JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare

The JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) to an outstanding horse of that category in Japanese Thoroughbred horse racing. Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Dyna Actress – 1987, 1988
• Mejiro Dober – 1998, 1999
• Vodka – 2008, 2009
• Buena Vista – 2010, 2011
• Gentildonna – 2013, 2014
• Lys Gracieux – 2018, 2019

Winners

Year	Horse	Trainer	Owner	Age
1987	Dyna Actress	Susumu Yano	Shadai Racing	4
1988	Dyna Actress	Susumu Yano	Shadai Racing	5
1989	Louisiana Pit	Yoshio Nakamura	Hidemoto Oshima	4
1990	Passing Shot	Mitsuru Hashida	Tadaharu Morimoto	5
1991	Daiichi Ruby	Yuji Ito	Haruo Tsujimoto	4
1992	Ikuno Dictus	Fukushima Nobuharu	Noriaki Katsuno	5
1993	Shinko Lovely	Kazuo Fujisawa	Osamu Yasuda	5
1994	North Flight	Keiji Kato	Taihoku Bokujo	4
1995	Hishi Amazon	Takao Nakano	Abe Masaichiro	4
1996	Dance Partner	Toshiaki Shirai	Katsumi Yoshida	5
1997	Air Groove	Yasunori Ito	Lucky Field Co Ltd	4
1998	Mejiro Dober	Okubo Yokichi	Mejiro Shoji Co. Ltd.	4
1999	Mejiro Dober	Okubo Yokichi	Mejiro Shoji Co. Ltd.	5
2000	Phalaenopsis	Mitsumasa Hamada	North Hills Management	5
2001	To the Victory	Yasuo Ikee	Makoto Kaneko	5
2002	Diamond Biko	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shinobu Oosako	4
2003	Believe	Shigeki Matsumoto	Koji Maeda	5
2004	Admire Groove	Mitsuru Hashida	Riichi Kondo	4
2005	Sweep Tosho	Akio Tsurudome	Tosho Sangyo	4
2006	Dance in the Mood	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shadai Racing	5
2007	Koiuta	Masashi Okuhira	Maekawa Kikaku	4
2008	Vodka	Katsuhiko Sumii	Yuzo Tanimizu	4
2009	Vodka	Katsuhiko Sumii	Yuzo Tanimizu	5
2010	Buena Vista	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Sunday Racing	4
2011	Buena Vista	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Sunday Racing	5
2012	Curren Chan	Takayuki Yasuda	Takashi Suzuki	5
2013	Gentildonna	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	4
2014	Gentildonna	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	5
2015	Shonan Pandora	Tomokazu Takano	Tetsuhide Kunimoto	4
2016	Marialite	Takashi Kubota	U Carrot Farm	5
2017	Vivlos	Yasuo Tomomichi	Kazuhiro Sasaki	4 [1]
2018	Lys Gracieux	Yoshito Yahagi	U Carrot Farm	4
2019	Lys Gracieux	Yoshito Yahagi	U Carrot Farm	5 [2]
2020	Almond Eye	Yasuo Tomomichi	Silk Racing Co	5 [3]
2021	Loves Only You	Yoshito Yahagi	DMM Dream Club Co., Ltd	5 [4]
2022	Geraldina	Takashi Saito	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	4 [5]
2023	Songline	Toru Hayashi	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	5 [6]
2024	Stunning Rose	Tomokazu Takano	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	5 [7]

References

1. "Winners of the 2017 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 10 January 2018.
2. "Winners of the 2019 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 8 January 2020.
3. "Winners of the 2020 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 7 January 2021.
4. "Winners of the 2021 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 11 January 2022.
5. "Winners of the 2022 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
6. "「2023年度JRA賞」決定！年度代表馬はイクイノックス！ JRA". jra.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
7. "2025.01.07 Winners of the 2024 JRA Awards announced - News - Horse Racing in Japan". japanracing.jp. Retrieved 2025-01-08.

• Horse racing in Japan: JRA Awards