Chunichi Shimbun Hai

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Chunichi Shimbun Hai
Grade 3 race
Decipher Chunichi Shimbun Hai 2015(IMG1).jpg
Decipher wins the 2015 Chunichi Shimbun Hai
LocationChukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1965
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

The Chunichi Shimbun Hai (Japanese 中日新聞杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in December over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was usually run over 1800 metres before being moved up to its current distance in 2006. It was run at Kokura Racecourse in 1991, 1993, 1994 and 2011.

Winners since 2000[]

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Tosho Andre 4 Koichi Tsunoda Sakae Watanabe 1:46.4
2001 Grand Pas de Deux 4 Eiji Nakadate Hiroyuki Nagahama 1:48.0
2002 My Sole Sound 3 Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura 1:47.9
2003 Precise Machine 4 Hiroki Goto Kiyoshi Hagiwara 1:47.6
2004 Precise Machine 5 Hiroki Goto Kiyoshi Hagiwara 1:46.3
2005 Gran Rio 5 Yuichi Shibayama Takehisa Sasakura 1:46.4
2006 Toho Alan 3 Christophe Lemaire Hideaki Fujiwara 1:57.8
2007 Sunrise Max 3 Mirco Demuro Yutaka Masumoto 1:58.5
2008 Yamanin Kingly 3 Mirco Demuro Hiroshi Kawachi 1:59.5
2009 4 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki 1:57.4
2010 To The Glory 3 Mirco Demuro Yasutoshi Ikee 1:58.7
2011 Cosmo Phantom 4 Takano Ono Toru Miya 1:59.6
2012 Smart Gear 7 Kohei Matsuyama Masaru Sayama 2:02.2
2013 Satono Apollo 5 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda 1:59.6
2014 Martinborough 5 Dario Vargiu Yasuo Tomomichi 2:01.7
2015 Decipher 6 Hirofumi Shii Futoshi Kojima 2:01.2
2016 Satono Noblesse 6 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee 2:01.3[2]
2017 Maitres d'Art 4 Cristian Demuro Hirofumi Toda 1:59.3[3]
2018 Gibeon 3 Cristian Demuro Hideaki Fujiwara 1:59.3[4]
2019 Satono Garnet 4 Ryusei Sakai Yoshito Yahagi 1:59.2
2020 Boccherini 4 Kohei Matsuyama Yasutoshi Ikee 2:00.1
2021 Shonan Bardi 5 Yasunari Iwata Takeshi Matsushita 1:59.8

Earlier winners[]

  • 1984 - Ascot Eight
  • 1985 - Kikuno Pegasus
  • 1986 - Hakuryo Bell
  • 1987 - Windstoss
  • 1988 - Tokino Orient
  • 1989 - Tosho Arrow
  • 1990 - Dokan Jo
  • 1991 - Shori Tenyu
  • 1992 - Fuiyama Kenzan
  • 1993 - Arashi
  • 1994 - Nehai Victory
  • 1995 - Go Go Z
  • 1996 - Foundry Shori
  • 1997 - Foundry Shori
  • 1998 - Tsurumaru Gaisen
  • 1999 - Shin Kaiun

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chunichi Shimbun Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 December 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 8 December 2018.
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