Norihiro Yokoyama

Norihiro was born in a family heavily involved in horse racing, with his father, {{Interlanguage link|Tomio Yokoyama|lt=Tomio|ja|横山富雄}} being a jockey, as well as his elder brother {{Interlanguage link|Yoshikazu Yokoyama|lt=Yoshikazu|ja|横山賀一}} being a retired jockey and teacher at the Horse Racing School.{{Cite web |date=2010-10-01 |title=横山賀一さん、競馬学校教官に |url=https://www.radionikkei.jp/keiba_article/news/entry-190950.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=ラジオNIKKEI |language=ja}} Two of Norihiro's sons, Kazuo, and Takeshi, are also jockeys.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=【天皇賞・春】横山和生騎手が狙う偉業 祖父富雄、父典弘に続く親子３代制覇 秋は弟武史が達成 |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/keiba/news/202204280000357.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Nikkan Sports |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2021-08-28 |title=横山親子が史上初の親子ワンツースリー |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/horse/2021/08/28/0014631170.shtml |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=デイリースポーツ online |language=ja}}

File:Asō Tarō, Yokoyama Norihiro and Satō Kōichi.jpg, Norihiro Yokoyama, and Koichi Sato]]

Norihiro started racing on March 1, 1986, and won his first race with Kioi God on April 29, 1986.{{Cite web |title=横山典弘の近走成績 {{!}} 騎手データ |url=https://db.netkeiba.com/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=netkeiba |language=ja}} He won his first GI race with Kyoei Tap in the 1990 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, and would go on to win the Takarazuka Kinen the following year with Mejiro Ryan.

Norihiro became a Derby jockey in 2009, after 15 starts at the Derby in his 24 year long career, when he won the Japanese Derby with Logi Universe.{{Cite web |last=Yoshihisa |first=Tanigawa |date=2009-05-31 |title=第７６回 東京優駿（日本ダービー） |url=https://www.jra.go.jp/datafile/seiseki/g1/derby/result/derby2009.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=JRA |publisher=Japan Racing Association |language=ja |quote=鞍上・横山典弘騎手にとっては、デビュー24年目、出走15回目にして初めてつかんだダービージョッキーの栄冠。 |trans-quote=For jockey Norihiro Yokoyama, thhis was the first time he earned the title of Derby jockey in his 24 years of career and 15 starts at the race.}} Later that year, on July 18, Norihiro won his 2000th JRA win, the fifth JRA jockey to ever do so, when he won an allowance race held at Sapporo Racecourse with Sugino Blade.{{Cite web |date=2009-07-18 |title=横山典弘騎手、ＪＲＡ通算２０００勝達成！ |url=https://www.radionikkei.jp/keiba_article/news/entry-170458.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=ラジオNIKKEI |language=ja}}

In 2010, Norihiro won the Yushun Himba in a dead heat against Apapane with Saint Emilion, which was the first Grade I race in Japan to end in such a way.{{Cite web |date=2010-05-23 |title=Japanese Oaks Ends in a Dead Heat |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/142166/japanese-oaks-ends-in-a-dead-heat |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.bloodhorse.com}}

Norihiro won his second Derby in 2014 when he won the race with One And Only.{{Cite web |date=2014-06-01 |title=One and Only Bests Favorite in Japanese Derby |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/113899/one-and-only-bests-favorite-in-japanese-derby |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.bloodhorse.com}} Later that year, Norihiro won his 2500th JRA win after Yutaka Take and Yukio Okabe with {{Interlanguage link|Clarity Sky|ja|クラリティスカイ}} in the inaugural race of the Icho Stakes.{{Cite web |date=2014-10-11 |title=横山典 史上３人目のＪＲＡ通算２５００勝を達成 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2014/10/11/kiji/K20141011009084640.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}

On September 4, 2016, Norihiro became the fourth jockey to win a graded race on all 10 JRA racecourses following his victory with {{Interlanguage link|A Day in the Life (horse)|lt=A Day in the Life|ja|アデイインザライフ}} at the Niigata Kinen (GIII).{{Cite web |date=2016-09-04 |title=【新潟記念】アデイ大外強襲Ｖ！横山典全１０場重賞制覇 |url=https://race.sanspo.com/keiba/news/20160904/ope16090415520003-n1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905135436/https://race.sanspo.com/keiba/news/20160904/ope16090415520003-n1.html |archive-date=2016-09-05 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Sanspo}}

