Kazuo Yokoyama

Kazuo Yokoyama (Japanese: 横山和生; born March 23, 1993) is a Japanese jockey.

Kazuo Yokoyama
Kazuo Yokoyama after winning the 2022 Takarazuka Kinen
Native name横山和生
OccupationJockey
Born (1993-03-23) March 23, 1993
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Height167.2 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Significant horses
Titleholder, Ushba Tesoro, Bellagio Opera

Kazuo was born in a family of horse racing, with his grandfather Tomio and father Norihiro being jockeys, as well as his younger brother Takeshi.[1][2]

Kazuo earned his jockey license with the JRA following his graduation from the Horse Racing School in 2011,[3] and raced against his father for the first time in a maiden race held at Nakayama Racecourse on March 5, 2011, where Norihiro finished 3rd while Kazuo 6th.[4] Kazuo won his first race on April 30th with Laurel Cantata at Niigata Racecourse after 27 starts.[5]

Kazuo won his first Grade I race in 2022 when he won the Tenno Sho (Spring) with Titleholder. This made him the third generation within the same family to have won the same race, with Tomio winning the race with Mejiro Musashi in 1971, and Norihiro winning the same race three times.[6] That same year, Kazuo also won the Takarazuka Kinen with Titleholder; which was another race won by his grandfather and father.[7]

Major victories

References
  1. "【天皇賞・春】横山和生騎手が狙う偉業 祖父富雄、父典弘に続く親子３代制覇 秋は弟武史が達成". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  2. Hanaoka, Takako (2021-04-19). "祝・皐月賞優勝 横山武史騎手が生まれ育った競馬一家とは". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  3. "競馬学校卒業７名が新規騎手免許試験に合格". ラジオNIKKEI (in Japanese). 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  4. "横山典弘ＶＳ和生の親子初対決は父が先着". 競馬予想のウマニティ (in Japanese). 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  5. "横山和生騎手 ＪＲＡ初勝利". ラジオNIKKEI (in Japanese). 2011-04-30. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  6. "【天皇賞・春】タイトルホルダー７馬身ぶっちぎり戴冠 初ＧⅠ勝利で親子３代制覇の横山和生「仲良く走ろうという気持ちでした」". 東スポ競馬 (in Japanese). 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  7. "【宝塚記念】タイトルホルダー、圧倒レコードでＧ１・３勝目 凱旋門賞直行で横山和騎手と世界タイトル奪取だ！". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
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