Nakayama Grand Jump

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The Nakayama Grand Jump is a Japanese horse racing steeplechase, held at Nakayama Racecourse every year in mid-April. It is run over a distance of 4,250 metres (2 miles 5¼ furlongs).

It is the richest steeplechase in the world, with a total prize fund in 2006 of more than £800,000. It is a Grade 1 race reserved for four-year-old horses and older.

[edit] Winners

Year Horse Jockey
2000 Gokai Yoshiyuki Yokoyama
2001 Gokai Yoshiyuki Yokoyama
2002 St Steven Craig Thornton
2003 Big Taste Katsuyoshi Tsuneishi
2004 Blandices Takashi Oehara
2005 Karasi Brett Scott
2006 Karasi Brett Scott