Japanese jockey Fukunaga wins JRA best rider award

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yuichi Fukunaga, winner of the 2013 JRA Awards for Best Jockey for both races won and money earned, speaks while holding his trophy during the Japan Racing Association's annual prize presentation ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 27, 2014. He also became the inaugural winner of the JRA's Most Valuable Jockey Award.

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