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Kazuo Fujisawa 藤澤 和雄 | |
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Occupation | Trainer (Retired) |
Born | Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan | 22 September 1951
Nationality | Japanese |
Career wins | 1570 |
Racing awards | |
JRA Award for Best Trainer (races won) (1993, 1995-2000, 2007, 2009) JRA Award for Best Trainer (winning average) (1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004) JRA Award for Best Trainer (money earned) (1995-1998, 2001-2004) JRA Award for Best trainer (training technique) (1993, 1995-2000, 2002, 2005) JRA Special Award (2020) | |
Significant horses | |
Taiki Shuttle, Bubble Gum Fellow, Symboli Kris S, Zenno Rob Roy, Rey de Oro, Soul Stirring, Gran Alegria |
Kazuo Fujisawa (藤澤 和雄, Fujisawa Kazuo) (born September 22, 1951,[1] in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan) is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred race horses. He had been a licensed trainer in Japan since 1987 and since 1993 has won the training title eleven times.
He has trained three horses that were voted Japanese Horse of the Year on four occasions: Taiki Shuttle (1998), Symboli Kris S (2002, 2003) and Zenno Rob Roy (2004). Fujisawa was also the trainer of Casino Drive, who won the 2008 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park in New York.[2]
Fujisawa retired from horse training on February 28, 2022 as he had reached the age of retirement, with his stable winning the 1,570th race on the day of his retirement.[1][3][4] The horses that belonged to the Fujisawa stable at the time were transferred to Masayoshi Ebina's newly created stable.[5]