AFROBEAT Thoroughbred
Afrobeat is a thoroughbred horse born in Japan in 2020. Race horse Afrobeat is by Drefong (USA) out of Armandii (JPN) , trained by Toru Kurita. Afrobeat form is available here. Owned by Koichiro Yamaguchi.
Pedigree :
| Sire | DREFONG (USA) 2013 |
| Dam | ARMANDII (JPN) 2013 |
| Dam Sire | DAIWA MAJOR (JPN) 2001 |
About the horse :
| Foal Date | 25 Mar 2020 |
| Description | 6yo B Horse |
| Trainer | Toru Kurita |
| Owner | Koichiro Yamaguchi |
| Career | 4 Wins (7%) - 10 Placings (24%) - 59 starts |
| Wins | 1000m (1), 1200m (3) |
| PM | Japan : JPY ¥6,618,000 |
Starts:59 |
Win Rate:7% |
Place Rate:24% |
Afrobeat Past Races
| 11 of 12, 22 Apr 2026, R6 THREE YEAR OLD & UP 1500m | JPY ¥ 1,190,000 | 57.0kg | J: MIKIO FUJIWARA | T: K SAKODA | Got Bk-Made no headway | 1:35.50 | Winner: DAITA ELYSION |
| 2 of 11, 26 Mar 2026, R12 TOKUBETSU(THREE YEAR OLD & UP) 1500m | JPY ¥ 1,700,000 | 57.0kg | J: TSUTSUI YUSUKE | T: K SAKODA | MF-Just missed out | 1:37.50 | Winner: SAMMAIME |
| 3 of 10, 12 Mar 2026, R12 THREE YEAR OLD & UP 1700m | JPY ¥ 1,106,000 | 57.0kg | J: TSUTSUI YUSUKE | T: K SAKODA | MF-Grabbed minor placing | 1:51.30 | Winner: A SHIN GO ON |
| 3 of 10, 27 Feb 2026, R9 THREE YEAR OLD & UP 1700m | JPY ¥ 1,106,000 | 57.0kg | J: TSUTSUI YUSUKE | T: K SAKODA | Led-Claimed late | 1:52.50 | Winner: DOLCE LUNA |
| 4 of 11, 12 Feb 2026, R5 THREE YEAR OLD & UP 1500m | JPY ¥ 1,106,000 | 57.0kg | J: TSUTSUI YUSUKE | T: K SAKODA | MF-Worked home fair | 1:37.40 | Winner: WOW WOW WOW |
| 4 of 12, 30 Jan 2026, R7 THREE YEAR OLD & UP 1700m | JPY ¥ 1,106,000 | 57.0kg | J: K MARUNO | T: K SAKODA | Off-P-Got home fair | 1:50.70 | Winner: OFFENBACH |
| 4 of 11, 19 Jan 2026, R8 THREE YEAR OLD & UP 1400m | JPY ¥ 1,106,000 | 57.0kg | J: SEIGO TSUKAMOTO | T: K SAKODA | MF-Wasn't far off | 1:30.50 | Winner: ALDABRA ATOLL |
| 4 of 12, 03 Jan 2026, R11 OPEN(THREE YEAR OLD & UP) 1500m | JPY ¥ 2,380,000 | 57.0kg | J: SEIGO TSUKAMOTO | T: K SAKODA | Got Bk-Found the line well | 1:35.10 | Winner: KASHIMA SWEEP |
| 7 of 11, 18 Dec 2025, R12 TOKUBETSU(THREE YEAR OLD & UP) 920m | JPY ¥ 1,700,000 | 57.0kg | J: K OHATA | T: K SAKODA | Got Bk-Found the line well | 0:56.50 | Winner: COPANO DAVID |
| 6 of 12, 21 Nov 2025, R8 THREE YEAR OLD & UP 1400m | JPY ¥ 1,106,000 | 57.0kg | J: K OHATA | T: K SAKODA | Got Bk-Never a winning hope | 1:30.20 | Winner: JALDABAOTH |
Horse Stat |
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| SEIJI YAMAZAKI | 3 | 27% | 0 | 0% | 11 | $36,395 | 240 | 291 | ||||
| GENTA OCHIAI | 1 | 17% | 1 | 17% | 6 | $6,678 | -42 | 13 | ||||
| TAKESHI YOKOYAMA | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | $0 | -30 | 0 | ||||
| KOJI NISHIZUKA | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| MAKOTO SUGIHARA | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| SHOMA SATO | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| FUMA ONO | 0 | 0% | 2 | 20% | 10 | $4,445 | -100 | 0 | ||||
| MASAAKI KUWAMURA | 0 | 0% | 1 | 33% | 3 | $1,487 | -30 | 0 | ||||
| AKIRA HARITA | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 2 | $5,140 | -20 | 0 | ||||
| KEITA NISHI | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| RYOTA SUGAWARA | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| RYUJI TATSUSHIRO | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | $1,602 | -20 | 0 | ||||
| Watanabe | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | $0 | -30 | 0 | ||||
| SHINYA MATSUI | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| HIDEKI SAKASHITA | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| Taniuchi Kanta | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 1 | $1,419 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| RYO KOSUGI | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| KEIGO OHATA | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | $0 | -20 | 0 | ||||
| Seigo Tsukamoto | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | $2,942 | -20 | 0 | ||||
| KATSUTO MARUNO | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $936 | -10 | 0 | ||||
| TSUTSUI YUSUKE | 0 | 0% | 3 | 75% | 4 | $6,439 | -40 | 0 | ||||
| MIKIO FUJIWARA | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 | ||||
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| OHI | 3 | 18% | 2 | 12% | 17 | $43,137 | 180 | 188 |
| MONBETSU | 1 | 4% | 5 | 19% | 26 | $14,029 | -242 | 3 |
| NAGOYA | 0 | 0% | 3 | 30% | 10 | $10,317 | -100 | 0 |
| HAKODATE | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | $0 | -10 | 0 |
| TOKYO | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | $0 | -20 | 0 |
| NAKAYAMA | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | $0 | -30 | 0 |