Noboru Takagi

Noboru Takagi isn't a name that's going to stop most people in their tracks, but if you've spent any time around Japanese horse racing, you probably recognize the name from Ushba Tesoro's Dubai World Cup win. Born in 1965 in Kanagawa, he came up during an era when Japanese racing was quietly transforming into one of the most competitive circuits in the world, and building a stable in that environment is genuinely no joke. He opened his yard at Miho in 2007, and his dirt-focused stable has since produced Grade 1 winners such as Sound True and Ushba Tesoro — just a guy who showed up and did the work with horses, which honestly I find kind of refreshing. There's a whole category of people in sport who don't get the magazine covers but absolutely hold the whole thing together, and Takagi feels like one of them. Respect where it's due.

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Noboru Takagi is a Japanese racehorse trainer born on May 25, 1965, in Kanagawa Prefecture. He opened his stable at the JRA's Miho Training Center in 2007, won his first Grade 1 race with Snow Dragon in the 2014 Sprinters Stakes and took the 2023 Dubai World Cup with Ushba Tesoro. His stable is known for its strength on dirt tracks.

Name (English)

Noboru Takagi

Name (Japanese)

高木登

Reading

たかぎ のぼる

Born

May 25, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Horse Trainer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%9C%A8%E7%99%BB%20(%E7%AB%B6%E9%A6%AC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18337210

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Horse Trainer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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