The National Association of Racing (NAR), the national level regulatory body for the Racing by Local Governments in Japan, announced the 2025 NAR Grand Prix Awards for the year’s outstanding horses, trainers, jockeys, and others within the industry.
Following are the recipients of the 2025 awards:
Winning Horses
| Award | Horse | Owner | Trainer | Breeder | Sire Dam (Dam sire) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse of the Year | Diktaean | G1 Racing Co. Ltd. | Katsunori Arayama (Oi) |
Oiwake Farm | King Kamehameha |
| Best Older Colt or Horse | Medeia (King Halo) | ||||
| Best 2-Year-Old Colt | Best Green | Yasuhide Kuninobu | Junji Tanaka (Hokkaido) |
Eight Stable | Smart Falcon |
| Peaceful Joy (Pyro) | |||||
| Best 2-Year-Old Filly | Ryuno Flight | Ryuichi Minoshima | Ryuichi Yamaguchi (Hokkaido) |
Kamiyama Bokujo | Hokko Tarumae |
| Pierre Naochan (Came Home) | |||||
| Best 3-Year-Old Colt | Night of Fire | Koichi Hoshika | Kazuo Watanabe (Oi) |
Haruo Sakamoto | Hokko Tarumae |
| Nose Tosho (Black Hawk) | |||||
| Best 3-Year-Old Filly | Proud Fleur | Toshiharu Kojima | Masakazu Kawashima (Funabashi) |
Tsuji Bokujo | New Year's Day |
| Three Melody (Neo Universe) | |||||
| Best Older Filly or Mare | Fee Blanche | Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. | Terunobu Fujita (Oi) |
Northern Farm | Real Steel |
| Mighty Slew (Kurofune) | |||||
| Best Ban-ei (Draft) Horse | Memuro Bob Sapp | Kazuhiko Takezawa | Toichi Sakamoto (Ban-ei) |
Kazuhiko Takezawa | Narita Bob Sapp |
| Pure Lady (Akiba Osho) | |||||
| Best Sprinter or Miler | Fern Hill | Kanayama Holdings Co. Ltd. | Katsunori Arayama (Oi) |
Tanioka Stud | Kinshasa no Kiseki |
| Love Dylan (Dylan Thomas) | |||||
| Best Turf Horse | N/A | ||||
| Dirt Grade (Principal Dirt) Race Special Prize | Mikki Fight | Mizuki Noda | Hiroyasu Tanaka (JRA) |
Northern Racing | Drefong |
| Special Groove (Special Week) | |||||
| Special Award | Forever Young | Susumu Fujita | Yoshito Yahagi (JRA) |
Northern Racing | Real Steel |
| Forever Darling (Congrats) | |||||
Winning Trainers and Jockeys
| Award | Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Best Trainer (Races Won) | Yuji Uchikoshi | Kochi |
| Best Trainer (Money Earned) | Katsunori Arayama | Oi |
| Best Trainer (Winning Average) | Katsunori Arayama | Oi |
| Grand Prize Trainer | Katsunori Arayama | Oi |
| Best Jockey (Races Won) | Tsubasa Sasagawa | Oi |
| Best Jockey (Money Earned) | Takayuki Yano | Oi |
| Best Jockey (Winning Average) | Tatsuya Watanabe | Kasamatsu |
| Grand Prize Jockey | Takayuki Yano | Oi |
| Best Apprentice Jockey | Junki Mochizuki | Aichi |
| Best Female Jockey | Chihiro Imai | Ban-ei |
| Best Fair Play Jockey | Genta Ochiai | Hokkaido |
| Norifumi Mikamoto | Oi | |
| Special Award | Takemi Sasaki | Kawasaki (retired) |
| Fumio Matoba | Oi (retired) | |
| Hitomi Miyashita | Aichi | |
| Takayuki Yano | Oi | |
| Norifumi Mikamoto | Oi |
