Trainer
Group 1 · Global season 2026
Takashi Saito
2 Group 1 wins as a trainer
Top jockeyYuichi Kitamura · 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€5,207,171
Average prize per win€1,699,838
Winning horses1
Countries1
Tracks2
Different jockeys1
Group 1 prize money by year
2026so far€5.2M1.5 %2 wins · 5 placesBest year so far
2025€2.6M0.8 %1 win · 3 places
2024€769k0.2 %1 win · 1 place
2023€487k0.2 %0 wins · 4 places
2022€1.3M0.6 %1 win · 1 place
2021€3.1M1.5 %2 wins · 5 places
2020€3.6M2.5 %3 wins · 2 placesBest year
Prize money earned in all Group 1 placings as a trainer, 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 trainer in 2026
| Tenno Sho (Spring) | JPN | Croix du Nord | Kyoto | €1,699,838 | 03.05.26 | |
| Osaka Hai | JPN | Croix du Nord | Hanshin | €1,699,838 | 05.04.26 |