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Meisho Hachiro wins JBC Sprint for second straight top-level victory
Meisho Hachiro won the JBC Sprint on the dirt at Kanazawa Racecourse in Japan.
The four-year-old horse followed his Nambu Hai win with a second top-level victory.
He was slow away from the start but moved forward along the backstretch and finished strongly.
Local jockey Hiroto Yoshihara rode him to victory and said the result left him trembling with excitement.
The win also gave trainer Yuichi Fukunaga a first JBC Sprint victory as a trainer; he had won the race as a jockey in 2002.
The race was a 1,400-metre contest for horses aged three and older, with 12 runners.
Meisho Hachiro won the JBC Sprint at Kanazawa Racecourse on Nov. 3, securing his second consecutive top-level victory.
The four-year-old followed his win in the Mile Championship Nambu Hai with victory in the 1,400-metre race.
He started slowly, moved forward on the backstretch and finished strongly.
Local jockey Hirohito Yoshihara rode him to victory.
Trainer Yuichi Fukunaga also won the race as a trainer, after winning it as a jockey in 2002.
- Who
- Meisho Hachiro, ridden by Hirohito Yoshihara and trained by Yuichi Fukunaga.
- What
- Won the JBC Sprint, his second consecutive top-level victory.
- When
- Nov. 3, 2026.
- Where
- Kanazawa Racecourse, Japan.
- Why
- Not stated
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Meisho Hachiro won the Mile Championship Nambu Hai, his first Jpn1 victory.
Meisho Hachiro started slowly in the JBC Sprint, advanced on the backstretch and won.
Hirohito Yoshihara rode Meisho Hachiro to victory at Kanazawa Racecourse.
- Race
- JBC Sprint, Jpn1
- Distance
- 1,400 metres
- Field
- 12 runners
- Winner
- Meisho Hachiro, a four-year-old colt
- Jockey
- Hirohito Yoshihara
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What people are saying
I’m trembling.
I was slow away, but that actually made it easier to find my own rhythm. He kept stretching out strongly to the very end.
The strong horses are there, but depending on the draw and the race’s flow, we have a chance.