St Lite Kinen

St Lite Kinen
Race information
Grade 2 race
Nakayama Racecourse
Location	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated	1947
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	2200 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o Colts & Fillies
Weight	56kg, Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥52,000,000 (winner) ¥108,360,000 (total)

The St Lite Kinen is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,200 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in September and serves as the main trial race for the Kikuka Sho.^[1]

It was first run in 1947 and was named in honour of the Japanese Triple Crown St Lite. Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Rudolf, Legacy World and Nakayama Festa.

The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse from 1947 until 1956 and in 1966, 1968, 1974, and 1976–1979. The 2014 running took place at Niigata Racecourse.

Winners since 1995

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1995	Sunday Well	Eiji Nakadate	Hideyuki Mori	2:13.6
1996	Rosen Kavalier	Shibata Yoshitomi	Yasuhiro Suzuki	2:20.1
1997	Shako Tesco	Seiji Ebisawa	Yuji Nodai	2:16.9
1998	Leo Ryuho	Teruo Eda	Sugiura Hiroaki	2:17.9
1999	Black Tuxedo	Matobi Hitoshi	Mitsuru Hashida	2:13.7
2000	Admire Boss	Hiroki Goto	Mitsuru Hashida	2:16.9
2001	Shinko Calido	Tanaka Katsuhara	Munakata Yoshitada	2:13.1
2002	Balance of Game	Tanaka Katsuhara	Munakata Yoshitada	2:12.9
2003	Vita Rosa	Yuichi Shibayama	Noboyuki Hori	2:24.5
2004	Cosmo Bulk	Furuka Igarashi	Kazunori Tabe	2:10.1
2005	Kings Trail	Hiroshi Kitamura	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:11.8
2006	Tosen Shana O	Leith Innes	Hideyuki Mori	2:13.1
2007	Roc de Cambes	Yuichi Shibayama	Noriyuki Hori	2:12.0
2008	Daiwa Wild Boar	Hiroshi Kitamura	Hiroyuki Uehara	2:14.6
2009	Nakayama Festa	Masayoshi Ebina	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	2:12.0
2010	Quark Star	Yusuke Fujioka	Nobuyuki Hori	2:10.9
2011	Fateful War	Katsuharu Tanaka	Shinichi Ito	2:10.3
2012	Fenomeno	Masayoshi Ebina	Hirofumi Toda	2:10.8
2013	Yule Singing	Hiroshi Kitamura	Kazuhiro Seishi	2:13.5
2014	Isla Bonita	Masayoshi Ebina	Hironori Kurita	2:11.7
2015	Kitasan Black	Hiroshi Kitamura	Hisashi Shimizu	2:13.8

Earlier winners

1947 - East Parade
1948 - Kiyomasu
1949 - Tosa Midori
1950 - Wizard
1951 - Mitsuhata
1952 - Masamune
1953 - Lucky Takayohi
1954 - Homare O
1955 - Takahagi
1956 - Kitano O
1957 - Seiyu
1958 - Hishi Masaru
1959 - Haku Kurama
1960 - Kitano Oza
1961 - Kenruko O
1962 - Ryu Musashi
1963 - Great Yoruka
1964 - Umeno Chikara
1965 - Kikuna Suzuran
1966 - Hiro Isami
1967 - Monta Son
1968 - Asaka O
1969 - Akane Tenryu
1970 - Kurishiba
1971 - Bel Wide
1972 - Taiho Ciro
1973 - Nuage Turf
1974 - Suruga Sumpujo
1975 - Ishino Arashi
1976 - Nippo King
1977 - Press Toko
1978 - Sakura Shori
1979 - Bingo Karoo
1980 - Monte Prince
1981 - Mejiro Titan
1982 - Hospitality
1983 - Mejiro Heine
1984 - Symboli Rudolf
1985 - Tiger Boy
1986 - Legend Teio
1987 - Merry Nice
1988 - Daigo Sur
1989 - Sakura Hokuto O
1990 - White Stone
1991 - Strong Kaiser
1992 - Legacy World
1993 - Rugger Champion
1994 - Wind Fields

References

↑ "ST LITE KINEN (G2)". japanracing.jp.

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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