Yoshito Yahagi

Yoshito Yahagi (Japanese: 矢作芳人, Hepburn: Yahagi Yoshito, born March 20, 1961,^[1] in Tokyo, Japan) is a trainer of Thoroughbred race horses. He has been a licensed trainer in Japan since 2004 and since 2014 has won the training title three times.

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Yoshito Yahagi
Yahagi in 2023
Native name	矢作芳人
Occupation	Trainer
Born	(1961-03-20) 20 March 1961 (age 64) Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Racing awards
JRA Award for Best Trainer (races won) (2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 JRA Award for Best Trainer (money earned) (2019-2023) JRA Award for Best trainer (training technique) (2020, 2021)
Significant horses
Grand Prix Boss, Deep Brillante, Real Steel, Mozu Ascot, Lys Gracieux, Loves Only You, Contrail, Marche Lorraine, Panthalassa
Website
Official Website

After studying English at Athénée Français for six months, he went to Australia to learn horse training. He says he chose Australia because it was similar to Japan in that horse racing is dominated by speed on turf courses, the stable system, and the quarantine system are very strict and the environment internationally isolated.^[2]

He has trained Contrail, the 2020 Japanese Triple Crown winner. In the 2021 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar in California, Yahagi trained two winners—Filly & Mare Turf winner Loves Only You and Distaff winner Marche Lorraine. He became the first Japanese trainer to win any Breeders' Cup race.^[3]^[4]