Christophe Lemaire

Christophe Lemaire is one of those quietly jaw-dropping success stories in sports — a French kid from Gouvieux who went to Japan and basically became the best flat-race jockey in the country. Five straight years leading the Japan Racing Association win rankings from 2017 onward? That's not a hot streak, that's dominance. What I love about Lemaire is how he made Japan his home rather than treating it like a pit stop, and the Japanese racing world rewarded that commitment in full. His style is clean and controlled — he doesn't ride flashy, he rides smart — and the results speak for themselves across Group 1 races that most foreign jockeys never get near. A genuine legend of the turf, and one of the best imports Japanese racing has ever seen.

Name (English)

Christophe Lemaire

Name (Japanese)

クリストフ・ルメール

Reading

くりすとふ・るめーる

Born

May 20, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

Origin

Gouvieux, France

Occupation

jockey

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• jockey

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.