Oju Chosan

Oju Chosan
オジュウチョウサン
Oju Chosan after winning the 2016 Nakayama Daishogai
SireStay Gold
GrandsireSunday Silence
DamShadow Silhouette
DamsireSymboli Kris S
SexStallion
Foaled (2011-04-03) April 3, 2011
CountryJapan
ColorBay
BreederNaoyoshi Nagashima
TrainerShoichiro Wada
JockeyShinichi Ishigami
Record40: 20-2-4
Earnings941,377,000 JPY
Major wins
Nakayama Grand Jump (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
Nakayama Daishogai (2016, 2017, 2021)
Tokyo High Jump (2016, 2017)
Hanshin Spring Jump (2017, 2019, 2020)
Tokyo Jump Stakes (2016)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Steeplechase Horse (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
Last updated on 28 December 2022 [1][2]

Oju Chosan (Japanese : オジュウチョウサン, foaled April 3, 2011) is a retired champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse and later stud who is best known for his multiple victories in Japan's major steeplechase races.[3] He owns speed records in Nakayama Racecourse's two annual Grade 1 jump races: the Nakayama Grand Jump, which he has won six times (including five consecutive victories from 2016 to 2020),[4][5] and the Nakayama Daishogai, which he has won on three occasions.[6]

The Japan Racing Association (JRA) has gone so far as to release merchandise for Oju Chosan, the first such item to be unveiled for a steeplechase horse.[7]

Background

Oju Chosan's father is Stay Gold, a winner of 7 races from 50 starts who would later become one of Japan's most influential stallions, siring such flat champions as Orfevre and Gold Ship. Stay Gold's father is American Horse of the Year and Triple Crown contender Sunday Silence.

Oju Chosan's mother is Shadow Silhouette, sired by two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Symboli Kris S.

Racing career

Oju Chosan made his debut at the Tokyo Racecourse under the training of Mitsuhiro Ogata in October 2013 in a flat race but finished in 11th place and his second race in 8th place,[8] before a broken front leg forced him to take a year off, by which point maiden races that suited Oju Chosan had finished. They then tried to have him run in a steeplechase race in November 2014, but came in last.[9]

Training role was passed from Ogata to Shoichirō Wada soon after, with Shinichi Ishigami being his primary jockey. From there, Oju Chosan's performance gradually improved,[8] as he would go on to win 11 steeplechase races in a row from 2016 to 2019, and ultimately win 20 races from 38 starts as of April 2022.[1] In addition to his victories in the Nakayama Grand Jump and Nakayama Daishogai, he has won the Grade 2 Tokyo High Jump at Tokyo Racecourse two times and the Grade 2 Hanshin Spring Jump at Hanshin Racecourse three times.[6]

Oju Chosan's victory at the Nakayama Grand Jump in 2022 made him the oldest horse in Japan to win a graded race, as well as the most wins in a JRA G1 steeplechase races.[9]

Oju Chosan retired in December 2022 after finishing in 6th place at the 2022 Nakayama Daishogai behind Nishino Daisy.[10][11] He went to stand stud at the Versailles Farm in Hokkaido starting from 2023.[12][13]

Racing statistics

The following form is based on information available on netkeiba.com and JBIS-Search. [14][15]

