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Efforia Dominates 2021 Horse of the Year Voting
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The Japan Racing Association will present its 2021 Horse of the Year title to three-year-old colt Efforia, who secured 277 out of 296 votes for an outstanding year in which he dominated three prestigious G1 events – the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas), Tenno Sho (Autumn) and Arima Kinen (The Grand Prix). The star colt was also unanimously selected Best Three-Year-Old Colt. JRA regrets that its awards ceremony to recognize Efforia and other horses, trainers, jockeys and individuals for outstanding performances or achievements during the thoroughbred racing season has had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, like last year.

Best Two-Year-Old Colt Do Deuce, Best Two-Year-Old Filly Circle of Life, Best Three-Year-Old Filly Sodashi, Best Older Colt or Horse Contrail, Best Older Filly or Mare Loves Only You, Best Sprinter or Miler Gran Alegria and Best Dirt Horse T O Keynes all collected over 79.0% of the votes. Meanwhile, Oju Chosan outdueled the previous winner Meisho Dassai by 39 votes to earn the Best Steeplechase Horse title.

JRA Best Trainer Awards were presented in the categories of Races Won, Winning Average, Money Earned and Training Technique based on accomplishments in JRA races and designated NAR and overseas races. Yoshito Yahagi once again dominated three categories, like the previous year, by winning his fourth Best Trainer title for Races Won, third for Money Earned and second for Training Technique. Mitsumasa Nakauchida won his third title for Winning Average following 2017 and 2019.

Best Jockey Awards were presented in the categories of Races Won, Winning Average, Money Earned, Steeplechase and Newcomer based on accomplishments in JRA races alone. Christophe Lemaire received two awards, Races Won and Money Earned, for the fifth and sixth consecutive time, respectively. He also earned his fifth successive Most Valuable Jockey title based on combined points for wins, earnings, winning average and rides in JRA races and designated races held by NAR or overseas. Yuga Kawada claimed his third consecutive Winning Average title, which he also won in 2013 and 2014. Kazuma Mori captured his third consecutive Best Steeplechase Jockey title and Daito Ozawa was named Best Jockey (Newcomer) with 31 wins in his debut year.


The Equine Culture Award was presented to Janet L. Jones, PhD, Chizuko Amacho, Hiroyuki Mochida and Pan Rolling, Inc. for their book “Horse Brain, Human Brain – The Neuroscience of Horsemanship.” The Equine Culture Award Special Award went to Kenichi Sasaki, Akio Kawajiri and Kazuhiko Kurozumi for their book, “Uma to Kodai Shakai,” about horses and ancient society.


Notes:
All information, including ages and race performances, are as of December 31, 2021 unless indicated otherwise. Wins and earnings include JRA races, JRA-designated local public races operated under the National Association of Racing (NAR; local public racing) and overseas starts, except for jockeys. "Season Performances" charts show positions in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and final corners, from left to right. "L3F" indicates the time run over the last three furlongs (600m) and "[Horse]" shows the horse's weight.

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