Hirofumi Shii
Shii in 2019 (February Stakes) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 四位洋文 |
| Born | November 30, 1972 Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Horse racing career | |
| Sport | Horse racing |
| Significant horses | |
| Ishino Sunday, Shinko Forest, Dance Partner, Agnes Digital, Vodka, Asakusa KIngs, Deep Sky, Red Desire, Kinshasa no Kiseki | |
Hirofumi Shii (四位洋文) is a former jockey and current Japanese racehorse trainer.[1]
Career
Shii became a jockey in 1991 and won his first graded race in 1994 when he won the Yonsai Himba Tokubetsu with Golden Jack.
Shii won his first Grade I race with Ishino Sunday in 1996 when they won the Satsuki Shō.
Shii became a derby jockey when he won the Japanese Derby in 2007 with Vodka. The following year, Shii won the Derby again with Deep Sky.[2]
In 2019, the Japan Racing Association announced that Shii was to become one of eight individuals who were granted trainer licenses starting from 2020, effectively marking his retirement from jockey that year.[3] Shii officially retired on February 29, 2020.[1]
As a trainer, Shii would open his stable on March of 2021. That same month, Shii had his first winner as a trainer when Summer Beat won an allowance race at Kokura Racecourse.[4]
In 2023, Shii would have his first graded race win as a trainer, when Hagino Alegrias won both the Nagoya Daishoten (NAR) and the Sirius Stakes (JRA) that year.[5][6]
Major wins as a jockey
- Hong Kong Cup - (1) - Agnes Digital (2001)
- Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes - (1) - Satono Ares (2016)
- February Stakes - (1) - Agnes Digital (2002)
- Hanshin Juvenile Fillies - (2) - Yamanin Sucre (2003), Vodka (2006)
- Japan Dirt Derby - (1) - Hatano Vanqueur (2012)
- Kawasaki Kinen - (1) - Hatano Vanqueur (2013)
- Kikuka-shō - (1) - Asakusa Kings (2007)
- Mile Championship Nambu Hai - (1) - Agnes Digital (2001)
- NHK Mile Cup - (1) - Deep Sky (2008)
- Queen Elizabeth II Cup - (1) - Dance Partner (1996)
- Satsuki Shō - (1) - Ishino Sunday (1996)
- Shūka Sho - (1) - Red Desire (2009)
- Takamatsunomiya Kinen - (2) - Shinko Forest (1998), Kinshasa no Kiseki (2010)
- Tennō Shō (Autumn) - (1) - Agnes Digital (2001)
- Tōkyō Yūshun - (2)- Vodka (2007), Deep Sky (2008)
- Yasuda Kinen - (1) - Agnes Digital (2003)
References
- ^ a b "きょうで引退の四位が騎乗停止". デイリースポーツ online (in Japanese). 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ "連覇の四位「最高に幸せです」＝ダービー勝利騎手インタビュー". スポーツナビ (in Japanese). 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ "ＪＲＡ調教師試験に四位が合格 ウオッカ＆ディープスカイでダービー連覇の名手". デイリースポーツ online (in Japanese). 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ "【JRA】四位洋文調教師が開業初勝利！小倉8Rのサマービートで". netkeiba (in Japanese). 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ "【名古屋大賞典】ハギノアレグリアスで川田将雅騎手が交流重賞３日間連続制覇！四位調教師は初の重賞勝利". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ "【シリウスS】ハギノアレグリアス ベテランが力見せつけた！四位師JRA初重賞制覇「やっぱりうれしい」". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2026-01-25.