Kyōto Daishōten

Kyōto Daishōten
Grade 2 race
Location Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Inaugurated 1966
Race type Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance 2400 metres
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification 3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
Weight 3-y-o 53kg, 4-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse ¥65,000,000 (winner) ¥135,000,000 (total)

The Kyōto Daishōten is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto. The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.[1]

It was first run in 1966. Among the winners of the race have been Mejiro McQueen, Marvelous Crown, T M Opera O, Tap Dance City, Rose Kingdom and Lovely Day.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Winners since 1995

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
1995 Hishi Amazon 4 Eiji Nakdate Takao Nakano 2:25.3
1996 Marvelous Sunday 4 Yutaka Take Makoto Osawa 2:25.1
1997 Silk Justice 3 Fujita Shinji M Okubo 2:26.2
1998 Seiun Sky 3 Norihiro Yokoyma Kazutaka Yasuda 2:25.6
1999 Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi 4 Fujita Shinji Nibun Hisao 2:24.3
2000 T M Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto 2:26.0
2001 T M Opera O 5 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto 2:25.0
2002 Narita Top Road 6 Shii Hirofumi Yoshio Oki 2:23.6
2003 Tap Dance City 6 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki 2:26.6
2004 Narita Century 5 Hirokazu Tajima Norio Fujisawa 2:25.2
2005 Lincoln 5 Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi 2:25.4
2006 Sweep Tosho 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome 2:31.5
2007 Inti Raimi 5 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki 2:24.8
2008 Toho Alan 5 Ryota Sameshima Hideaki Fujiwara 2:26.9
2009 Oken Bruce Lee 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Hidetaka Otonashi 2:24.3
2010 Meisho Beluga 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo Ikezoe 2:25.0
2011 Rose Kingdom 4 Hiroki Goto Kojiro Hashiguchi 2:24.1
2012 Meisho Kampaku 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Yoshiyuki Arakawa 2:23.4
2013 Hit The Target 5 Yuichi Kitamura Keiji Kato 2:22.9
2014 Last Impact 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda 2:24.2
2015 Lovely Day 5 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee 2:23.6

Earlier winners

  • 1966 - Kyoei Hikari
  • 1967 - Shibafuji
  • 1968 - Marchs
  • 1969 - Finis
  • 1970 - New Kiminonawa
  • 1971 - Mejiro Asama
  • 1972 - Kimusu Vimy
  • 1973 - Tanino Chikara
  • 1974 - Tanino Chikara
  • 1975 - Ishino Masaru
  • 1976 - Passing Venture
  • 1977 - Ten Point
  • 1978 - Ryu Kiko
  • 1979 - Tenmei
  • 1980 - Silksky
  • 1981 - Inado Kotobuki
  • 1982 - Mejiro Chara
  • 1983 - Yamano Shiragiku
  • 1984 - Suzuka Koban
  • 1985 - Yamano Shiragiku
  • 1986 - Suzuka Koban
  • 1987 - Tokai Roman
  • 1988 - Meisho Eikan
  • 1989 - Super Creek
  • 1990 - Super Creek
  • 1991 - Mejiro McQueen
  • 1992 - Osumi Roch
  • 1993 - Mejiro McQueen
  • 1994 - Marvelous Crown

References

  1. "KYOTO DAISHOTEN (G2)". japanracing.jp.
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