Yoshitomi Shibata

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Yoshitomi Shibata 柴田善臣
Occupation	Jockey
Born	(1966-07-30) July 30, 1966 (age 58) Tōhoku, Aomori
Nationality	Japanese
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Career wins	2,343 (JRA+NAR), as of Dec. 22, 2022

Yoshitomi Shibata (柴田 善臣, Shibata Yoshitomi) (born July 30, 1966, in Tōhoku, Aomori) is a Japanese Horse racing jockey. He was a three-time champion jockey of Kantō, riding 2000 victories in his career.

He comes from a racing family; most notably his uncle Masato Shibata [ja], who was a prolific jockey who won over 4,000 races during his career. He rode his first winner in 1985, on Izumi-Sanei at Nakayama. He was Japanese champion apprentice in 1985. He won his first grade race in 1988, riding Soushin-Houju in the Nakayama Himba Stakes.^[1]

He earned his 2000th career victory at Nakayama while riding Nakayama Knight [ja], on 17 December 2011.^[2][3]

On November 5, 2022, Shibata became the oldest JRA jockey to win a race after he winning a race at the Fukushima Race Course while riding Billecart, a record he would break 2 weeks later at the Fukushima Min'yu Cup with Verdad Imeru.^[4] That same year Shibata was awarded the Medal with Yellow Ribbon, becoming the first active JRA jockey to win a Medal.^[5][6]