FROM: Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA)DATE: December 24, 2022

SUBJECT: RESULTS OF THE 145TH 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.
Four-time Best Steeplechase Horse and defending champion Oju Chosan won his sixth Nakayama GrandJump title in April and aimed his 10th J-G1 victory in his final career start in this race. Xenoverse cameoff his first graded win in the Tokyo High-Jump (J-G2, 3,110m, Oct.16) in which Oju Chosan was adisappointing ninth. The Kokura Summer Jump (J-G3, 3,390m, Aug.27) winner Asakusa Genki finishedsecond in the Illumination Jump Stakes (Open Class, 3,570m, Dec.3) with Nakayama Grand Jump
fifth-place finisher Village Eagle in third. The field also included Blason d'Amour, Meiner Leone andKen Hovawart who finished second, third and fourth, respectively, in the Nakayama Grand Jump.
THE 145TH NAKAYAMA DAISHOGAI (J-G1)3-year-olds & up, 4,100 meters (about 2.56 miles), turf
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Nakayama Racecourse
10th Race
Post time: 14:45
Total prize money: ¥ 142,660,000 (about US$ 1,240,500 <US$1=¥115>)
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: Good to Firm
Weather: FineFP

BKPP

1

792

8

113

67

46652261

1HorseJockey

Nishino Daisy (JPN)
Yusuke Igarashi
Xenoverse (JPN)
Kazuma Mori
Meiner Leone (JPN)
Takaya Ueno
Muscle Beach (JPN)
Shinya Kitazawa
Village Eagle (JPN)Kei Oehara
Oju Chosan (JPN)
Shinichi Ishigami

S&A
Color
Wgt

H6b.
63.0
H5b.
63.0
H10
d.b.
63.0
H6
d.b.
63.0
H5
d.b.
63.0
H11b.
63.0

Odds(Fav)

15.4
(5)
3.6
(3)
25.0
(6)
77.9
(10)
29.1
(7)
2.4
(1)

Margin4:45.9

3

1-3/4

5

1-1/4

2-1/2

Sire
Dam(Dam’s Sire)

Owner
BreederTrainerHarbinger
Nishino Hinagiku(Agnes Tachyon)
Deep Impact
Rhythm of Light(Beat Hollow)
Stay Gold
Wembley(Soccer Boy)
Meisho Samson
Couronne d'Or(Agnes Tachyon)
BehkabadTokino Nastia(New England)
Stay Gold
Shadow Silhouette(Symboli Kris S)

Shigeyuki Nishiyama
Nishiyama Stud
Noboru Takagi
Fukukitaru Co., Ltd.
Rhythm of Light Partnership
Shinya Kobayashi
Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co., Ltd.
Takashi Watanabe
Hisashi Shimizu
Koji Oka
Koji Oka
Takashi Suzuki
Teruo Murayama
Kawashima Bokujo
Masahiro Takeuchi
Chosan Co., Ltd.
Naoyoshi Nagayama
Shoichiro Wada75587898103410Blason d'Amour (JPN)
Makoto Nishitani
Ken Hovawart (JPN)
Kayata Komaki
T M Chuhai (JPN)

B

Yuta Onodera

3

T M Tatsumaki (JPN)B

Yu Kuroiwa

4

Asakusa Genki (USA)Kenji Hirasawa

H7d.b.
63.0
H9b.
63.0
H8
d.b.
63.0
C4
br.
63.0
G7b.
63.0

3.6
(2)
10.5
(4)
240.6
(11)
74.9
(9)
39.7
(8)

8

1-1/2

DS

DS

FF

Deep Impact
Medaglia d'Amour(Medaglia d'Oro)
Marvelous Sunday
Eishin Pansy(Tony Bin)
Black Tide
T M Hisui(T.M.Opera O)
KizunaWillow Paddock(Kurofune)
Stormy Atlantic
Amelia(Dixieland Band)

G1 Racing Co., Ltd.
Oiwake Farm
Mikio Matsunaga
Hiroaki Nakanishi
Mario Stable
Hideyuki Mori
Masatsugu Takezono
Masatsugu Takezono
Tadao Igarashi
Masatsugu Takezono
Mikita Stud
Hidenori Take
Keiko Tahara
Alexander - Groves - Matz LLC.
Hidetaka Otonashi

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: ¥ 2,385,561,800

Turnover for the Day: ¥ 11,866,809,900

Attendance: 27,663

Pay-off (for ¥100)
WinPlace

No.9¥ 1,540

No.9

¥ 320

No.11

¥ 170

No.7

¥ 350

Bracket Quinella
Quinella Place

7-8

¥ 830

Quinella

9-11¥ 1,990

9-11

¥ 700

Exacta9-11¥ 5,770

7-9¥ 2,830

Trio

7-9-11¥ 11,210

7-11¥ 1,190

Trifecta

9-11-7¥ 83,310

Winner= 24 starts: 5 wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds (4 starts: 2 wins, 1 second, 1 third *steeplechases only)
Added money: ¥ 66,385,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 207,464,000 (¥ 82,969,000 *steeplechases only)

