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Group 1 · Global season 2026
Yuichi Kitamura
2 Group 1 wins as a jockey
Top trainerTakashi Saito · 2 wins
Top horseCroix du Nord · 2 wins · €3,399,676
Most Group 1 wins at2 tracks · 1 country
Biggest Group 1 winOsaka Hai · €1,699,838
First Group 1 win of the seasonOsaka Hai · 05.04.26
Latest Group 1 winTenno Sho (Spring) · 03.05.26
Prize money€4,362,918
Average prize per win€1,699,838
Winning horses1
Countries1
Tracks2
Different trainers1

Group 1 prize money by year

2026so far€4.4M1.3 %2 wins · 3 placesBest year so far
2025€2.6M0.8 %1 win · 4 places
2024€388k0.1 %1 win · 0 places
2023€100k0.0 %0 wins · 1 place
2022€399k0.2 %0 wins · 1 place
2021€949k0.5 %0 wins · 1 place
2020€3.8M2.6 %2 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

Tenno Sho (Spring)JPNCroix du NordKyoto€1,699,83803.05.26
Osaka HaiJPNCroix du NordHanshin€1,699,83805.04.26

Behind the wins as a jockey in 2026

2026 Global season

Trainers

Winning horses

Tracks

1Hanshin1 win
2Kyoto1 win

Watch the wins

2 races on film
Tenno Sho (Spring)Croix du Nord · Yuichi KitamuraRace details →
Osaka HaiCroix du Nord · Yuichi KitamuraRace details →
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