Date Distance (Condition) Race Class Course Field Odds
(Favourite) 		Finish Time Winning
(Losing)
Margin 		Winner
(2nd Place) 		Jockey Ref
2013 – Two-year-old season
Oct 19 Turf 1800 m (Firm) Two Year Old Debut Tokyo 15 66.5 (12th) 11th 1:54.3 (5+1⁄4 lengths) Logi Taste Masami Matsuoka [16]
Nov 16 Turf 2000 m (Firm) Two Year Old Tokyo 13 219.1 (11th) 8th 2:02.9 (11+1⁄4 lengths) Bell Canyon Kosei Miura [17]
2014 – Three-year-old season
Nov 15 Jump 2800 m (Firm) Three Year Old and Up Fukushima 14 99.1 (14th) 14th 3:19.6 (~75 lengths) Shigeru Hitachi Kei Oehara [18]
2015 – Four-year-old season
Jan 5 Jump 2880 m (Firm) Four Year Old and Up Nakayama 12 101.7 (11th) 2nd 3:19.6 (1⁄4 length) Ace One Koshi Yamamoto [19]
Jan 24 Jump 3000 m (Soft) Four Year Old and Up Chukyo 13 5.8 (2nd) 3rd 3:24.3 (3 lengths) Kau Wela Koshi Yamamoto [20]
Feb 21 Jump 3000 m (Firm) Four Year Old and Up Tokyo 14 6.3 (4th) 1st 3:25.0 3+1⁄2 lengths (Ifu Dodo) Koshi Yamamoto [21]
Mar 21 Jump 3300 m (Good) Four Year Old and Up Open OP Chukyo 14 6.0 (3rd) 1st 3:39.9 1+1⁄4 lengths (Admire Simon) Koshi Yamamoto [22]
Jun 6 Jump 3100 m (Heavy) Three Year Old and Up Open OP Tokyo 13 8.0 (4th) 9th 3:34.6 (17+3⁄4 lengths) Sanacion Koshi Yamamoto [23]
Jun 27 Jump 3110 m (Good) Tokyo Jump Stakes J・GIII Tokyo 14 62.0 (9th) 4th 3:28.3 (6+3⁄4 lengths) Osumi Moon Shinichi Ishigami [24]
Jul 25 Jump 3380 m (Firm) Three Year Old and Up Open OP Fukushima 8 3.5 (2nd) 1st 3:44.0 3 lengths (Kashima Shinsei) Shinichi Ishigami [25]
Dec 5 Jump 3570 m (Firm) Illumination Jump Stakes OP Nakayama 15 12.7 (4th) 4th 3:59.9 (10+1⁄2 lengths) Sanacion Shinichi Ishigami [26]
Dec 26 Jump 4100 m (Firm) Nakayama Daishogai J・GI Nakayama 14 21.3 (6th) 6th 4:42.2 (~25+1⁄2 lengths) Up to Date Shinichi Ishigami [27]
2016 – Five-year-old season
Mar 6 Jump 3200 m (Firm) Four Year Old and Up Open OP Nakayama 14 5.8 (2nd) 2nd 3:32.5 (1+1⁄4 lengths) Nihonpiro Baron Shinichi Ishigami [28]
Apr 16 Jump 4250 m (Firm) Nakayama Grand Jump J・GI Nakayama 10 6.5 (2nd) 1st 4:49.4 3+1⁄2 lengths (Sanacion) Shinichi Ishigami [29]
Jun 25 Jump 3110 m (Good) Tokyo Jump Stakes J・GIII Tokyo 14 2.0 (1st) 1st 3:26.2 1+1⁄2 lengths (Win Yard) Shinichi Ishigami [30]
Oct 16 Jump 3110 m (Firm) Tokyo High Jump J・GII Tokyo 10 2.1 (1st) 1st 3:27.6 1+1⁄2 lengths (Makio Bowler) Shinichi Ishigami [31]
Dec 23 Jump 4100 m (Firm) Nakayama Daishogai J・GI Nakayama 11 1.4 (1st) 1st 4:45.6 9 lengths (Up to Date) Shinichi Ishigami [32]
2017 – Six-year-old season
Mar 11 Jump 3900 m (Firm) Hanshin Spring Jump J・GII Hanshin 11 1.3 (1st) 1st 4:28.1 2+1⁄2 lengths (Up to Date) Shinichi Ishigami [33]
Apr 15 Jump 4250 m (Firm) Nakayama Grand Jump J・GI Nakayama 13 1.3 (1st) 1st 4:50.8 3+1⁄2 lengths (Sanrei Duke) Shinichi Ishigami [34]
Oct 15 Jump 3110 m (Soft) Tokyo High Jump J・GII Tokyo 10 1.4 (1st) 1st 3:32.5 ~12 lengths (Good Sky) Shinichi Ishigami [35]
Dec 23 Jump 4100 m (Firm) Nakayama Daishogai J・GI Nakayama 15 1.1 (1st) 1st R4:36.1 1⁄2 length (Up to Date) Shinichi Ishigami [36]
2018 – Seven-year-old season
Apr 14 Jump 4250 m (Firm) Nakayama Grand Jump J・GI Nakayama 12 1.5 (1st) 1st R4:43.0 15 lengths (Up to Date) Shinichi Ishigami [37][38]
Jul 7 Turf 2600 m (Good) Kaiseizan Tokubetsu 1 Win Fukushima 12 2.0 (1st) 1st 2:42.3 3 lengths (Dream Spirit) Yutaka Take [39]
