Mirco demuro biography of michael

Italian jockey

Mirco Demuro (Japanese: ミルコ・デムーロ, January 11, -) is an Italian jockey based in Japan. His younger brother, Cristian, as well as their sister, Pamela, is also a jockey. Their late father Giovanni was also a jockey.^[2]

Career

Mirco Demuro first earned his jockey license in and became the leading learning jockey of Italy in He became the leading jockey of Italy from to Among the horses he rode in Italy was Falbrav, who he rode on the horse's maiden race.^[3]

Demuro first came to Japan in , and won his first graded race in Japan in when he won the Kokura Daishoten with Misuzu Chardon&#;[ja].^[4]

Demuro won his first Japanese Grade I race when he won the Satsuki Sho with Neo Universe on April 20, 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.^[5] The crowd celebrated the jockey with a "Mirco" chant,^[5] to which Mi