Uma profile
Jungle Pocket
Jungle Pocket — Janguru Poketto, ジャングルポケット — charges into the archive with the kind of name that already sounds like impact. Officially styled the “Strongest Roaring Girl,” she carries a larger-than-life presence that fits the title: a Senior Division Uma Musume of Ritto Dorm whose energy feels bright, loud, and impossible to ignore. She is also noted as a co-protagonist of Beginning of a New Era alongside Agnes Tachyon, which suits a character framed so naturally in terms of momentum, rivalry, and sheer force of personality.
There is something especially striking about the contrast in her profile details. She stands at 158 cm, compact rather than towering, yet the impression she leaves is anything but small. She uses the rough, confident self-pronoun ore, and she usually calls her trainer “Partner,” a choice that gives her relationships a direct, side-by-side feeling instead of stiff formality. Even her nickname collection has flair: Pokke, Pocket, Your Majesty, and the wonderfully peculiar Jungle Baguette. Two of those come with context that says a lot all by itself — Fuji Kiseki calls her “Your Majesty,” while Agnes Tachyon calls her “Jungle Baguette.” Jungle Pocket is clearly the kind of girl who inspires colorful reactions.
Her circle is full of names that sharpen her image further. Agnes Tachyon is identified as both friend and rival, while Manhattan Cafe and Dantsu Flame are likewise listed as classmates, friends, and rivals. That blend of closeness and competition gives Jungle Pocket’s world a dramatic edge; she is not isolated in greatness, but defined through constant friction with other memorable runners. Narita Top Road, meanwhile, is her roommate in Ritto Dorm, grounding all that roaring intensity with one very practical fact of daily life. Fusaichi Pandora is also noted as a friend and underclassman, adding another gentle thread to a profile otherwise lit by rivalry.
Small details give her extra charm. Her recorded weight is simply “Don’t know,” which is funny in exactly the brisk, offhand way a public-facing profile can be. She is voiced by Yuri Fujimoto, and her solo songs — “Beyond the Finale” and “Saikyo ROARING” — fit her image perfectly, especially the latter, which feels almost like a thesis statement. There is even a tiny, telling note that if she is pushed into racing four consecutive times, she switches from calling her trainer “Partner” to “Trainer.” It is a minute change, but a vivid one: even in text, Jungle Pocket comes across as someone whose mood and pride hit with force when pressed.
Jungle Pocket’s appeal is not subtle, and it does not need to be. She is a roar in character form: bold enough to say ore, close enough to call her trainer Partner, and vivid enough to earn regal teasing from one rival and bizarre nicknames from another. However you approach her — as Pokke, as “Your Majesty,” or as the Strongest Roaring Girl herself — she leaves the same impression: fierce, unforgettable, and built for drama.
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13 shared rivals
Latest: ARIMA KINEN (47TH THE GRAND PRIX) · 2002-12-22
Latest: KIKUKA SHO (JAPANESE ST.LEGER) · 2001-10-21
Latest: ARIMA KINEN (47TH THE GRAND PRIX) · 2002-12-22
Latest: ARIMA KINEN (47TH THE GRAND PRIX) · 2002-12-22
Latest: ARIMA KINEN (47TH THE GRAND PRIX) · 2002-12-22
Latest: TENNO SHO (SPRING) · 2002-04-28
Latest: SATSUKI SHO (JAPANESE 2000 GUINEAS) · 2001-04-15
Latest: ARIMA KINEN (47TH THE GRAND PRIX) · 2002-12-22
Latest: ARIMA KINEN (47TH THE GRAND PRIX) · 2002-12-22
Latest: ARIMA KINEN (47TH THE GRAND PRIX) · 2002-12-22
Latest: JAPAN CUP · 2001-11-25
Latest: JAPAN CUP · 2001-11-25
Latest: JAPAN CUP · 2001-11-25
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Jungle Pocket was one of the standout Japanese colts of the early 2000s, a bay stallion foaled on 7 May 1998 and bred by Northern Farm. By Tony Bin out of Dance Charmer, a daughter of Nureyev, he brought together a pedigree with both stamina and international depth, and he developed into a top-class middle-distance performer. Trained from Ritto by Sakae Watanabe and raced in a career that earned ¥704,258,000, he became a major name of his generation.
