Hanshin Daishōten

Hanshin Daishōten
Race information
Grade 2 race
Location	Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo
Inaugurated	1953
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	3000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
Purse	¥ 135,000,000 (as of 2015) 1st: ¥ 65,000,000^[1]

The Hanshin Daishōten is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged four and over run over a distance of 3,000 metres at the Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo. The race was run in late November or early December until 1987 when it was moved to a date in March.

It was first run in 1953.

Winners since 1995

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1995	Narita Brian	4		Masaaki Ookubo	3:08.2
1996	Narita Brian	5	Yutaka Take	Masaaki Ookubo	3:04.9
1997	Mayano Top Gun	5		Masahiro Sakaguchi	3:07.2
1998	Mejiro Bright	4	Hiroshi Kawashi	Hidekazu Asami	3:09.3
1999	Special Week	4	Yutaka Take	Toshiaki Shirai	3:13.4
2000	T M Opera O	4	Ryuji Wada	Ichizo Iwamoto	3:09.4
2001	Narita Top Road	5	Kaoru Watanabe	H Yamaji	3:02.5
2002	Narita Top Road	6	Kaoru Watanabe	H Yamaji	3:07.9
2003	Daitaku Bertram	5	Yutaka Take	Kojiro Hashiguchi	3:05.9
2004	Lincoln	4	Yutaka Take	Hidetaka Otonashi	3:08.4
2005	My Sole Sound	6		Katsuichi Nishiura	3:06.2
2006	Deep Impact	4	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	3:08.8
2007	Eye Popper	7	Yutaka Take	Izumi Shimizu	3:08.3
2008	Admire Jupiter	5	Yasunari Iwata	Yasuo Tomomichi	3:08.7
2009	Asakusa Kings	5	Hirofumi Shii	Ryuji Okubo	3:13.2
2010	Tokai Trick	8	Shinji Fujita	Kenji Nonaka	3:07.3
2011	Namura Crescent	6	Ryuji Wada	Nobuharu Fukushima	3:04.4
2012	Gustave Cry	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Yoshiyuki Arakawa	3:11.8
2013	Gold Ship	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Naosuke Sugai	3:05.0
2014	Gold Ship	5	Yasunari Iwata	Naosuke Sugai	3:06.6
2015	Gold Ship	6	Yasunari Iwata	Naosuke Sugai	3:05.9

Earlier winners

1953 - Koran
1954 - Hiya Kiogan
1955 - Sekai O
1956 - Dainana Hoshu
1957 - Top Run
1958 - Katsura Shuho
1959 - Tokitsuhiro
1960 - Yamanin More
1961 - Helios
1962 - Motoichi
1963 - Hikaru Pola
1964 - Kotaro
1965 - Chitose O
1966 - Ryu Pharos
1967 - Finis
1968 - Muo
1969 - Date Hakutaka
1970 - Speedy Wonder
1971 - Suin Hoshu
1972 - Hamano Parade
1973 - Dicta Boy
1974 - Kuri Onward
1975 - Long Hawk
1976 - Hokuto Boy
1977 - Takino Chester
1978 - Captain Namura
1979 - Fine Dragon
1980 - Great Titan
1981 - Arena O
1982 - Hanki Inari
1983 - Shin Brown
1984 - Shin Brown
1985 - Nishino Raiden
1986 - Mejiro Boir
1987 - Suda Hawk
1988 - Tamamo Cross
1989 - Namura Mononofu
1990 - Osumi Shadai
1991 - Mejiro McQueen
1992 - Mejiro McQueen
1993 - Mejiro Palmer
1994 - Monsieur Siecle

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

References

↑ http://japanracing.jp/_races/2015races/0322hanshin-daishoten.html

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