Trainer Yahagi Yoshito Complete Betting Guide【2023-2025 JRA Data Analysis】

Data period: 2023–2025 (JRA) / Target jockeys: 2026 active riders only / Win ROI = theoretical return per ¥100 bet on all starters

Trainer Yahagi Yoshito Complete Betting Guide【2023–2025 JRA Data Analysis】

3-year combined win ROI: 73.8%. Turf 58% / Dirt 42% split. 2026 active jockeys: Kosei Miura Dai Sasaki Yuichi Kitamura Nao Furukawa Ryusei Sakai Yasunari Iwata Takeshi Yokoyama Akihide Tsumura Junya Nishimura 高杉吏麒.

※ Signal ratings apply only to jockeys with 2026 riding records at this stable.

🚦 Distance-Based Betting Signals

Top Pick: ROI 100%+Strong: ROI 80%+ & WinRate 8%+Watch: ROI 60%+ & WinRate 6%+×Avoid
Turf~1400m200 starts / ◎0 ○0
Win%: 11.0%Place%: 17.5%Show%: 28.0%ROI: 84.8%
💡 Overall ROI 84.8%. No ◎/○ jockeys among active riders. Consider Place/Wide bets only.
Rating Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
Junya Nishimura 7 14.3% 28.6% 42.9% 74.3%
× Nao Furukawa 36 5.6% 11.1% 22.2% 32.5%
× Ryusei Sakai 39 10.3% 23.1% 38.5% 30.5%
× Yasunari Iwata 8 12.5% 12.5% 37.5% 27.5%
× Yuichi Kitamura 6 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0%
Turf1401~1800m304 starts / ◎2 ○0
Win%: 8.9%Place%: 19.1%Show%: 24.7%ROI: 57.5%
💡 Yuichi Kitamura・Junya Nishimura stand out with ROI of 568.9%・195.6%. Primary win bet candidates.ROI is on a slight downward trend. Overall show rate 24.7% is high — effective as place anchor.
Rating Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
Yuichi Kitamura 9 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 568.9%
Junya Nishimura 9 22.2% 33.3% 33.3% 195.6%
× Ryusei Sakai 96 11.5% 27.1% 32.3% 49.6%
× Nao Furukawa 36 8.3% 19.4% 25.0% 35.8%
× Akihide Tsumura 7 0.0% 28.6% 28.6% 0.0%
× Dai Sasaki 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Turf1801~2200m266 starts / ◎0 ○0
Win%: 8.3%Place%: 15.8%Show%: 22.6%ROI: 42.7%
💡 Overall ROI 42.7%. No ◎/○ jockeys among active riders. Consider Place/Wide bets only.
Rating Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
× Ryusei Sakai 87 10.3% 18.4% 27.6% 36.9%
× Nao Furukawa 28 3.6% 3.6% 3.6% 21.8%
× Yuichi Kitamura 11 0.0% 18.2% 18.2% 0.0%
× Dai Sasaki 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0%
Turf2201m+100 starts / ◎0 ○0
Win%: 7.0%Place%: 17.0%Show%: 25.0%ROI: 34.3%
💡 Overall ROI 34.3%. No ◎/○ jockeys among active riders. Consider Place/Wide bets only.
Rating Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
Nao Furukawa 7 14.3% 28.6% 28.6% 62.9%
× Yuichi Kitamura 8 12.5% 25.0% 37.5% 47.5%
× Takeshi Yokoyama 5 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 42.0%
× Ryusei Sakai 28 3.6% 21.4% 39.3% 14.6%
Dirt~1400m226 starts / ◎1 ○0
Win%: 12.4%Place%: 23.5%Show%: 30.1%ROI: 122.4%
💡 Nao Furukawa stand out with ROI of 295.4%. Primary win bet candidates.ROI is on a slight downward trend. Overall show rate 30.1% is high — effective as place anchor.
Rating Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
Nao Furukawa 56 12.5% 26.8% 33.9% 295.4%
× Ryusei Sakai 62 17.7% 29.0% 35.5% 59.4%
× Yuichi Kitamura 11 9.1% 9.1% 18.2% 12.7%
Dirt1401~1800m319 starts / ◎3 ○2
Win%: 10.3%Place%: 17.2%Show%: 24.8%ROI: 96.3%
💡 Junya Nishimura・Dai Sasaki・Yuichi Kitamura stand out with ROI of 552.9%・312.0%・227.0%. Primary win bet candidates.Nao Furukawa・Ryusei Sakai also show solid stats for win or place bets.ROI is on an upward trend. Overall show rate 24.8% is high — effective as place anchor.
Rating Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
Junya Nishimura 7 14.3% 14.3% 28.6% 552.9%
Dai Sasaki 5 20.0% 20.0% 40.0% 312.0%
Yuichi Kitamura 10 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 227.0%
Nao Furukawa 73 9.6% 16.4% 17.8% 87.4%
Ryusei Sakai 69 14.5% 24.6% 36.2% 82.6%
× Akihide Tsumura 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
× Takeshi Yokoyama 5 0.0% 40.0% 40.0% 0.0%

※ Jockeys with fewer than 5 starts excluded. Target jockeys limited to 2026 active riders.

