nakayama GrandJump (J-G1, 4,250m) in 1999. The two jump races continue to be the only two J-G1-level obstacle racesof equal standard with their results serving as decisive factors in the selection of the seasonal JRA Awardfor Best Steeplechase Horse. In addition to the Nakayama Grand Jump, which was designated aninternational race in 2000, the Nakayama Daishogai became an international steeplechase event open toforeign contenders in 2011.
The Nakayama Daishogai features 11 jumps over the figure-of-eight-shaped course which includes six
up-and-downs over the banks. The first half resembles that of the Nakayama Grand Jump while theNakayama Daishogai does not include the movable hurdles along the outside turf track and the total
distance is 150 meters shorter. The uphill stretch before the wire also is quite a test for many of therunners especially after running at a solid pace throughout the race.
Last year’s victor Meisho Dassai (JPN, H8, by Suzuka Mambo) went on to claim his second J-G1 title in
the Nakayama Grand Jump (Apr.17) but is currently sidelined from racing after sustaining a ligament
injury (desmitis) to his left foreleg during training towards his fall comeback. He is hoped to resume
racing next season. 2016-18 Best Steeplechase Horse Oju Chosan, who came off a third in the Tokyo
High-Jump (J-G2, 3,110m, Oct.17), was aiming for his third Nakayama Daishogai title following 2016
and 2017. Love and Pop came off back-to-back graded wins in the Tokyo Jump Stakes (J-G3, 3,110m,Jun.27) and the Tokyo High-Jump, the latter in which he beat legendary Oju Chosan by two lengths.
Two-time J-G1 third-place finishers Tagano Espresso and Meiner Prompt came off a second and fifth,respectively, in the Kyoto Jump Stakes (J-G3, 3,140m, Nov.13). The Nakayama Daishogai field also
included Leo Beyond and Kokura Summer Jump (J-G3, 3,390m, Aug.28) victor Asakusa Genki whocame off a first and a second, respectively, in the Illumination Jump Stakes (3,570m, Dec.4) as well as
Baby Step, winner of Seishu Jump Stakes (3,210m, Sep.25) and Thinking Dancer, runner-up in the2019 Nakayama Grand Jump.
THE 144TH NAKAYAMA DAISHOGAI (J-G1)3-year-olds & up, 4,100 meters (about 2.56 miles), turf
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Nakayama Racecourse
10th Race
Post time: 14:45
Total prize money: ¥ 142,660,000 (about US$ 1,296,909 <US$1=¥110>)3-y-o: 61kg (about 134-135 lbs), 4-y-o & up: 63kg (about 139 lbs), 2kg allowance for Fillies & Mares
Course Record: 4:36.1
Race Record: 4:36.1 [Oju Chosan (JPN, by Stay Gold), 2017]
Safety factor: 16 runners
Going: GoodWeather: FineFP

BK

PP

HorseJockey

13

3

Oju Chosan (JPN)
Shinichi Ishigami

2

610Blason d'Amour (JPN)
Makoto Nishitani

322Leo Beyond (JPN)
Takaya Ueno

445

Love and Pop (JPN)
Yuzo Shirahama

5813

Village Eagle (JPN)Kei Oehara

S&AColorWgt

H10b.
63.0
H6d.b.
63.0
H5b.
63.0
H8b.
63.0
C4d.b.

Odds(Fav)

Margin3.3(2)

4:46.6

116.6
(10)

37.9
(4)

56.3
(3)

1-1/2

90.1
(9)

1/2

Sire
Dam(Dam’s Sire)

Stay Gold
Shadow Silhouette(Symboli Kris S)
Deep Impact
Medaglia d'Amour(Medaglia d'Oro)
Dunkirk
Watashi Matteruwa(Orewa Matteruze)
Admire Moon
Loving Pride(Quiet American)
BehkabadTokino Nastia

Owner
BreederTrainer

Chosan Co., Ltd.
Naoyoshi Nagayama
Shoichiro Wada
G1 Racing Co., Ltd.
Oiwake Farm
Mikio Matsunaga
Leo Co., Ltd.
Nakajima Bokujo
Daisuke Takayanagi
GodolphinDarley Japan K. K
Takaki Iwato
Teruo Murayama
Kawashima Bokujo

