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NANAKO FUJITA

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Dec 8, 2019
Resistencia captures Hanshin Juvenile Fillies
Resistencia won the 71st running of the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on Sunday to capture her first Grade 1 victory and remain undefeated in three starts.
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Feb 17, 2019
Inti wins February Stakes as first female jockey finishes fifth in G1 debut
Race-favorite Inti ran away with an undisputed victory on Sunday at the February Stakes, while Nanako Fujita became the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade 1 race.
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Feb 14, 2019
Nanako Fujita set to make history for female JRA jockeys
Nanako Fujita said Thursday that victory will be foremost on her mind on when she makes history this weekend as the first female Japan Racing Association jockey to compete in a Grade 1 race.
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Aug 25, 2018
Nanako Fujita breaks Yukiko Masuzawa's record for most wins by Japanese female jockey
Nanako Fujita rode to her 35th career victory on Saturday, rewriting the record for wins by a Japanese female jockey.
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Oct 21, 2017
Nanako Fujita breaks single-season win record for Japan Racing Association female jockeys
Nanako Fujita won her 12th race of the year on Saturday to set the single-season record for most wins by a Japan Racing Association female jockey.
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Dec 24, 2016
Jockey Fujita picks up first victory since early October
Nineteen-year-old jockey Nanako Fujita on Saturday claimed her sixth national race and her first since Oct. 9.
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Nov 14, 2016
Female jockey Fujita seventh in overseas debut
Nineteen-year-old Nanako Fujita made her overseas debut on Sunday, coming seventh in a field of 15 at a Ladies World Championship race in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
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Aug 6, 2016
Teenage jockey Fujita to make overseas debut on Aug. 19
Nanako Fujita is set to make her overseas debut at a Ladies World Championship race on Aug. 19 at Sandown Park Racecourse in England, the Japan Racing Association announced Saturday.
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Apr 23, 2016
Fujita injured in fall
Nanako Fujita, the Japan Racing Association's first female jockey in 16 years, is day-to-day after being injured in a fall on Saturday.
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Apr 10, 2016
Female jockey Fujita earns first victory in national race
Eighteen-year-old Nanako Fujita, the Japan Racing Association's first female jockey in 16 years, claimed her first national race victory on Sunday.
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Mar 24, 2016
Teenage jockey Fujita earns first victory
Eighteen-year-old Nanako Fujita, the Japan Racing Association's first female jockey in 16 years, claimed her first win on Thursday.
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Mar 8, 2016
Nishikori impressive in loss; Kotoshogiku's challenge
Despite a valiant effort from Kei Nishikori, Japan lost to Britain 3-1 in their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie in Birmingham, England, on Sunday.
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Mar 5, 2016
Fujita rides Nature Point to runner-up finish at Nakayama Racecourse
Eighteen-year-old Nanako Fujita, the first rookie female jockey from the Japan Racing Association in 16 years, placed second at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday.
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Mar 4, 2016
Female teen Fujita realizes dream by becoming jockey
After three years of rigorous training, Nanako Fujita realized her childhood dream at age 18 by becoming a jockey this year.

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