On September 2, 2023, Norihiro rode Power Hall at the Sapporo Nisai Stakes. He finished 2nd in that race, but Takeshi won the same race, marking the first time in JRA history where a father and son finished first and second in a graded race.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-03 |title=【札幌２歳Ｓ】セットアップが逃げて完勝 横山武史＆典弘騎手の父子ワンツー |url=https://www.sanspo.com/race/article/general/20230903-KEVYZDORSJI3VJPBRGAQHFHEAU/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=サンスポZBAT! |language=ja}} The following week, the reverse occurred on that year's Shion Stakes where Norihiro won the race with {{Interlanguage link|Moryana (horse)|lt=Moryana|ja|モリアーナ}} while Takeshi came in second.{{Cite web |last=松田直樹 |title=今週も横山親子ワンツー！父典弘のモリアーナが息子武史のヒップホップソウルを捉える／紫苑Ｓ - 競馬 : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/keiba/news/202309090000682.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=nikkansports.com |language=ja}} This victory also made Norihiro, at age 55, the eldest jockey to have won a JRA graded race, previously held by Yoshitomi Shibata when he won the Leopard Stakes in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-09 |title=【紫苑Ｓ】モリアーナが重賞初制覇 横山典弘騎手はＪＲＡ最年長重賞勝利記録を記録更新 ｢もともと、能力はある馬｣ |url=https://umatoku.hochi.co.jp/articles/20230909-OHT1T51164.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=UMATOKU |publisher=Hochi Shimbun |language=ja-JP}}

On January 14, 2024, Norihiro broke his own record of the eldest JRA jockey to win a graded race when he won the Keisei Hai with Danon Decile. This race was also the third graded race ever where a father and son finished in first and second place, as Takeshi came in second with Urban Chic.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-14 |title=【京成杯】ダノンデサイルV！！55歳10カ月の横山典弘、JRA重賞史上最年長勝利 2着は息子の武史 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2024/01/14/kiji/20240114s00004048154000c.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-14 |title=京成杯＆日経新春杯はレア記録がズラリ！ 「３度目の親子ワンツー」に「関東騎手３４年ぶり制覇」 |url=https://tospo-keiba.jp/breaking_news/41016 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=東スポ競馬 |language=ja}} On May 5 of that year, Norihiro won his 2944th race at an allowance race at Niigata Racecourse with Hawaiian Time, overtaking Yukio Okabe's previously held 2943 wins to become the JRA jockey with the second most win after Yutaka Take.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=横山典弘 歴代単独2位のJRA通算2944勝！「まだ2位だからね」岡部幸雄超えに「ホっとしています」 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2024/05/05/kiji/20240505s00004048473000c.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}

On May 26, 2024, Norihiro won his third Derby ever with Danon Decile. This was the eldest jockey ever to win Japanese Derby and Grade I, surpassing Yutaka Take's previous record.

• Arima Kinen - (1) - Sakura Laurel (1996)
• Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes - (1) - Mejiro Bailey (2000)
• Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes - (1) - Stinger (1998)
• Japan Dirt Derby - (2) - Success Brocken (1998)
• Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Sprint - (1) - Nishiken Mononofu (2017)
• Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Ladies' Classic - (1) - Ange Desir (2018)
• Kawasaki Kinen - (1) - Field Rouge (2008)
• Kikka Sho - (1) - Seiun Sky (1998)
• Mile Championship - (3) - Company (2009), Taiki Shuttle (1997), Trot Thunder (1995)
• Mile Championship Nambu Hai - (2) - Taiki Sherlock (1997), Utopia (2004)
• NHK Mile Cup - (3) - Aerolithe (2017), Clarity Sky (2015), Symboli Indy (1999)
• Queen Elizabeth II Cup - (1) - Kyoei Tap (1990)
• Satsuki Sho - (1) - Seiun Sky (1998)
• Sprinters Stakes - (1) - Black Hawk (1999)
• Takarazuka Kinen - (2) - Mejiro Ryan (1991), Gold Ship (2014)
• Tenno Sho (Autumn) - (1) - Company (2009)
• Tenno Sho (Spring) - (3) - Gold Ship (2015), Ingrandire (2004), Sakura Laurel (1996)
• Tokyo Yushun - (3) - Danon Decile (2024), One And Only (2014), Logi Universe (2009)
• Victoria Mile - (2) - Buena Vista (2010), Whale Capture (2012)
• Yasuda Kinen - (2) - Black Hawk (2001), Trot Thunder (1996)
• Yushun Himba - (1) - Saint Emilion (2010)

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