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Today in Apple Daily I read that Yutaka Take won 8 races on the same day last Saturday. This must be some kind of record. Can our Japanese friends post more info on what happened that day?
Handy Harry
09-12-2002, 18:08
Japan’s leading jockey Yutaka Take enjoys film star status in his homeland. When he travels overseas he invariably has a Japanese film crew tracking his every move. Yet even by his own lofty standards Take experienced an unforgettable day at Hanshin on Sunday.
From his eleven rides on the programme Take punched home eight winners, a third and a fourth. Now the trusty Millers Guide records a number of jockey’s having won seven races at a meeting including Frankie Dettori’s remarkable seven from seven at historic Ascot in 1996. Yet there is no record of any jockey riding eight winners on one race card so Yutake Take may have created a world record on Sunday.
With Sky Channel televising the wonderful International race day at Sha Tin next Sunday Australian’s will have the opportunity to see Take in action as he has secured the ride on the resurgent Admire Cozzene in the Hong Kong Mile (G1). The Champion two-year old of Japan in 1998 Admire Cozzene has fought a constant battle with injuries that saw him off the track for one and a half years. However the six-year old grey won the Group 1 Yasuda Kinen (1600m) three starts back before finishing second in the Group 1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) and a last start 7 of 18 in the Group 1 Mile Championship when beaten just on 2-lengths by Tokai Point.
By: Mark Smith - Monday, 9 December 2002
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Born on March 15th, 1969, Yutaka hails from Japan where he is a nationwide celebrity. His father was the legendary Japanese jockey, Kunihito Take.
His first winner was aboard Dyna Bishop at Hanshin in 1987.
In that very same season he became champion apprentice with 69 winners.
Just two years later, in 1989, he became champion jockey and was to repeat that feat a total of 10 times between 1989-1999, only losing it once in 1991.
He holds the record for most wins in a season in Japan at 178 in 1999. In 1998 he won his first Japanese Derby on Special Week, the pair also lifting the Japan Cup the following year.
A cult figure in his native Japan, he has many female followers which ensure that racecourse attendances are always up whenever and wherever he rides.
In 2000, he moved to the US to ride and had a quiet time by his standards.
Longchamp in 1994.
Seeking the Pearl was next in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville in 1998. She became the first Japanese trained horse to win a Group 1 race outside of Japan.
In the UK, his first Group 1 winner was aboard Agnes World in the July Cup at Newmarket in 2000.
On the same horse in 1999, he had secured a sensational victory in Europe's top sprint, the Prix L'Abbaye at Longchamp on Arc day.
He later rode Agnes World in the Breeders' Cup Sprint but they finished down the field.
In March, 2001, he rode a very enterprising race from the front on Stay Gold in the Dubai Sheema Classic to defeat Frankie Dettori. For 2001, Yutaka was based in Chantilly, France where he rode as a freelance, mainly for John Hammond. In July 2001, he broke his wrist and only returned to race riding in early September.
Yutake also rode in England, Ireland and had a very good winner in Scotland at Ayr racecourse in September, 2001. On Arc Day, he rode Imperial Beauty to a marvellous win up the rails in the Prix de l'Abbaye.
It will be interesting to see how Yutaka fares in Europe over time. He definitely should feature in anyone's list of top 10 riders. This is borne out by the fact that he is invited to ride regularily in Jockey Challenges around the world.
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Take's G1 victories in Europe up to today are as follows;
1994 Le Prix de Moulin de Longchamp (Ski Paradise)
1998 Le Prix de Maurice de Gheest (Seeking The Pearl)
1999 Le Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (Agnes World)
2000 The July Cup (Agnes World)
2001 Le Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Majestic Barriere (Imperial Beauty )
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8 winners is quite amazing - but he was obviously out on the town celebrating that night as the next day the best he managed was a 3rd from 8 rides, many of which were super short like the day before!
according to the public betting he should have won 8.27 races over the two days, so he was spot on pretty much!!!
heres the races if you rae interested.
raceid / position/ #horses / odds
saturday
2002120709050301 1 7 1.10
2002120709050302 1 11 1.50
2002120709050304 3 11 1.90
2002120709050306 1 9 1.30
2002120709050307 4 9 6.50
2002120709050308 1 9 2.10
2002120709050309 1 8 1.10
2002120709050310 1 18 1.90
2002120709050311 1 16 1.40
2002120709050312 1 12 2.00
sunday
2002120806050401 8 16 1.50
2002120806050402 9 13 4.10
2002120806050405 5 11 3.20
2002120806050406 12 15 1.50
2002120806050407 7 16 3.60
2002120806050410 4 16 2.90
2002120806050411 8 16 6.10
2002120806050412 3 16 1.60
Good thing it happened in Japan where they don't have too many exotic bets. I am sure had something similar occurred somewhere in England, some lucky punter would have won a huge score on some sort of accumulator bets backing all 8 winners and some bookies would have been bankrupted!
Handy Harry
10-12-2002, 16:10
I saw an old Black And White British movie about this guy who had an acumalator bet...it was quite a funny movie. He thought he had lost it several times, but somehow he managed to pull through till the end...then the bookie tried to weasle his way out of it.
Take must have been stuffed take after Saturday...perhaps he celebrated with too much sake on the Saturday night.
Anyway, it looks like it is snowing in Japan so expect some cold neddies in Japan from now on.
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Chilly beginning ... A man walks through a park as it snows in Tokyo, Japan. This was Tokyo's first snowfall for the season. Photo: AFP
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Japanese snow monkeys
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breezin'
12-12-2002, 18:50
masun,
Nikkei Sports has an article saying that the world record for most wins in a day was 8 so Take's record ties the world.
The previous top for Japan was 6.
The Japanese have an unfair advantage, though, when it comes to this sort of thing.
Japanese races are invariably made up of 12 races per day making it " easier" to ride the 8 races in a day. I would think that anybody riding a card of 7 ( 100 per cent record) is probably superior. (?)
Difficult to say imaufa. If one really wants to argue about this sort of records, then one could ask, for example, how many horses there were in each race because smallers fields should be easier to win large fields. There are all sorts of criteria that one can argue about. Let's save ourselves these hassles by simply acknowleging that they are all remarkable records!
breezin'
13-12-2002, 05:34
Excellent point, masun. There really are so many factors, including the fact that Take is able to more or less pick or choose the best horses. Still, it took doing to get to that point. Still, a record is merely a record and goes on the books only according to certain factors. True recognition as a great is gained through people looking at all sorts of factors, not merely records.
Handy Harry
13-12-2002, 08:02
What is impressive about Take is that he is able to translate his success at home in Japan to success when he travels overseas.
I am expecting more big things from Take come Sunday in Hong Kong. :) :p :eek: :) :p
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