Takarazuka Kinen
Grade 1 race | |
Location | Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan |
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Inaugurated | 1960 |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Website | japanracing.jp/ |
Race information | |
Distance | 2200 meters (About 11 furlongs / 1+3⁄8 miles) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed (inner course) |
Qualification | 3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds |
Weight | 3-y-o 53 kg \ 4-y-o & up 58kg |
Purse | ¥ 286,000,000 (as of 2015) 1st: ¥ 150,000,000 |
The Takarazuka Kinen (宝塚記念) is a Grade I flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds where they run over a distance of 2,200 metres (approximately 1+3⁄8 miles) at Hanshin Racecourse (阪神競馬場) in late June. It is one of the two "All-Star" races in Japanese horse racing; the other is the Arima Kinen (the Grand Prix) in late December.
It was first run in 1960 with a distance of 1,800 metres. From 1961 to 1965 the race was run over 2,000 metres and since 1966 it has been run over its present distance.
The race is run on the turf and is named after the city of Takarazuka, Hyōgo, the location of Hanshin Racecourse, which is the venue of the race.
As with the Arima Kinen, the majority of the runners in the field are selected by a vote from racing fans, while the remainder are determined by the amount of prizemoney won.
Winners since 1984[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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1984 | Katsuragi Ace | 4 | Katsuichi Nishiura | Kazumi Domon | Ichizo Node | 2:12.4 |
1985 | Suzuka Koban | 5 | Yoshiyuki Muramoto | Minoru Kobayashi | Eiichi Nagai | 2:15.9 |
1986 | Persian Boy | 4 | Masato Shibata | Kunio Takamatsu | Hidekazu Date | 2:14.4 |
1987 | Suzu Parade | 6 | Seiji Ebisawa | Rokuro Tomita | Yoshio Koshiki | 2:12.3 |
1988 | Tamamo Cross | 4 | Katsumi Minai | Isami Obara | Tamamo Stable | 2:13.2 |
1989 | 5 | Yutaka Take | Kiyoshi Suzuki | Hiroki Hotehama | 2:14.0 | |
1990 | Osaichi George | 4 | Katsuhide Maruyama | Kazumi Domon | Choichi Node | 2:14.0 |
1991 | Mejiro Ryan | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Shinji Okuhira | Mejiro Farm | 2:13.6 |
1992 | Mejiro Palmer | 5 | Taisei Yamada | Masaaki Okubo | Mejiro Farm | 2:18.6 |
1993 | Mejiro McQueen | 6 | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | Mejiro Farm | 2:17.7 |
1994 | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Mitsumasa Hamada | Biwa Co Ltd | 2:11.2 | |
1995 | * | 5 | Yoshiyuki Muramoto | Kenji Yamauchi | Tetsuji Yamamoto | 2:10.2 |
1996 | Mayano Top Gun | 4 | Seiki Tabara | Masahiro Sakaguchi | Yuu Tadokoro | 2:12.0 |
1997 | 5 | Yutaka Take | Makoto Osawa | Sadao Sasahara | 2:11.9 | |
1998 | Silence Suzuka | 4 | Katsumi Minai | Mitsuru Hashida | Keiji Nagai | 2:11.9 |
1999 | Grass Wonder | 4 | Hitoshi Matoba | Mitsuhiro Ogata | Y. Hanzawa | 2:12.1 |
2000 | T M Opera O | 4 | Ryuji Wada | Ichizo Iwamoto | Masatsugu Takezono | 2:13.8 |
2001 | 5 | 2:11.7 | ||||
2002 | 4 | Kenji Yamauchi | 2:12.9 | |||
2003 | 4 | 2:12.0 | ||||
2004 | Tap Dance City | 7 | Shozo Sasaki | Yushun Horse Club | 2:11.1 | |
2005 | Sweep Tosho | 4 | Tosho Sangyo | 2:11.5 | ||
2006 | Deep Impact * | 4 | Yutaka Take | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:13.0 | |
2007 | Admire Moon | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | 2:12.4 | ||
2008 | 6 | 2:15.3 | ||||
2009 | 5 | 2:11.3 | ||||
2010 | Nakayama Festa | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | 2:13.0 | ||
2011 | 6 | Koji Maeda | 2:10.1 | |||
2012 | Orfevre | 4 | 2:10.9 | |||
2013 | Gold Ship | 4 | 2:13.2 | |||
2014 | Gold Ship | 5 | 2:13.9 | |||
2015 | Lovely Day | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:14.4 |
2016 | Marialite | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Takashi Kubota | U.Carrot Farm | 2:12.8 |
2017 | Satono Crown | 5 | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori | Hajime Satomi | 2:11.4 |
2018 | Mikki Rocket | 5 | Ryuji Wada | Hidetaka Otonashi | Mizuki Noda | 2:11.6 |
2019 | Lys Gracieux | 5 | Damian Lane | Yoshito Yahagi | U Carrot Farm | 2:10.8 |
2020 | Chrono Genesis | 4 | Yuichi Kitamura | Takashi Saito | Sunday Racing | 2:13.5 |
2021 | Chrono Genesis | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Takashi Saito | Sunday Racing | 2:10.9 |
Earlier winners[]
- 1960 - Homare Hiro
- 1961 - Caesar
- 1962 - Kodama
- 1963 - Ryu Forel
- 1964 - Hikaru Pola
- 1965 - Shinzan
- 1966 - Eight Crown
- 1967 - Taiyo
- 1968 - Hikaru Takai
- 1969 - Date Horai
- 1970 - Speed Symboli
- 1971 - Mejiro Musashi
- 1972 - Shofu Midori
- 1973 - Hamano Parade
- 1974 - Haiseiko
- 1975 - Naoki
- 1976 - Fujino Parthia
- 1977 - Tosho Boy
- 1978 - Erimo George
- 1979 - Sakura Shori
- 1980 - Teru Tenryu
- 1981 - Katsu R
- 1982 - Monte Prince
- 1983 - Hagino Kamui O
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- Open middle distance horse races
- Horse races in Japan
- Turf races in Japan
- Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- Horse race stubs