How many Melbourne Cups has Akira Sugawara won?

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.

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 (3)

T: Noboru Takagi

J: Akira Sugawara

• Age: 6YO
• Color: Bay
• Sex: Horse
• Sire: Drefong (USA)
• Dam: Deep Love (JPN)

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Warp Speed 2024 Melbourne Cup Odds

Win: +3000

Place: +525

Best odds at Bet365

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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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2024 Melbourne Cup Field

No.	Silks	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Odds
1		Vauban	Willie Mullins	William Buick	11	55.5kg	+500
2		Buckaroo	Chris Waller	Joao Moreira	21	54.5kg	+400
3		Circle Of Fire	Ciaron Maher	Mark Zahra	24	54.5kg	+3300
4		Warp Speed	Noboru Takagi	Akira Sugawara	3	54.5kg	+4000
5		Kovalica	Chris Waller	Damian Lane	17	53.5kg	+2500
6		Sharp ‘N’ Smart	Graeme & Deborah Rogerson	Michael Dee	15	53.5kg	+7000
7		Just Fine	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Jye McNeil	13	53kg	+3300
8		Land Legend	Chris Waller	Zac Purton	18	53kg	+2000
9		Absurde	Willie Mullins	Kerrin McEvoy	7	52.5kg	+1000
10		Athabascan	John O’Shea & Tom Charlton	Zac Lloyd	2	52kg	+4000
11		Knight’s Choice	John Symons & Sheila Laxon	Robbie Dolan	6	51.5kg	+15000
12		Okita Soushi	Ciaron Maher	Jamie Kah	10	51kg	+1600
13		Onesmoothoperator	Brian Ellison	Craig Williams	12	51kg	+700
14		Zardozi	James Cummings	Andrea Atzeni	4	51kg	+1300
15		Sea King	Harry Eustace	Hollie Doyle	1	50.5kg	+850
16		Valiant King	Chris Waller	Craig Newitt	22	50.5kg	+6000
17		Fancy Man	Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald	Ron Stewart	19	50kg	+10000
18		Interpretation	Ciaron Maher	Teo Nugent	14	50kg	+1800
19		Manzoice	Chris Waller	Declan Bates	8	50kg	+8000
20		Mostly Cloudy	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young	Karis Teetan	16	50kg	+10000
21		Positivity	Andrew Forsman	Winona Costin	20	50kg	+10000
22		Saint George	Ciaron Maher	Tyler Schiller	9	50kg	+3300
23		The Map	Dan Clarken & Oopy MacGillivray	Rachel King	23	50kg	+2500
24		Trust In You	Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley	Mark Du Plessis	5	50kg	+15000

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