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(1)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, announced his retirement from horse racing at a press conference in Tokyo on March 10. Okabe, at 56 the oldest active JRA jockey, debuted in 1967 and quickly stole the limelight with 54 victories the following year. ''I'm no longer able to move my body the way I want to when I'm racing,'' Okabe said.

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(2)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) veteran jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, poses with Taiki Shuttle after winning the Prix Jacques le Marois Grade-One race in France in August 1998. The 56-year-old Okabe said March 10 he will retire from horse racing after 38 years.

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Veteran jockey Okabe is set to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, is set to announce his retirement, sources close to him said March 9. Photo shows Okabe jockeying Symbolirudolf (10) in the 51st Japan Derby at Tokyo Race Course in May 1984.

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Veteran jockey Okabe is set to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, is set to announce his retirement, sources close to him said March 9. Photo shows Okabe jockeying Symbolirudolf (10) in the 51st Japan Derby at Tokyo Race Course in May 1984. (Kyodo)

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(2)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) veteran jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, poses with Taiki Shuttle after winning the Prix Jacques le Marois Grade-One race in France in August 1998. The 56-year-old Okabe said March 10 he will retire from horse racing after 38 years. (Kyodo)

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(1)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, announced his retirement from horse racing at a press conference in Tokyo on March 10. Okabe, at 56 the oldest active JRA jockey, debuted in 1967 and quickly stole the limelight with 54 victories the following year. ''I'm no longer able to move my body the way I want to when I'm racing,'' Okabe said. (Kyodo)