646

Meiner Prompt (JPN)
Kazuma Mori

734

Tagano Espresso (JPN)
Kenji Hirasawa

857

Asakusa Genki (USA)
Shigefumi Kumazawa

9814

Thinking Dancer (JPN)
Taro Kusano

10711

Kitano Teio (JPN)
Yuta Onodera

1158Earth Dragon (JPN)
Yasunori Minoshima

12712

Haruki Stone (JPN)
Yoshiyasu Namba

1369

Baby Step (JPN)
Keita Ban

141

1Blue Guardian (JPN)
Sho Ueno

63.0
G9d.b.
63.0
H9b.
63.0
G6
b.
63.0
G8
ch.
63.0
H6
d.b.
63.0
H5b.
63.0
H6b.
63.0
H7b.
63.0
H9d.b.
63.0

30.3
(7)

3

2.0
(1)

Neck

16.5
(5)

4

75.8
(8)

1-1/4

303.7
(14)

2-1/2

261.3
(12)

Head

147.2
(11)

420.1
(6)

3283.9(13)

7(New England)
Matsurida Gogh
Cosmo Krabbe(Meiner Love)
Black Tide
Tagano Reventon(King Kamehameha)
Stormy AtlanticAmelia(Dixieland Band)
ConduitSpring Board(Assatis)
Rulership
Tokai Belta(Wild Rush)
Just a Way
Earth Marine(Marienbard)
Roses in May
Belmont Veronica(Gold Allure)
Taiki Shuttle
Carte Blanche(Gold Allure)
Marvelous SundayBlue Polaris(Way of Light)

Masahiro Takeuchi
Takefumi Okada
Cosmo View Farm
Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
Ryoji Yagi
Niikappu Tagano Farm Ltd
Tadao Igarashi
K. Tahara
Alexander - Groves - Matz LLC.
Hidetaka Otonashi
Yuji Sato
Okada Stud
Yasuo Takeichi
Ryotokuji Kenji Holdings Co., Ltd.
Nagahama Bokujo
Yuji Wada
Masuo Matsuyama
Aioi Farm
Yasuhiro Nemoto
Wakakusa ClubShuji Fujiharu
Hidekazu Asami
Ryoichi Otsuka
Ryoichi Otsuka
Masatatsu Kikukawa
YGG Horse Club Co., Ltd.
Kano Bokujo
Shintaro Suzuki

FP: Final Position / BK: Bracket Number / PP: Post Position / 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: ¥ 2,109,737,200

Turnover for the Day: ¥ 11,427,853,600

Attendance: 5,116

Pay-off (for ¥100)
WinPlace

No.3

¥ 330

No.3

¥ 190

No.10

¥ 1,710

No.2

¥ 260

Bracket Quinella
Quinella Place

3-6¥ 1,130

Quinella

3-10¥ 18,480

3-10¥ 4,790

Exacta3-10¥ 23,340

2-3

¥ 570

Trio2-3-10¥ 26,480

2-10¥ 5,480

Trifecta3-10-2¥ 163,900

Winner= 36 starts, 19 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds (28 starts, 17 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds *steeplechases only)
Added money: ¥ 66,490,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 865,007,000 (¥ 839,087,000 *steeplechases only)

Oju Chosan Reemerge as Champion in Eighth J-G1 Triumph at Nakayama Daishogai
Second favorite and the only proven J-G1 winner among the 14-horse field, Oju Chosan reclaimed hisstatus as the champion jumper in this year’s Nakayama Daishogai. In his third triumph in this race after
his victory in 2016 and 2017, the son of Stay Gold becomes the first horse over nine years of age since
Kyoei Warrior in 1989 to claim the Nakayama Daishogai title and with his five victories in the Nakayama
Grand Jump combined, the 10-year-old bay now has eight J-G1 titles. The outstanding jumper scored hisfifth consecutive victory in the Nakayama Grand Jump and passed up the Nakayama Daishogai with aminor leg problem last year. He made a comeback in this year’s Nakayama Grand Jump but was fifth,then made his second start this fall in the Tokyo High-Jump where he finished third. His connections havealready announced that Oju Chosan will remain in training next season and start in the Hanshin Spring
Jump (J-G2) prior to another record making challenge in the 2022 Nakayama Grand Jump. Both trainer
Shoichiro Wada and jockey Shinichi Ishigami marked their first J-G1 since last year’s Nakayama Grand
Jump with Oju Chosan. For Wada, the victory this year is his eighth overall while Ishigami is a winnerof a total nine J-G1 wins.

