Shinzan Kinen

Shinzan Kinen (Japan)
Grade 3 race
Location	Kyoto Racecourse; Kyoto, Japan
Inaugurated	1967
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs / 1 mile)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed (inner course)
Qualification	Three-year-old Fillies
Weight	56 kg
Purse	¥81,880,000; 1st: ¥ 38,000,000

The Shinzan Kinen (in Japanese: シンザン記念), short for Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen, is a Grade III race for three-year-olds in the JRA.

Race Details[]

The race was named to honor Shinzan, a Japanese racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Crown.

The race is traditionally held at Kyoto Racecourse in January. The first edition of the race was held on January 15, 1967 in which Taigyo won.

Foreign horses are allowed to enter the race.^[1]

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2014	Mikki Isle	Shun Hamanaka	Masato Nishizono	Mizuki Nda	1:33.8
2015	Guanciale	Yutaka Take	Yoshito Kidate	Shunsuke Matsumoto	1:34.8
2016	Logi Cry	Shun Hamanaka	Shosuke Sagai	Masaaki Kumeda	1:34.1
2017	Kyohei	Ryo Takakura	Hiroshi Miyamoto	Takao Seya	1:37.6
2018	Almond Eye^[2]	Ryota Tozaki	Sakae Kunieda	Silk Racing	1:37.1
2019^[3]	Val d'Isere	Yuichi Kitamura	Kunihiko Watanabe	G1 Racing Co., LTD	1:35.7
2020	Sanctuaire	Christophe Lemaire	Kazuo Fujisawa	U Carrot Farm	1:35.9
2021	Pixie Knight	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hidetaka Otonashi	Sunday Racing	1:33.3

^ ^a ^b ^c "SHINZAN KINEN (G3)". JapanRacing. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "11R SHINZAN KINEN G3". Umanity. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Race 11: NIKKAN SPORTS SHO SHINZAN KINEN". JBIS. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "シンザン記念". AhoNoora (in Japanese). AhoNoora. March 8, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

Race information
Grade 3 race
Location	Kyoto Racecourse Kyoto, Japan
Inaugurated	1967^[1]
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance	1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs / 1 mile)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed (inner course)
Qualification	Three-year-old Fillies
Weight	56 kg
Purse	¥81,880,000 1st: ¥ 38,000,000^[1]