Nishino Daisy Wins J-G1 Title in Fourth Start over Jumps in Nakayama Daishogai
Fifth favorite Nishino Daisy landed his first J-G1 title in only his fourth career start since switching tosteeplechase racing. Claiming two G3 titles on the flat at 1,800 meters in the Sapporo Nisai Stakes andthe Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes, the Harbinger colt also finished third in the Hopeful Stakes (G1,2,000m) as a two-year-old and was fifth in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1, 2,400m) during his
three-year-old campaign. However winless during three seasons at three, four and five, Nishino Daisy
was switched to jump races and finished third in his debut start in May this year. He proceeded to scorehis first win over fences in June and was runner-up in his last start, the Shuyo Jump Stakes (Open Class,3,110m) on November 19. Trainer Noboru Takagi has won the 2014 Sprinters Stakes (Snow Dragon) andthe 2016 Champions Cup (Sound True) in flat racing but the Nakayama Daishogai is his first J-G1 title.
Jockey Yusuke Igarashi won his third J-G1 title after 2013 Nakayama Daishogai and the 2014 Nakayama
Grand Jump, both with Apollo Maverick.
Nishino Daisy was unhurried and reserved in mid-field off the rails, turned wide after the second fence(no.1) but soon got back into the flow. Still held back turning left after the fifth fence (no.6) and saving
ground along the rails, the son of Harbinger made his move upon landing the big hedge (no.7), advanced
to second then assumed command early in the backstretch from where the bay began to extend his speed
to open the gap by several lengths by the last fence (no.5). Showing no sign of slowing down, Nishino
Daisy romped home uncontested to cross the wire by a comfortable three-lengths margin.
“I’m really happy and I had a very good ride. His inexperience showed in parts of the race, right from thefirst fence, but he responded well and, with Oju Chosan in view during most of the trip, we were able togear up really well in the last half. He’s a natural with a lot of strength and I was sure that he had theability to face this high-quality field,” commented jockey Yusuke Igarashi.
Third pick Xenoverse broke nicely from an outside draw and moved up near the leaders soon after the
first fence (no.5) to position in third or fourth. Maintaining his position for most of the trip thereafter, theson of Deep Impact found another gear upon landing the last jump (no.5) and entered the homestretch insecond. However, the winner was already at a distance where Xenoverse was unable to cause any serious
threat while succeeding to finish second by more than a length from the next finisher.
Sixth favorite Meiner Leone raced off the pace, second or third from the rear and gradually advanced
between horses to mid-division as the field turned right after the big hedge (no.7). Turning for homearound sixth position, he accelerated impressively through an opening inside to finish third.
Race favorite Oju Chosan took advantage of an inside draw to race along the rails, positioned in the front
group around fourth to begin then eventually settled a little further back between fifth and seventh
position, shifting to the inside to save ground as the field changed leads from right to left then right again.
Falling behind to about seven lengths from the leader along the backstretch, the 11-year-old son of Stay
Gold was unable to pick up enough speed to close in on the leaders once entering the homestretch tofinish sixth in his final start of his career. The legendary jumper will retire with nine J-G1 victories out of
12 starts at the highest level and an overall record of 18-2-4 in 32 career starts over obstacles.
Other Horses:
4th: (6) Muscle Beach—settled in 9th early, dropped position to last after 5th jump (no.6), madeheadway after 8th jump (no.2), had too much ground to make up
5th: (2) Village Eagle—set pace until 7th jump (no.7), used up after 9th jump (no.3)
7th: (5) Blason d'Amour—sat in 8-9th early, last at 5th jump (no.6), passed tiring rivals thereafter
8th: (8) Ken Hovawart—advanced to 2nd after 3rd jump (no.2), took brief lead after 7th jump (no.7),
weakened after 10th jump (no.4)
9th: (10) T M Chuhai—ran around 7th early, dropped back after 5th jump (no.6)
10th: (3) T M Tatsumaki—traveled around 6th early, outrun after 5th jump (no.6)
Failed to Finish: (4) Asakusa Genki—chased pace in 2nd early, gradually fell back, unseated rider atfinal jump (no.5)
Fractional time:

Last 1 mile: 1:50.0

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

Last 4 furlongs: 55.5

Last 3 furlongs: 41.7

(9,*8,2)-11,1-(4,7)10-(6,5)3(9,*8)-2=11,1-7-(4,10)(6,5)-3
9-8-2,11(7,1)-(6,4,5)=10=3
9=(2,11)(8,6,1)7-5=10=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 indicate that there isdistance between the former and the latter. The asterisk indicates a slight lead.