Mirco Demuro

Career Mirco Demuro first earned his jockey license in 1994 and became the leading learning jockey of Italy in 1995. He was the leading jockey of Italy from 1997 to 2000. Among the horses he rode in Italy was Falbrav, who he rode on the horse's maiden race.

Demuro first came to Japan in 1999, and won his first graded race in the country in 2001 when he won the Kokura Daishoten with .

Demuro's first Japanese Grade 1 race victory came at the Satsuki Sho with Neo Universe on April 20, 2003. The two went on to also win the Japanese Derby held on June 1, making him the first non-Japanese jockey to win the Tokyo Yushun. The crowd celebrated the jockey with a "Mirco" chant, Mirco later recalled that "the joy he felt that day was comparable to that of when he won the Derby Italiano. Being watched on and cheered by so many fans at horse racing is a rare occurrence, especially when that is the Derby. It was as though I became Nakata from soccer".

On October 28, 2012, Demuro won the Autumn Tenno Sho with Eishin Flash. The race was spectated by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and after performing the winning run, Demuro, in defiance of JRA policy specifically forbidding jockeys to get off their horse until the post-race weigh-in barring incapacitation, dismounted from the horse and kneeled to the Emperor and Empress. This action was briefly put into question by JRA judges, but was ultimately deemed that "the winning jockey only did as he was instructed, which was to show appropriate respect to The Emperor and Empress" and was not punished for his actions.

Demuro became the first foreign jockey to take the JRA full-time jockey license exam in 2013, but could not pass the exam. Demuro, together with Christophe Lemaire, passed the exam in January 2015, making them the first jockeys from abroad to become full-time JRA jockeys.

Major wins France

Prix Rothschild - (1) - Marbye (2004)

Germany

Preis der Diana - (1) - Feodora (2014)

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Stewards' Cup - (1) - Blazing Speed (2014)

Italy

Derby Italiano - (2) - Rakti (2002), Worthadd (2010) Gran Premio del Jockey Club - (1) - Sumati (1999) Gran Premio di Milano - (1) - Voila Ici (2011) Oaks d'Italia - (2) - Timi (2000), Night of Magic (2009) Premio Presidente della Repubblica - (4) - Timboroa (2000), Distant Way (2006, 2007), Selmis (2009) Premio Roma - (1) - Voila Ici (2009)

Japan

Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes - (4) - Grand Prix Boss (2010), Logotype (2012), Leontes (2015), Admire Mars (2018) Arima Kinen - (1) - Victoire Pisa (2010) Champions Cup - (2) - Sambista (2015), Le Vent Se Leve (2018) February Stakes - (2) - Moanin (2016), Gold Dream (2017) Hanshin Juvenile Fillies - (1) - Circle of Life (2021) Hopeful Stakes - (1) - Saturnalia (2018) Oka Sho - (1) - Jeweler (2016) Japan Cup - (1) - Screen Hero (2008) Japan Dirt Derby - (1) - Le Vent Se Leve (2018) JBC Sprint - (1) - Danon Legend (2016) Mile Championship - (1) - Persian Knight (2017) Mile Championship Nambu Hai - (1) - Le Vent Se Leve (2018) NHK Mile Cup - (2) - Admire Mars (2019), Lauda Sion (2020) Kikka Sho - (1) - Kiseki (2017) Osaka Hai - (1) - Suave Richard (2018), Lucky Lilac (2020) Queen Elizabeth II Cup - (2) - Queens Ring (2016), Mozu Katchan (2017) Satsuki Sho - (4) - Neo Universe (2003), Daiwa Major (2004), Logotype (2013), Duramente (2015) Sprinters Stakes - (2) - Red Falx (2016, 2017) Takamatsunomiya Kinen - (1) - Copano Richard (2014) Takarazuka Kinen - (1) - Satono Crown (2017) Tenno Sho (Autumn) - (1) - Eishin Flash (2012) Tokyo Daishoten (4) - Omega Perfume (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) Tokyo Yushun - (2) - Neo Universe (2003), Duramente (2015) Yushun Himba - (2) - Loves Only You (2019), Uberleben (2021) Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun - (1) - Le Vent Se Leve (2017)

United Arab Emirates

Dubai World Cup - (1) - Victoire Pisa (2011)