The JRA Award for Best Steeplechase Horse is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) to the outstanding horse of that category in horse racing in Japan. Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards.
Records Most successful horse (5 wins): Oju Chosan – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
Winners Year Horse Trainer Owner Age1987No Award1988Yamanin AppealHitoshi NakamuraKoji Doi51989Mejiro MasketteMitsuhiro OgataMejiro Shoji Co41990Waka TaishoYukio InabaKihachiro Watanabe51991Symboli KriensMasakatsu SakaiSymboli Ranch61992Symboli KriensMasakatsu SakaiSymboli Ranch71993Broad MindSusumu YanoTeruya Yoshida51994Broad MindSusumu YanoTeruya Yoshida61995Return AceIwasa ShunsakuAkihiro Iida71996PolaireIwamoto IchizoSusumu Hayashi51997Our ParagonShigeki MatsumotoAkira Hiroshi Kudo61998Northern RainbowYasuhiro SuzukiTeruya Yoshida81999GodspeedTsutomu SetoguchiToshinori Kondo52000GokaiHiroyuki GoharaKei Yoshihashi72001GokaiHiroyuki GoharaKei Yoshihashi82002Gilded AgeShigeki MatsumotoNorth Hills Management52003Big TasteTadashi NakaoBig Co.52004BlandicesTatsuo FujiwaraSunday Racing72005T M DragonSadahiro KajimaMasatsugu Takezono32006Maruka RascalYutaka MasumotoKawacho Sangyo42007Mercy A TimeTakeshi KoheiYasuo Nagai52008King JoyYutaka MasumotoTakao Matsuoka62009King JoyYutaka MasumotoTakao Matsuoka72010Bashi KenYoshihiro TakahashiHideo Ishibashi52011Majesty BioTsuyoshi TanakaBio Co. Ltd.42012Majesty BioTsuyoshi TanakaBio Co. Ltd.52013Apollo MaverickMasahiro HoriiApollo Thoroughbred Club42014Apollo MaverickMasahiro HoriiApollo Thoroughbred Club52015Up to DateShozo SasakiKazuo Imanishi52016Oju ChosanShoichiro WadaChosan Co. Ltd.52017Oju ChosanShoichiro WadaChosan Co. Ltd.62018Oju ChosanShoichiro WadaChosan Co. Ltd.72019Shingun MichaelKeiji TakaichiShigenori Isaka52020Meisho DassaiYuji IidaKazuma Mori72021Oju ChosanShoichiro WadaChosan Co. Ltd.102022Oju ChosanShoichiro WadaChosan Co. Ltd.112023Meiner GrandTakafumi AokiThoroughbred Club Ruffian Co. Ltd.52024Nishino DaisyNoboru TakagiShigeyuki Nishiyama82025Ecoro DuelTakaki IwatoMasatoshi Haramura6
References
Horse racing in Japan: JRA Awards