NANAKO FUJITA



She grew up in Moriya, Ibaraki Prefecture, in eastern Japan from a family that was not involved in racing.

After watching racing on TV in sixth grade, she dreamed of becoming a jockey and enrolled in jockey school in 2013, aged 15.

Granted a Japan Racing Association licence three years later, she was the first woman to debut on the circuit for 16 years.

The first victory came aboard Ascii Code at Urawa in 2016. The following year saw her break the record for most wins in a season by a JRA female jockey - she ended the campaign with 14 winners.

She surpassed the record for most career wins by a JRA female jockey on August 25, 2018, when notching up her 35th success at Niigata.

In February 2019 she became the first female JRA jockey to compete in a G1 race, finishing 5th on Copano Kicking in the February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse.

She won the third edition of the Women Jockeys' World Cup at Bro Park, Sweden, on June 30, after winning two of the five races. She also gained overseas experience in the 2016 Ladies World Championship in the UAE and the 2017 International Mixed Doubles Jockeys Challenge in Macau.


First Runner :
03 Mar 2016   Kawasaki (Jpn)
Three-Year-Old   Combat Dia (Jpn)
First Win :
24 Mar 2016   Urawa (Jpn)
Three-Year-Old & Up   Ascii Code (Jpn)
Best Horse :
COPANO KICKING (Timeform Rating 117)
SPRING AT LAST (USA) CELADON (USA) [by GOLD HALO (JPN)]

Prize Money :

Japan

JPY ¥2,506,517,000

United Kingdom

GBP £31,782

Saudi Arabia

SAR ر.س375,000

Sweden

SEK kr132,000

Wins
190 (4.53 %)

G1

G2

G3

LR

0

0

1

1

PLACES
414 (14.39 %)

G1

G2

G3

LR

0

0

0

4

PLACES
4197

G1

G2

G3

LR

4

7

27

27

Nanako Fujita Past Rides

12 of 15, 06 Oct 2024, R2 MAIDEN RACE 1800m | JPY ¥ 10,480,000 | 53.0kg | H: VOLVA | T: KAZUYUKI OGATA | OP-Pretty poor effort | 1:48.20 | Winner: BLU BAMBINA
8 of 12, 06 Oct 2024, R6 MAIDEN RACE 1000m | JPY ¥ 10,480,000 | 53.0kg | H: FRIEND SILVER | T: MICHIO MINAMIDA | MF-Made no headway | 0:55.40 | Winner: SCHLAF
14 of 15, 06 Oct 2024, R12 ALLOWANCE RACE 1200m | JPY ¥ 15,200,000 | 54.0kg | H: LAMBENT LIGHT | T: T TAJIMA | MF-Never in the picture | 1:12.00 | Winner: DO TAP
12 of 12, 05 Oct 2024, R6 MAIDEN RACE 1600m | JPY ¥ 10,480,000 | 54.0kg | H: EIFER LEO | T: Y NEMOTO | Got Bk-Never in the picture | 1:34.70 | Winner: NAVEL ORANGE
8 of 13, 05 Oct 2024, R11 TOYANO TOKUBETSU 1800m | JPY ¥ 29,860,000 | 52.0kg | H: SAIMON LE MONDE | T: Y NEMOTO | Last-Never in the hunt | 1:52.30 | Winner: ESTIMATE
10 of 15, 05 Oct 2024, R3 ALLOWANCE RACE 1200m | JPY ¥ 15,200,000 | 56.0kg | H: KATSUNO TENTH | T: S ITO | OP-Did little late | 1:11.60 | Winner: LE SOLEIL
15 of 18, 05 Oct 2024, R12 ALLOWANCE RACE 1000m | JPY ¥ 15,200,000 | 56.0kg | H: GOTTLIEB | T: T KURITA | Got Bk-Never in the race | 0:55.10 | Winner: IKOSAN
15 of 16, 29 Sep 2024, R6 ALLOWANCE RACE 1200m | JPY ¥ 15,200,000 | 54.0kg | H: WHEN DOVES CRY | T: Y NEMOTO | Got Bk-Failed to improve | 1:11.00 | Winner: MEINER DIRECTO
14 of 15, 28 Sep 2024, R11 SHUFU STAKES 1600m | JPY ¥ 35,530,000 | 56.0kg | H: SHINING FUJI | T: K SASADA | Last-Never in the race | 1:33.30 | Winner: TROVATORE
10 of 16, 28 Sep 2024, R7 ALLOWANCE RACE 1800m | JPY ¥ 15,200,000 | 54.0kg | H: WATASHIDE IIDESUKA | T: SHINOBU HOMMA | Last-Failed to improve | 1:53.70 | Winner: GOLD ALONE