Yutaka Take

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Yutaka Take 武豊
Yutaka Take in 2022
Occupation	Jockey
Born	(1969-03-15) March 15, 1969 (age 55) Kyoto Racecourse, Kyoto, Kyoto
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse	Ryoko Sano
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Career wins	4,549 (JRA) 201 (NAR) As of November 24, 2024
Honors
JRA Grand Prize Jockey (1997-2000, 2002-2006) JRA Award for Best Jockey (newcomer) (1987) JRA Award for Best Jockey (races won) (1989, 1990, 1992-2000, 2002-2008) JRA Award for Best Jockey (winning average) (1994, 1997-2006, 2008) JRA Award for Best Jockey (money earned) (1989, 1990, 1993, 1995-1999, 2000, 2002-2007, 2009) JRA Special Award (2007, 2013, 2018)
Significant horses
Air Groove, Deep Impact, Do Deuce, Kane Hikili, Kitasan Black, Kizuna, Mejiro McQueen, Oguri Cap, Silence Suzuka, Smart Falcon, Special Week, Super Creek
Website
http://www.yutaka-take.com/

Yutaka Take (武 豊, Take Yutaka) (born March 15, 1969, in Kyoto, Kyoto)^[1] is a Japanese jockey. Take made his riding debut in 1987 and currently holds seven all-time records in Japan. He has won at least one Grade 1 race for 23 straight years until 2010, and a graded stakes race for 36 consecutive years.^[2] Take has 114 wins to his credit in eight countries,^{[citation needed]} including Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States. His international victories includes Group 1 wins in the Prix d'Ispahan (France) and Hong Kong Cup (Hong Kong), the July Cup (England) and Dubai Duty Free Stakes (UAE).

Take has won one of Japan's premier horse races, the Japan Cup, a record five times.^[3]