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Racehorse Symboli Rudolf dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Symboli Rudolf (10) and jockey Yukio Okabe winning the Japanese Derby in Tokyo in 1984. The seven-time Grade One winner in Japan died on Oct. 4, 2011, in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, at the age of 30. The thoroughbred was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1987.

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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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Okabe makes history with 2,900th win in JRA

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Yukio Okabe (file photo) won a race in Fukushima on Pione on June 19 to become the first Japan Racing Association jockey in history to earn his 2,900th career victory.

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Symboli Kris S wins Tenno-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Symboli Kris S (L) crosses the finishing line to win the Tenno-sho (Emperor's Cup) at Nakayama horse race course on Oct. 27, giving jockey Yukio Okabe his sixth victory in the prestigious Grade One race.

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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)

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Racehorse Symboli Rudolf dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Symboli Rudolf (10) and jockey Yukio Okabe winning the Japanese Derby in Tokyo in 1984. The seven-time Grade One winner in Japan died on Oct. 4, 2011, in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, at the age of 30. The thoroughbred was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1987. (Kyodo)

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Okabe makes history with 2,900th win in JRA

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Yukio Okabe (file photo) won a race in Fukushima on Pione on June 19 to become the first Japan Racing Association jockey in history to earn his 2,900th career victory. (Kyodo)

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Symboli Kris S wins Tenno-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Symboli Kris S (L) crosses the finishing line to win the Tenno-sho (Emperor's Cup) at Nakayama horse race course on Oct. 27, giving jockey Yukio Okabe his sixth victory in the prestigious Grade One race. (Kyodo)

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Symboli Kris S wins Tenno-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Symboli Kris S (L) crosses the finishing line to win the Tenno-sho (Emperor's Cup) at Nakayama horse race course on Oct. 27, giving jockey Yukio Okabe his sixth victory in the prestigious Grade One race. (Kyodo)