Career at a glance
Track record
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Finished 1st · G1 · at Tokyo · over 2400m · Tokyo (JP)
Finished 1st · G1 · at Tokyo · over 2400m · Tokyo (JP)
Finished 1st · G3 · at Tokyo · over 1800m · Tokyo (JP)
At a glance
His rise began at two and accelerated sharply at three. Among his principal victories were the Sapporo Nisai Stakes in 2000 and the Kyodo Tsushin Hai in 2001, early signs that he belonged at the highest level. That promise was fully realized when he won the Tokyo Yushun, the Japanese Derby, in 2001, a success that placed him among the elite of his crop and established his reputation as a colt of class over classic distances.
Later that same year, Jungle Pocket confirmed his standing on an even bigger stage in the Japan Cup, his signature victory and the major win highlighted in the race record. Winning one of Japan's most prestigious international races secured his place in the sport's history and helped make 2001 the defining season of his career. He finished his time on the track with a record of 13 starts for 5 wins, 3 seconds and 2 thirds, a compact but high-quality résumé built around major races.
The honors that followed reflected just how highly he was regarded at his peak. He was named Japanese Champion 3-Year-Old Colt for 2001 and also earned the title of Japanese Horse of the Year, a rare distinction that underlined the impact of his Derby–Japan Cup campaign. In a relatively short racing career, he moved from promising juvenile to the best horse in Japan by season's end.
After retirement, Jungle Pocket went to stud and continued his influence as a stallion; the available research summary credits him with 1,436 progeny. That gave his legacy a second life beyond the racecourse, extending the presence of the Tony Bin male line within Japanese breeding. He died on 2 March 2021, but he remains remembered above all as a Derby winner, Japan Cup winner, and Horse of the Year whose best season captured the imagination of Japanese racing.
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| Date | Race | Grade | Course | Going | Dist | Pos | Draw | Jockey | Wgt | SP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-12-22 |
ARIMA KINEN (47TH THE GRAND PRIX)
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G1 | Nakayama (JP) | Good to Soft | 2500 m | 7 | 9 | S.Fujita | 57.0 kg | 4.5 | 2:33.9 |
| 2002-11-24 | G1 | Nakayama (JP) | Good | 2200 m | 5 | 10 | Yutaka Take | 57.0 kg | 4.2 | 2:12.5 | |
| 2002-04-28 |
TENNO SHO (SPRING)
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G1 | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 3200 m | 2 | 7 | Yutaka Take | 58.0 kg | 3.5 | 3:19.5 |
| 2002-03-17 |
HANSHIN DAISHOTEN
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G2 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 3000 m | 2 | 8 | F.Komaki | 58.0 kg | 2.2 | 3:08.2 |
| 2001-11-25 | G1 | Tokyo (JP) | Good | 2400 m | 1 | 6 | O.Peslier | 55.0 kg | 4.2 | 2:23.8 | |
| 2001-10-21 |
KIKUKA SHO (JAPANESE ST.LEGER)
|
G1 | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 3000 m | 4 | 13 | K.Tsunoda | 57.0 kg | 2.3 | 3:07.6 |
| 2001-08-19 |
SAPPORO KINEN
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G2 | Sapporo (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 3 | 7 | K.Tsunoda | 54.0 kg | 1.3 | 2:00.5 |
| 2001-05-27 |
TOKYO YUSHUN (JAPANESE DERBY)
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G1 | Tokyo (JP) | Soft | 2400 m | 1 | 18 | K.Tsunoda | 57.0 kg | 2.3 | 2:27.0 |
| 2001-04-15 |
SATSUKI SHO (JAPANESE 2000 GUINEAS)
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G1 | Nakayama (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 3 | 1 | K.Tsunoda | 57.0 kg | 3.7 | 2:00.6 |
| 2001-02-04 |
KYODO NEWS SERVICE HAI
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G3 | Tokyo (JP) | Good | 1800 m | 1 | 8 | K.Tsunoda | 56.0 kg | 1.4 | 1:47.9 |
| 2000-12-23 |
RADIO TAMPA HAI SANSAI STAKES
|
G3 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 2 | 4 | K.Tsunoda | 54.0 kg | 4.8 | 2:01.2 |
| 2000-09-23 |
SAPPORO SANSAI STAKES
|
G3 | Sapporo (JP) | Good | 1800 m | 1 | 7 | T.Chida | 53.0 kg | 9.2 | 1:49.6 |
| 2000-09-02 |
3yo DBT
|
Maiden | Sapporo (JP) | Good to Soft | 1800 m | 1 | 6 | T.Chida | 53.0 kg | 9.8 | 1:52.0 |
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