Ushba Tesoro is a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse who won the Tokyo Daishōten in 2022, before going on to win the Kawasaki Kinen and the Dubai World Cup in 2023.
Ushba Tesoro after winning the 2023 Tokyo Daishōten
Ushba Tesoro's jockey Kazuo Yokoyama
Ushba Tesoro winning the Yokohama Stakes in 2022
2023 Tokyo Daishoten, paddock
The Tokyo Daishōten is a Japanese horse race on dirt track for thoroughbreds three years old and above. It is run over a distance of 2,000 meters at Ōi Racecourse in Shinagawa, Tokyo in December.
Ushba Tesoro
…Ushba Tesoro (Japanese: ウシュバテソーロ, Hepburn: Ushuba Tesōro; foaled March 4, 2017) is a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse who won the Tokyo Daishōten in 2022, before going on to win the Kawasaki Kinen and the Dubai World Cup in 2023. The name "Ushba" is derived from a mountain in Georgia, while…
Forever Young after winning the 2024 Tokyo Daishōten. Forever Young would go on to be the first dirt racehorse to win the Japanese Horse of the Year Award. Forever Young was also the first Japanese racehorse to win the Breeders' Cup Classic, and came third in the Kentucky Derby after a photo finish between him, Mystik Dan and Sierra Leone.
Smart Falcon winning the 2010 Tokyo Daishōten. Smart Falcon won the NAR Grand Prix Dirt Grade Race Special Award for two years in a row (2010 and 2011). Smart Falcon would also go on to win the 2011 Tokyo Daishōten and other prestigious dirt races in Japan such as the JBC Classic and Teio Sho.
Hokko Tarumae after winning the 2014 Tokyo Daishōten. Hokko Tarumae was awarded the JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse in 2014, and the NAR Grand Prix Dirt Grade Race Special Prize in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Hokko Tarumae also won the 2013 Tokyo Daishōten.