⚡ Trainer Betting Strategy

Actionable betting scenarios based on 2026 active jockey data.

🔴 Scenario A【Top Priority】 Turf 1401~1800m

◎ Jockeys: Yuichi Kitamura (568.9%)・Junya Nishimura (195.6%)

Overall ROI 57.5% / Show rate 24.7%. Bet aggressively when ◎ jockeys confirmed.

💰 Recommended: Win + Place. For long-shot ◎ jockeys, go heavier on Place/Wide.

🟡 Scenario B【Secondary】 Dirt 1401~1800m

◎ Jockeys: Junya Nishimura (552.9%)・Dai Sasaki (312.0%)・Yuichi Kitamura (227.0%)

Overall ROI 96.3% / Show rate 24.8%. Bet aggressively when ◎ jockeys confirmed.

💰 Recommended: Win + Place. For long-shot ◎ jockeys, go heavier on Place/Wide.

🟡 Scenario C【Secondary】 Dirt ~1400m

◎ Jockeys: Nao Furukawa (295.4%)

Overall ROI 122.4% / Show rate 30.1%. Bet aggressively when ◎ jockeys confirmed.

💰 Recommended: Win + Place. For long-shot ◎ jockeys, go heavier on Place/Wide.

⚫ Conditions to Avoid

  • Turf 1801~2200m (overall ROI 42.7%): No ◎/○ jockeys. Place/Wide only.
  • Turf 2201m+ (overall ROI 34.3%): No ◎/○ jockeys. Place/Wide only.

📋 Jockey Substitution Checklist

Jockey Best Condition Best ROI Overall ROI Recommended Bet
Yuichi Kitamura Turf 1401~1800m 568.9% 140.2% Win◎
Junya Nishimura Dirt 1401~1800m 552.9% 206.1% Win◎
Takeshi Yokoyama Turf 1801~2200m 442.5% 158.7% Win◎
Dai Sasaki Dirt 1401~1800m 312.0% 101.2% Win◎
Nao Furukawa Dirt ~1400m 295.4% 108.8% Win◎
Akihide Tsumura Dirt ~1400m 223.3% 42.8% Place only
高杉吏麒 Turf 1801~2200m 120.0% 27.7% Place only
Kosei Miura Dirt ~1400m 107.5% 39.1% Place only
Ryusei Sakai Dirt 1401~1800m 82.6% 50.7% Place only
Yasunari Iwata Turf ~1400m 27.5% 14.7% Place only

📊 Data Details (Supporting Evidence)

Detailed stats supporting the signal ratings above.

Overall Performance by Year

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 509 10.0% 18.3% 25.7% 77.3%
2024 477 11.5% 20.8% 30.2% 72.6%
2025 517 8.7% 16.4% 21.7% 71.5%
Total 1503 10.0% 18.4% 25.7% 73.8%

Turf Performance by Year × Distance

Turf Sprint (~1400m)

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 71 11.3% 16.9% 29.6% 125.9%
2024 67 10.4% 20.9% 32.8% 31.2%
2025 62 11.3% 14.5% 21.0% 95.5%

Turf Mile (1401~1800m)

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 105 9.5% 21.0% 25.7% 43.3%
2024 98 11.2% 22.4% 28.6% 110.1%
2025 101 5.9% 13.9% 19.8% 21.3%

Turf Middle (1801~2200m)

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 81 8.6% 16.0% 23.5% 35.6%
2024 76 10.5% 17.1% 27.6% 55.3%
2025 109 6.4% 14.7% 18.3% 39.2%

Turf Long (2201m+)

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 34 2.9% 5.9% 17.6% 12.4%
2024 26 7.7% 19.2% 26.9% 54.6%
2025 40 10.0% 25.0% 30.0% 39.8%

Dirt Performance by Year × Distance

Dirt Sprint (~1400m)

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 75 12.0% 22.7% 28.0% 210.3%
2024 62 12.9% 24.2% 33.9% 48.7%
2025 89 12.4% 23.6% 29.2% 99.8%

Dirt Middle (1401~1800m)

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 114 10.5% 17.5% 25.4% 50.1%
2024 111 11.7% 19.8% 30.6% 103.4%
2025 94 8.5% 13.8% 17.0% 143.9%

Dirt Long (1801~2200m)

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 28 14.3% 25.0% 28.6% 37.9%
2024 35 14.3% 20.0% 28.6% 40.0%
2025 18 11.1% 11.1% 27.8% 35.0%

Jockey Stats (3-Year Combined / 2026 Active Only)

Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
Ryusei Sakai 412 13.1% 25.2% 34.7% 50.7%
Nao Furukawa 243 8.6% 16.9% 21.4% 108.8%
Yuichi Kitamura 60 8.3% 15.0% 21.7% 140.2%
Junya Nishimura 31 16.1% 29.0% 35.5% 206.1%
Akihide Tsumura 25 8.0% 24.0% 28.0% 42.8%
Dai Sasaki 24 12.5% 16.7% 25.0% 101.2%
Takeshi Yokoyama 23 26.1% 47.8% 52.2% 158.7%
Yasunari Iwata 15 6.7% 6.7% 20.0% 14.7%
高杉吏麒 13 7.7% 15.4% 15.4% 27.7%
Kosei Miura 11 9.1% 18.2% 18.2% 39.1%

