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Yoshito Yahagi 矢作芳人
Yahagi in 2023
Occupation	Trainer
Born	(1961-03-20) 20 March 1961 (age 63) Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Racing awards
JRA Award for Best Trainer (races won) (2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 JRA Award for Best Trainer (money earned) (2019-2023) JRA Award for Best trainer (training technique) (2020, 2021)
Significant horses
Grand Prix Boss, Deep Brillante, Real Steel, Mozu Ascot, Lys Gracieux, Loves Only You, Contrail, Marche Lorraine, Panthalassa
Website
Official Website

Yoshito Yahagi(矢作 芳人, Yahagi Yoshito) (born March 20, 1961, ^[1] in Tokyo, Japan) is a trainer of Thoroughbred race horses. He has been a licensed trainer in Japan since 2004 and since 2014 has won the training title three times.

He has trained Contrail, the 2020 Japanese Triple Crown winner. In the 2021 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar in California, Yahagi trained two winners— Filly & Mare Turf winner Loves Only You and Distaff winner Marche Lorraine. He became the first Japanese trainer to win any Breeders' Cup race. ^{[2] [3]}

Major wins

Japan

• Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes - (1) - Grand Prix Boss (2010)
• NHK Mile Cup - (1) - Grand Prix Boss (2011)
• Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby) - (2) - Deep Brillante (2012), Contrail (2020)
• Japan Breeding farms' Cup Sprint - (1) - Taisei Legend (2012)
• Yasuda Kinen - (1) - Mozu Ascot (2018)
• Queen Elizabeth II Cup - (1) - Lys Gracieux (2018)
• Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) - (1) - Loves Only You (2019)
• Takarazuka kinen - (1) - Lys Gracieux (2019)
• Arima kinen - (1) - Lys Gracieux (2019)
• Hopeful Stakes - (1) - Contrail (2019)
• February Stakes - (1) - Mozu Ascot (2020)
• Satsuki Shō (Japanese 2000 Guineas) - (1) - Contrail (2020)
• Japan Dirt Derby - (1) - Danon Pharaoh (2020)
• Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger) - (1) - Contrail (2020)
• Japan Cup - (1) - Contrail (2021)

UAE

• Dubai Turf - (2) - Real Steel (2016), Panthalassa (2022)

Australia

• Cox Plate - (1) - Lys Gracieux (2019)

Hong Kong

• Queen Elizabeth II Cup - (1) - Loves Only You (2021)
• Hong Kong Cup - (1) - Loves Only You (2021)

United States

• Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf - (1) - Loves Only You (2021)
• Breeders' Cup Distaff - (1) - Marche Lorraine (2021)

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Cup - (1) - Panthalassa (2023)

References

Bibliography

• Yahagi, Yoshito (2008). 開成調教師 安馬を激走に導く厩舎マネジメント. Byakuya-Shobo. ISBN  978-4-86191-476-8.

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