Yuga Kawada - Wikipedia Yuga Kawada (Japanese: 川田将雅, October 15, 1985 [1] – ) is a Japanese jockey affiliated with the Japan Racing Association Born to a family of horse racing, he was the leading jockey of JRA races of 2022
Yuga Kawada Horse Jockey Profile - Stats,News,Runners Yuga's father Takayoshi Kawada was a former jockey and a trainer at Saga Racecourse in Japan so racing was in the blood He was granted a Japan Racing Association licence in March 2004 and rode his first winner the same month at Hanshin Racecourse The breakthrough season came in 2008 when landing his first Classic race and G1 on Captain Thule in the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) Since