Nov 3 Turf 2400 m (Firm) Nambu Tokubetsu 2 Win Tokyo 7 3.1 (3rd) 1st 2:25.0 1⁄2 length (Black Platinum) Yutaka Take [40]
Dec 23 Turf 2500 m (Good) Arima Kinen GI Nakayama 16 9.2 (5th) 9th 2:33.0 (5 lengths) Blast Onepiece Yutaka Take [41]
2019 – Eight-year-old season
Mar 9 Jump 3900 m (Firm) Hanshin Spring Jump J・GII Hanshin 12 1.1 (1st) 1st 4:23.6 2+1⁄2 lengths (Taisei Dream) Shinichi Ishigami [42]
Apr 13 Jump 4250 m (Firm) Nakayama Grand Jump J・GI Nakayama 11 1.1 (1st) 1st 4:47.6 2+1⁄2 lengths (Thinking Dancer) Shinichi Ishigami [43]
Oct 6 Turf 2400 m (Firm) Rokusha Stakes 3 Win Tokyo 15 3.4 (1st) 10th 2:26.6 (5+1⁄2 lengths) African Gold Shinichi Ishigami [44]
Nov 3 Turf 2500 m (Firm) Copa Republica Argentina GII Tokyo 13 19.4 (7th) 12th 2:32.8 (7+3⁄4 lengths) Muito Obrigado Masami Matsuoka [45]
Nov 30 Turf 3600 m (Firm) Stayers Stakes GII Nakayama 13 6.5 (4th) 6th 3:46.5 (2+1⁄4 lengths) Mondo Intero Mirco Demuro [46]
2020 – Nine-year-old season
Mar 14 Jump 3900 m (Good) Hanshin Spring Jump J・GII Hanshin 9 1.7 (1st) 1st R4:19.1 9 lengths (Shingun Michael) Shinichi Ishigami [47]
Apr 18 Jump 4250 m (Heavy) Nakayama Grand Jump J・GI Nakayama 11 1.1 (1st) 1st 5:02.9 3 lengths (Meisho Dassai) Shinichi Ishigami [48]
Nov 14 Jump 3140 m (Firm) Kyoto Jump Stakes J・GIII Hanshin 6 1.1 (1st) 3rd 3:29.8 (1+1⁄2 lengths) Tagano Espresso Shinichi Ishigami [49]
2021 – Ten-year-old season
Apr 17 Jump 4250 m (Firm) Nakayama Grand Jump J・GI Nakayama 8 2.2 (2nd) 5th 4:52.6 (14+3⁄4 lengths) Meisho Dassai Shinichi Ishigami [50]
Oct 17 Jump 3110 m (Good) Tokyo High Jump J・GII Tokyo 12 2.1 (1st) 3rd 3:29.1 (2 lengths) Love and Pop Shinichi Ishigami [51]
Dec 25 Jump 4100 m (Good) Nakayama Daishogai J・GI Nakayama 14 3.3 (2nd) 1st 4:46.6 3 lengths (Blason d'Amour) Shinichi Ishigami [52]
2022 – Eleven-year-old season
Mar 12 Jump 3900 m (Firm) Hanshin Spring Jump J・GII Hanshin 11 1.7 (1st) 3rd 4:21.5 (1+3⁄4 lengths) A Shin Click Shinichi Ishigami [53]
Apr 16 Jump 4250 m (Good) Nakayama Grand Jump J・GI Nakayama 9 2.1 (1st) 1st 4:52.3 1+1⁄4 lengths (Blason d'Amour) Shinichi Ishigami [54]
Oct 16 Jump 3110 m (Firm) Tokyo High Jump J・GII Tokyo 12 2.7 (2nd) 9th 3:33.4 (~45 lengths) Xenoverse Shinichi Ishigami [55]
Dec 24 Jump 4100 m (Firm) Nakayama Daishogai J・GI Nakayama 11 2.4 (1st) 6th 4:48.2 (13+1⁄2 lengths) Nishino Daisy Shinichi Ishigami [56]
  • R in the chart and the time written in red indicates the horse finished in record time.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Oju Chosan (JPN), bay horse, April 3, 2011 [57]
Sire
Stay Gold (JPN)
(1994) 		Sunday Silence (USA)
(1986) 		Halo Hail to Reason
Cosmah
Wishing Well Understanding
Mountain Flower
Golden Sash
(1988) 		Dictus (FR) Sanctus
Doronic
Dyna Sash Northern Taste (USA)
Royal Sash (GB)
Dam
Shadow Silhouette (JPN)
(2005) 		Symboli Kris S (USA)
(1999) 		Kris S. Roberto
Sharp Queen
Tee Kay Gold Meridian
Tri Argo
Yuwa Joyner
(1990) 		Mill George (USA) Mill Reef
Miss Charisma II
Sashima Thunder Never Beat (GB)
Shara (GB) (Family 4-i) [58]
  • Oju Chosan was inbred 4 × 5 to Hail to Reason, meaning that this stallion appears in both the fourth and fifth generations of his pedigree.

See also

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