Oju Chosan chased the leaders along the rails in fourth from a smooth break, continued to race
prominently while changing hands to the left and advanced to second and to the inside as the fieldchanged hands again after the giant hedge (fence no.7). The seven-time J-G1 winner took command after
10th jump (no.4) and while briefly overtaken by Blason d’Amour at the last obstacle (no.5), quickly
regained his lead turning for home and pulled away with a furlong to go for a three-length victory.
“We were positioned further up than expected as all the other key runners were held back, so I kept mymount off the rails from the second corner (second lap) so as to make my move easier at any given time.
Oju Chosan hadn’t been able to show his dominance in his recent starts so the trainer and I as well as thestable staff were determined to prove his real strength. I am extremely delighted by his performance today
and I can only have words of gratitude for this horse,” commented jockey Shinichi Ishigami.
Tenth favorite Blason d’Amour, who had come off a fifth-place finish in the Illumination Jump Stakes,was slow out of the gate and unhurried in the first half of the trip while traveling in a rear position. The
son of Deep Impact then advanced rapidly along the backstretch, held a brief lead at the last fence andstayed at the heel of the eventual winner turning for home. Although unable to match the winner in thelast furlong, he bested the rest of the field by an impressive five length in his first J-G1 challenge.
Fourth pick Leo Beyond was smartly positioned along the rails in mid-field, shifted to the inside again as
the field made a left turn, dropped back position as the horses behind began to made headway andshuffled back jumping the last two fences. However, the son of Dunkirk made use of his impressive lastkick in the closing stages to make ground over the final stretch and finished third although unable to reachthe first two finishers.
Race favorite Tagano Espresso broke smoothly and positioned around fifth or sixth with Oju Chosan inclose view throughout most of the race, but never really cause any threat after falling behind approaching
the second last fence (no.4) while holding his position and finishing seventh.
Other Horses:
4th: (5) Love and Pop—traveled around 4th near winner, failed to keep up with frontrunners after 10thjump (no.4), overtaken by Leo Beyond before wire
5th: (13) Village Eagle—set pace, maintained lead until 10th jump (no.4), weakened in stretch
6th: (6) Meiner Prompt—chased leader in 2nd, gradually dropped back after 9th jump (no.3)
8th: (7) Asakusa Genki—tracked leaders in 3rd early, fell back after 10th jump (no.4)
9th: (14) Thinking Dancer—ran in 10-11th, unable to reach contention
10th: (11) Kitano Teio—settled around 10th, never threatened
11th: (8) Earth Dragon—trailed in rear, passed tired rivals at stretch
12th: (12) Haruki Stone—raced around 11th, no factor
13th: (9) Baby Step—traveled in 6-7th, dropped back after final jump (no.5)
14th: (1) Blue Guardian—was off slow, almost rear throughout trip
Fractional time:

Last 1 mile: 1:48.1

Positions at each corner (2nd lap): 1st corner
2nd corner
3rd corner
4th corner

Last 4 furlongs: 52.3

Last 3 furlongs: 39.4

13(3,6)-(7,5)4(2,9)-(12,10)14,11-1-8
13,3,6-(7,5)4(2,9,10)(11,12,14)-1-8
3(13,10)-5(6,9)(4,2,7)-(11,14)-1,12,8(*3,10)-13=5(6,2)-(4,9)7-11,14-12-8,1

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 indicate that there isdistance between the former and the latter. The asterisk indicates a slight lead.