Masayoshi Ebina
Masayoshi Ebina (Apr 28, 2013) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | March 19, 1969 |
| Occupation(s) | Horse trainer Jockey (former) |
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Horse racing career | |
| Sport | Horse racing |
| Career wins | 2,598 |
| 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) | |
| Significant horses | |
| Air Jihad, Apapane, Bubble Gum Fellow, Danon Platina, Dee Majesty, El Condor Pasa, Fenomeno, Isla Bonita, Manhattan Cafe, Marialite, Matsurida Gogh, Shonan Adela | |
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.
He decided to become a jockey after watching Green Grass win the Kikuka Sho.
He is best known for riding El Condor Pasa, winning the Japan Cup in 1998 and taking second place in the 1999 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
In 2010 he won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown with Apapane.
He retired as a jockey in February 2021 after earning his license as a horse trainer. He inherited 33 horses from Kazuo Fujisawa in 2022, as he was retiring from horse training.