Jockey
Group 1 · Global season 2026
Kohei Matsuyama
3 Group 1 wins as a jockey
Top trainerHaruki Sugiyama · 2 wins
Top horseLovcen · 2 wins · €2,833,064
Most Group 1 wins at3 tracks · 1 country
Biggest Group 1 winTokyo Yushun · €1,699,838
First Group 1 win of the seasonOka Sho · 12.04.26
Latest Group 1 winTokyo Yushun · 31.05.26
Prize money€4,306,257
Average prize per win€1,208,774
Winning horses2
Countries1
Tracks3
Different trainers2
Group 1 prize money by year
2026so far€4.3M1.3 %3 wins · 5 placesBest year so far
2025€1.9M0.6 %3 wins · 4 places
2024€986k0.3 %0 wins · 4 places
2023€1.8M0.7 %0 wins · 8 places
2022€1.3M0.6 %0 wins · 5 places
2021€1.4M0.7 %1 win · 7 places
2020€3.5M2.4 %3 wins · 6 placesBest year
Prize money earned in all Group 1 placings as a jockey, in euros at the exchange rate of each race day.Share of all Group 1 prize money paid worldwide in that year, comparable although purses keep rising.
Every Group 1 win as a jockey in 2026
| Tokyo Yushun | JPN | Lovcen | Tokyo | €1,699,838 | 31.05.26 | |
| Satsuki Sho | JPN | Lovcen | Nakayama | €1,133,225 | 19.04.26 | |
| Oka Sho | JPN | Star Anise | Hanshin | €793,258 | 12.04.26 |
Behind the wins as a jockey in 2026
2026 Global seasonTracks
1Hanshin1 win
2Nakayama1 win
3Tokyo1 win