Key Jockey Breakdown: Turf × Dirt × Year

▶ Ryusei Sakai

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023 92 10.9% 22.8% 31.5% 32.4% 64 15.6% 25.0% 32.8% 42.8%
2024 79 7.6% 21.5% 31.6% 32.4% 52 23.1% 40.4% 53.8% 76.5%
2025 79 11.4% 24.1% 34.2% 51.0% 46 15.2% 21.7% 28.3% 100.2%
Total 250 10.0% 22.8% 32.4% 38.3% 162 17.9% 29.0% 38.3% 69.9%

▶ Nao Furukawa

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023 41 9.8% 17.1% 26.8% 57.6% 55 9.1% 20.0% 21.8% 268.2%
2024 18 5.6% 11.1% 16.7% 20.0% 33 6.1% 9.1% 18.2% 34.2%
2025 48 4.2% 10.4% 12.5% 16.5% 48 14.6% 27.1% 29.2% 146.7%
Total 107 6.5% 13.1% 18.7% 32.8% 136 10.3% 19.9% 23.5% 168.5%

▶ Yuichi Kitamura

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023 6 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0%
2024 17 11.8% 17.6% 23.5% 323.5% 10 20.0% 30.0% 30.0% 64.0%
2025 11 0.0% 18.2% 18.2% 0.0% 11 9.1% 9.1% 18.2% 206.4%
Total 34 5.9% 14.7% 20.6% 161.8% 26 11.5% 15.4% 23.1% 111.9%

▶ Junya Nishimura

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023 6 0.0% 33.3% 50.0% 0.0% 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
2024 8 37.5% 37.5% 37.5% 250.0% 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2025 5 20.0% 40.0% 40.0% 104.0% 6 16.7% 33.3% 33.3% 645.0%
Total 19 21.1% 36.8% 42.1% 132.6% 12 8.3% 16.7% 25.0% 322.5%

▶ Akihide Tsumura

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 4 50.0% 75.0% 75.0% 267.5%
2024 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2025 8 0.0% 12.5% 25.0% 0.0% 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total 13 0.0% 23.1% 30.8% 0.0% 12 16.7% 25.0% 25.0% 89.2%

▶ Dai Sasaki

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
2024 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6 33.3% 33.3% 50.0% 326.7%
2025 9 11.1% 11.1% 22.2% 52.2% 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total 16 6.2% 6.2% 12.5% 29.4% 8 25.0% 37.5% 50.0% 245.0%

▶ Takeshi Yokoyama

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023 2 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 200.0%
2024 7 0.0% 28.6% 42.9% 0.0% 3 33.3% 100.0% 100.0% 80.0%
2025 8 50.0% 62.5% 62.5% 376.2% 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total 17 29.4% 47.1% 52.9% 200.6% 6 16.7% 50.0% 50.0% 40.0%

▶ Yasunari Iwata

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 2 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 110.0%
2025 4 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total 11 9.1% 9.1% 27.3% 20.0% 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

▶ 高杉吏麒

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023
2024 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2025 6 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 60.0% 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0%
Total 7 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% 51.4% 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0%

▶ Kosei Miura

Year Turf Starts Turf Win% Turf Place% Turf Show% Turf ROI Dirt Starts Dirt Win% Dirt Place% Dirt Show% Dirt ROI
2023 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0%
2024 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2025 1 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 430.0%
Total 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5 20.0% 40.0% 40.0% 86.0%

Grade Race Performance (G1 / G2 / G3)

G1

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 11 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 0.0%
2024 12 0.0% 16.7% 25.0% 0.0%
2025 9 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total 32 0.0% 9.4% 12.5% 0.0%
Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
Ryusei Sakai 19 0.0% 5.3% 10.5% 0.0%
Yuichi Kitamura 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Akihide Tsumura 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

G2

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 16 0.0% 6.2% 12.5% 0.0%
2024 10 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 0.0%
2025 18 0.0% 5.6% 11.1% 0.0%
Total 44 0.0% 6.8% 11.4% 0.0%
Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
Ryusei Sakai 13 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 0.0%
Yuichi Kitamura 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
高杉吏麒 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

G3

Year Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
2023 36 2.8% 11.1% 13.9% 10.3%
2024 31 3.2% 12.9% 12.9% 21.0%
2025 26 0.0% 0.0% 11.5% 0.0%
Total 93 2.2% 8.6% 12.9% 11.0%
Jockey Starts Win% Place% Show% Win ROI
Ryusei Sakai 19 0.0% 10.5% 15.8% 0.0%
Nao Furukawa 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Dai Sasaki 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Takeshi Yokoyama 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0%
Yuichi Kitamura 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Junya Nishimura 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Akihide Tsumura 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Yasunari Iwata 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Kosei Miura 1 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%

※ Extreme ROI values may reflect small samples with high-dividend races. Treat data with fewer than 10 starts as reference only.

※ This data is for reference purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.

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