Hanshin Cup

Hanshin Cup
阪神カップ
Race information
International Grade 2 race
Location	Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan
Inaugurated	2006
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Website	japanracing.jp/
Distance	1400 meters
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed (inner course)
Qualification	3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight	3-y-o 56 kg \ 4-y-o & up 57kg
Purse	¥134,000,000 (as of 2011)

The Hanshin Cup (阪神カップ, Hanshin Kappu) is a Grade 2 race in Japan. It is held at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo.

The race was first run in 2006 and is run over 1,400 metres (about 7 furlongs) on the inner turf course. It was upgraded to international status in 2009.

Due to the race calendar's arrangement, it is the final graded race organized by JRA in 2012 and 2013 season, which held even after Arima Kinen (which usually being the final graded race in the year).^[1]

List of winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2006	Fusaichi Richard	3	Yuichi Fukunaga	Kunihide Matsuda	Fusao Sekiguchi	1:20.6
2007	Suzuka Phoenix	5	Yutaka Take	Mitsuru Hashida	Keiji Nagai	1:20.6
2008	Maruka Phoenix	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Masahiro Matsunaga	Kawacho Sangyo	1:21.6
2009	Kinshasa no Kiseki	6	Mirco Demuro	Noriyuki Hori	Kazumi Yoshida	1:20.4
2010	Kinshasa no Kiseki	7	Christophe Soumillon	Noriyuki Hori	Kazumi Yoshida	1:20.3

References

↑ However, the last Graded-race in Japan Racing is Tokyo Daishōten (International Grade 1) organized by Minami Kanto Racing Organization of National Association of Racing, which traditionally Raced in 29th, December.

External links

Horse Racing in Japan
- JRA International Races 2007 - Hanshin Cup

List of Japanese Grade II horse races

(Note: JRA races bracketed with "exchange" below, and all dirt/3-year-old races are Japan Racing Association(JRA)-National Association of Racing(NAR) exchange races)

Japan Racing Association(JRA) GII races (International GII)	Nikkei Shinshun Hai America Jockey Club Cup Kyoto Kinen Nakayama Kinen Yayoi shō (3-year-old, exchange) Fillies' Revue (3-year-old fillies) Hanshin Daishōten Spring Stakes (3-year-old) Nikkei Shō Ōsaka Hai Hanshin Himba Stakes (fillies and mares) New Zealand Trophy (3-year-old) Milers Cup Flora Stakes (3-year-old fillies) Aoba Sho (3-year-old, exchange) Kyōto Shimbun Hai (3-year-old) Keiō Hai Spring Cup Tōkai Stakes (Dirt) Meguro Kinen Sapporo Kinen (Summer 2000 series) Centaur Stakes (Summer Sprint series) St. Lite Kinen (3-year-old) Rose Stakes (3-year-old fillies) All Comer (exchange) Kōbe Shimbun Hai (3-year-old) Mainichi Ōkan Kyōto Daishōten Daily Hai Nisai Stakes (2-year-old) Fuchū Himba Stakes (fillies and mares) Swan Stakes Copa Republica Argentina Keiō Hai Nisai Stakes (2-year-old) Stayers Stakes Kinko Shō (exchange) Hanshin Cup

National Association of Racing(NAR) JpnII races (Domestic GII, dirt)	Empress Hai (fillies and mares) Diolite Kinen Hyōgo Championship (3-year-old) Kantō Oaks (3-year-old fillies) Breeders' Gold Cup Nihon TV Hai Tōkyo Hai Urawa Kinen Hyōgo Junior Grand Prix (2-year-old) Nagoya Grand Prix

JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GII races)	Hanshin Spring Jump Kyōto High Jump Tōkyō High Jump

See also	Japan Racing Association National Association of Racing Horse racing in Japan Horse Racing in Japan, official website

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