Masayoshi Ebina

Masayoshi Ebina
Masayoshi Ebina (Apr 28, 2013)
OccupationHorse trainer
Jockey (former)
Born (1969-03-19) March 19, 1969 (age 55)
Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
NationalityJapanese
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Career wins2,598
Major racing wins
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (1999)
Japan Cup (1998)
Arima Kinen (2001, 2007)
Tenno Sho (1996, 2002)
Hong Kong Cup (1995)
Racing awards
JRA champion jockey (2001)
Minpou kisha club shō (1987)

Masayoshi Ebina (蛯名 正義, Ebina Masayoshi) (born March 19, 1969, in Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese horse trainer and former jockey. He has also been nicknamed Ebi-Shō.[1]

He is best known for riding El Condor Pasa, winning the Japan Cup in 1998 and taking second place in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1999.

In 2010 he won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown with Apapane.[2]

He retired as a jockey in February 2021 after earning his license as a horse trainer.[3] He inherited 33 horses from Kazuo Fujisawa in 2022, as he was retiring from horse training.[4]

  1. ^ Masayoshi Ebina [@masayoshi_ebina] (2021-02-25). "エビショーオヤジって知ってますか?競馬場でいつもゴールの時に「エビショー!」と叫んでるファンの人がいるよと記者の人達から聞いたことがあります。今日その方からの手紙を受けとりました。「エビショーが引退したら競馬を離れます。今までありがとう。 これからも競馬場で待ってるよ!" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-09 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "アパパネ快勝、牝馬3冠達成/秋華賞". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2010-10-17. Archived from the original on 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  3. ^ "【JRA】蛯名正義騎手の引退式を28日に実施 | 競馬ニュース". netkeiba.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  4. ^ "3月1日付 転厩馬一覧" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. 2022-02-27.