How many Melbourne Cups has Akira Sugawara won?

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Akira Sugawara will ride Warp Speed in the 2024 Melbourne Cup. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos)

Akira Sugawara is a Japanese jockey who claimed his maiden Group 1 victory in Japan earlier this year, but how many times has he won the Melbourne Cup? Let’s take a look.

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Recent Melbourne Cup rides for Akira Sugawara

The 2024 Melbourne Cup will be the first time Akira Sugawara rides in the Melbourne Cup.

Who will Akira Sugawara ride in the 2024 Melbourne Cup?

Akira Sugawara has travelled over from Japan to ride the Noboru Takagi-trained Warp Speed in the 2024 Melbourne Cup.

Warp Speed qualified for the Melbourne Cup with his fifth-place finish in the Group 1 Tenno Show in April.

Warp Speed silks

Warp Speed (3)

T: Noboru Takagi
J: Akira Sugawara
  • Age: 6YO
  • Color: Bay
  • Sex: Horse
  • Sire: Drefong (USA)
  • Dam: Deep Love (JPN)

Warp Speed 2024 Melbourne Cup Odds

Win: +2600

Place: +500

Best odds at Neds

Career stats for Warp Speed

  • Career: 23: 4-3-4
  • Flemington: 0: 0-0-0
  • Distance: 1: 0-0-0
  • Wet: 3: 0-0-0
  • Good: 20: 4-3-4
  • Group 1: 2: 0-0-0
  • Win %: 17%
  • Place %: 48%

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