Nakayama Kinen
| Grade 2 race | |
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Nakayama Racecourse | |
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1937 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
| Weight | 4-y-o 55kg, 5-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. |
| Purse | ¥60,000,000 (winner) ¥124,800,000 (total) |
The Nakayama Kinen is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and older run over a distance of 1,800 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in late February or early March.[1]
The race was first run in 1937. It was originally run twice a year, in spring and autumn, before a single annual race was established in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Silence Suzuka Victoire Pisa and Just A Way.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Kane Mikasa – 1978, 1979
- Eighty Tosho – 1982, 1983
- Lohengrin – 2003, 2007
- Balance of Game – 2005, 2006
- Company – 2008, 2009
Winners since 1995
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Fujiyama Kenzan | 7 | Masayoshi Ebina | Hideyuki Mori | 1:50.3 |
| 1996 | Sakura Laurel | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazunori Sakai | 1:47.1 |
| 1997 | King of Daiya | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Shimizu Toshiaki | 1:48.7 |
| 1998 | Silence Suzuka | 4 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:48.6 |
| 1999 | King Halo | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masahiro Sakaguchi | 1:47.5 |
| 2000 | Daiwa Texas | 7 | Hiroki Goto | Sueo Masuzawa | 1:46.8 |
| 2001 | American Boss | 6 | Teruo Eda | Fuyuki Tago | 1:46.9 |
| 2002 | Tokai Point | 6 | Yukio Okabe | Yoshiyuki Goto | 1:45.4 |
| 2003 | Lohengrin | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito | 1:47.6 |
| 2004 | Sakura President | 4 | Yutaka Take | Futoshi Kojima | 1:44.9 |
| 2005 | Balance of Game | 6 | Katsuhara Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata | 1:46.5 |
| 2006 | Balance of Game | 7 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata | 1:48.9 |
| 2007 | Lohengrin | 8 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito | 1:47.2 |
| 2008 | Company | 7 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:47.3 |
| 2009 | Company | 8 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:49.2 |
| 2010 | Tosen Crown | 6 | Teruo Eda | Yasuo Sugawara | 1:51.7 |
| 2011 | Victoire Pisa | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:46.0 |
| 2012 | Federalist | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | 1:47.3 |
| 2013 | Nakayama Knight | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | 1:47.3 |
| 2014 | Just A Way | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Naosuke Sugai | 1:49.8 |
| 2015 | Nuovo Record | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Makoto Saito | 1:50.3 |
| 2016 | Duramente | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori | 1:45.9 |
Earlier winners
- 1952 - Kiyo Strong
- 1953 - Brulette
- 1954 - Cheerio
- 1955 - Takagiku
- 1956 - Hide Homare
- 1957 - My Way
- 1958 - Mitsuru
- 1959 - Fillie
- 1960 - Harrow More
- 1961 - Onward Stan
- 1962 - Gin Toshi
- 1963 - Nasuno Midori
- 1964 - Toast
- 1965 - Sweet Lapel
- 1966 - Fuji Isami
- 1967 - Onward Hill
- 1968 - Shesky
- 1969 - Meiji Shiro
- 1970 - Akatsuki Teru
- 1971 - Hida President
- 1972 - Tosho Pit
- 1973 - Jinden
- 1974 - Haiseko
- 1975 - Hikaru Jinden
- 1976 - Yamabuki O
- 1977 - Eyeful
- 1978 - Kane Mikasa
- 1979 - Kane Mikasa
- 1980 - Yoshinosky
- 1981 - Kitano Riki O
- 1982 - Eighty Tosho
- 1983 - Eighty Tosho
- 1984 - Tudenham King
- 1985 - Tosho Pegasus
- 1986 - Kushiro King
- 1987 - Suzu Parade
- 1988 - Mogami Yashima
- 1989 - Kosei
- 1990 - Hokuto Helios
- 1991 - Yukino Sunrise
- 1992 - Dynamite Daddy
- 1993 - Movie Star
- 1994 - Sakura Chitose O
References
- ↑ "YAYOI SHO (G2)". japanracing.jp.
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