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Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Nanako Fujita (far L) rides Copano Kicking to victory in the G3 Capella Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, near Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2019, making her the first Japanese female jockey ever to win a JRA graded race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Nanako Fujita (center R) rides Copano Kicking (center R) to victory in the G3 Capella Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, near Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2019, making her the first Japanese female jockey ever to win a JRA graded race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: Japanese female jockey Nanako Fujita

Horse racing: Japanese female jockey Nanako Fujita

Photo taken Dec. 8, 2019, shows Japanese jockey Nanako Fujita after riding Copano Kicking to victory in the G3 Capella Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Nanako Fujita (4th from L) is pictured after riding Copano Kicking to victory at the G3 Capella Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, near Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2019. She became the first Japanese female jockey ever to win a JRA graded race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Nanako Fujita is pictured after riding Copano Kicking to victory in the G3 Capella Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, near Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2019. She became the first Japanese female jockey ever to win a JRA graded race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Nanako Fujita pats her mount Copano Kicking after winning the G3 Capella Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, near Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2019, making her the first Japanese female jockey ever to win a JRA graded race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Nanako Fujita (2nd from L) rides Copano Kicking to victory in the G3 Capella Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, near Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2019, making her the first Japanese female jockey ever to win a JRA graded race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Horse racing: 1st graded race win by Japanese female jockey

Nanako Fujita rides Copano Kicking to victory in the G3 Capella Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, near Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2019, making her the first Japanese female jockey ever to win a JRA graded race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Jockey Nanako Fujita (C) shakes hands with Sachiaki Kobayashi (R), owner of horse Copano Kicking, after becoming the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade One race at the February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 17, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Copano Kicking (11), ridden by Nanako Fujita, finishes fifth at the February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 17, 2019. Fujita became the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade One horse race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Copano Kicking (11), ridden by Nanako Fujita, finishes fifth at the February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 17, 2019. Fujita became the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade One horse race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Nanako Fujita, the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade One race, pats her horse Copano Kicking after finishing fifth at the February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 17, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Horse racing: 1st female jockey in G1 race

Nanako Fujita, the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade One race, pats her horse Copano Kicking after finishing fifth at the February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 17, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: February Stakes in Japan

Horse racing: February Stakes in Japan

Inti (2nd from R), ridden by Yutaka Take, competes en route to winning the February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 17, 2019. Running far left is Copano Kicking as Nanako Fujita became the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade One race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Horse racing: Female jockey Nanako Fujita

Horse racing: Female jockey Nanako Fujita

Nanako Fujita rides Copano Kicking at Ritto training center in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 8, 2019. Fujita will be the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade One race when Copano Kicking starts in the February Stakes on Feb. 17 in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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