CLOSE COMBAT Thoroughbred



Close Combat is a thoroughbred horse born in Japan in 2019. Race horse Close Combat is by Kinshasa No Kiseki (AUS) out of Get Closer (JPN) , trained by Takafumi Aoki. Close Combat form is available here. Owned by Katsumi Yoshida.


Pedigree :
Sire KINSHASA NO KISEKI (AUS) 2003
Dam GET CLOSER (JPN) 2012
Dam Sire WILD RUSH (USA) 1994

About the horse :
Description 6yo B Horse
Trainer Takafumi Aoki
Owner Katsumi Yoshida
Career 3 Wins (21%) - 3 Placings (43%) - 14 starts
Wins 1400m (1), 1600m (1), 1700m (1)
PM Japan : JPY ¥42,880,000



Starts:

14

Win Rate:

21%

Place Rate:

43%










Close Combat Past Races

2 of 15, 29 Jun 2025, R10 TSURUGAJO STAKES 1700m | JPY ¥ 35,620,000 | 58.0kg | J: YUSUKE HARA | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | OP-Wasn't good enough | 1:44.50 | Winner: JASPER ROBUSTO
12 of 16, 19 Apr 2025, R10 SHIMOUSA STAKES 1800m | JPY ¥ 35,530,000 | 58.0kg | J: YUSUKE HARA | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | | 1:52.60 | Winner: GEORGE TESORO
5 of 15, 08 Feb 2025, R11 BUZEN STAKES 1700m | JPY ¥ 35,490,000 | 56.0kg | J: Y TANNAI | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | Off-P-Even effort late | 1:43.30 | Winner: MARIANA TRENCH
1 of 15, 03 Nov 2024, R10 KAHOKU SHIMPO HAI 1700m | JPY ¥ 29,970,000 | 58.0kg | J: Y TANNAI | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | OP-Emphatic victory | 1:43.20 | 2nd: TAGANO ALEJANDRA
3 of 13, 31 Aug 2024, R9 INDIA TROPHY 1700m | JPY ¥ 29,850,000 | 58.0kg | J: Y TANNAI | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | OP-Couldn't keep going | 1:43.60 | Winner: CLAVICHORD
5 of 14, 03 Aug 2024, R10 TOMAKOMAI TOKUBETSU 1700m | JPY ¥ 29,910,000 | 55.0kg | J: Y TANNAI | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | MF-Fair to the line | 1:45.10 | Winner: GET UP
5 of 16, 09 Mar 2024, R9 KAMAGAYA TOKUBETSU 1800m | JPY ¥ 29,970,000 | 58.0kg | J: H KITAMURA | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | OP-Drifted out of it | 1:52.90 | Winner: GRAN SABANA
8 of 16, 06 Jan 2024, R12 ALLOWANCE RACE 1800m | JPY ¥ 21,740,000 | 58.0kg | J: RENE PIECHULEK | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | MF-Never a winning hope | 1:53.40 | Winner: QUEEN'S MIMOSA
1 of 11, 29 Oct 2023, R7 ALLOWANCE RACE 1600m | JPY ¥ 15,200,000 | 58.0kg | J: H KITAMURA | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | Off-P-Just got up | 1:37.50 | 2nd: BLAZEST
6 of 15, 27 Aug 2023, R12 ALLOWANCE RACE 1200m | JPY ¥ 15,200,000 | 58.0kg | J: YUKITO ISHIKAWA | T: TAKAFUMI AOKI | Got Bk-Never a winning hope | 1:12.80 | Winner: ROYAL SOUL



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
RYUSEI SAKAI 1 100% 0 0% 1 $6,500 26 260
H KITAMURA 1 50% 0 0% 2 $98,920 281 1455
YUJI TANNAI 1 25% 1 25% 4 $233,068 12 105
AKIRA SUGAWARA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
H UCHIDA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
AKIHIDE TSUMURA 0 0% 1 100% 1 $22,294 -10 0
YUKITO ISHIKAWA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
RENE PIECHULEK 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
YUSUKE HARA 0 0% 1 50% 2 $81,175 -20 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
TOKYO 1 33% 1 33% 3 $105,359 271 970
FUKUSHIMA 1 50% 1 50% 2 $239,356 32 210
KASAMATSU 1 100% 0 0% 1 $6,500 26 260
SAPPORO 0 0% 1 50% 2 $55,742 -20 0
NAKAYAMA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
NIIGATA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
NAKAYAMA 0 0% 0 0% 3 $15,855 -30 0
KOKURA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $19,145 -10 0