Japanese Best Dirt Horse is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) to an outstanding horse of that category in horse racing in Japan. Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards.
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading trainer (2 wins):
Leading owner (4 wins):
Year | Horse | Trainer | Owner | Age |
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1987 | No Award | |||
1988 | No Award | |||
1989 | Dyna Letter | Toshio Nihon'yanagi | Shadai Racing | 5 |
1990 | Caribbean Song | Osamu Kato Hajime | Ogifuji Ranch | 4 |
1991 | Narita Falcon | Kentaro Nakao | Hidenori Yamaji | 4 |
1992 | No Award | |||
1993 | Meisho Homura | Takahashi Shigetada | Yoshio Matsumoto | 5 |
1994 | Fujino Makken O | Yoshio Nakamura | Hiroshi Nakamura | 3 |
1995 | Lively Mount | Fujio Shibata | Tetsuro Kato | 4 |
1996 | Hokuto Vega | Takao Nakano | Kanamori Shoji Mori | 6 |
1997 | No Award | |||
1998 | Wing Arrow | Katsumi Minai | Minoru Ikeda | 3 |
1999 | No Award | |||
2000 | Wing Arrow | Katsumi Minai | Makoto Kaneko | 5 |
2001 | Kurofune | Kunihide Matsuda | Makoto Kaneko | 5 |
2002 | Gold Allure | Yasutoshi Ikee | Shadai Racing | 4 |
2003 | Admire Don | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 4 |
2004 | Admire Don | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 5 |
2005 | Kane Hekili | Katsuhiko Sumii | Makoto Kaneko | 3 |
2006 | Alondite | Sei Ishizaka | Carrot Farm Co. | 3 |
2007 | Vermilion | Sei Ishizaka | Sunday Racing | 5 |
2008 | Kane Hekili | Katsuhiko Sumii | Makoto Kaneko | 6 |
2009 | Espoir City | Akio Adachi | Yushun Horse | 4 |
2010 | Espoir City | Akio Adachi | Yushun Horse | 5 |
2011 | Transcend | Yasuda Takayuki | Koji Maeda | 5 |
2012 | Nihonpiro Ours | Yuki Ohashi | Hyakutaro Kobayashi | 5 |
2013 | Belshazzar | Kunihide Matsuda | Shadai Race Horse | 5 |
2014 | Hokko Tarumae | Katsuichi Nishiura | Michiaki Yabe | 5 |
2015 | Copano Rickey | Akira Murayama | Sachiaki Kobayashi | 5 |
2016 | Sound True | Noboru Takagi | Hiroshi Yamada | 6 |
2017 | Gold Dream | Osamu Hirata | Katsumi Yoshida | 4 [1] |
2018 | Le Vent Se Leve | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | G1 Racing | 3 |
2019 | Chrysoberyl | Hidetaka Otonashi | Carrot Farm | 3 [2] |
2020 | Chuwa Wizard | Ryuji Okubo | Shinobu Nakanishi | 5 [3] |
2021 | T O Keynes | Daisuke Takayanagi | Tomoya Ozasa | 4 [4] |
2022 | Cafe Pharoah | Noriyuki Hori | Koichi NIshikawa | 5 [5] |
2023 | Lemon Pop | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Godolphin | 5 [6] |
2024 | Lemon Pop | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Godolphin | 6 [7] |