Location | Chukyo Racecourse |
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Race type | Thoroughbred |
Website | japanracing.jp/ |
Race information | |
Distance | 1200 metres (About 6 furlongs) |
Track | Turf, Right-handed |
Qualification | 4-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds |
Weight | 4-y-o & up 57 kg |
Purse | ¥202,350,000 |
The Takamatsunomiya Kinen (高松宮記念 ) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,200 metres (approximately 6 furlongs) at Chukyo Racecourse in late March.
The forerunner of this race was the Chukyo Daishoten (中京大賞典 ). It was started as the Takamatsunomiya Hai (高松宮杯 ) when the victory cup was deigned by Prince Takamatsu in 1971, and was given Domestic Grade 2 status when race grading was introduced to Japan in 1984. It was run over a distance of 2,000 metres. This was shortened to 1,200 metres and elevated to Domestic Grade 1 in 1996, and to its present level in 2006. Horses trained outside Japan have been eligible to run in the race since 2001. It was renamed the Takamatsumiya Kinen in 1998 because Price Takamatsu stopped deigning the victory cup.
From 2011 The Takamatsunomiya Kinen has taken over from the Centaur Stakes as a Japanese leg of the Global Sprint Challenge Series. The race is the second leg of the series, preceded by the Lightning Stakes and followed by the KrisFlyer International Sprint.
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
1996 | Flower Park | 4 | Seiki Tabara | Shouichi Matsumoto | Katsumi Yoshida | 1:07.4 |
1997 | Shinko King | 6 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | Osamu Yasuda | 1:08.0 |
1998 | Shinko Forest | 5 | Hirofumi Shii | Hironori Kurita | Osamu Yasuda | 1:09.1 |
1999 | Masa Lucky | 6 | Shinji Fujita | Yutaka Masumoto | Masataka Marui | 1:08.0 |
2000 | King Halo | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masahiro Sakaguchi | Yoshio Asagawa | 1:08.6 |
2001 | Trot Star | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Eiji Nakano | Minoru Takano | 1:08.4 |
2002 | Shounan Kamp | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Hiroyoshi Okubo | Tetsuo Kunimoto | 1:08.4 |
2003 | Believe | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Shigeki Matsumoto | Koji Maeda | 1:08.1 |
2004 | Sunnung Dale | 5 | Yuuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Shigeki Goto | 1:07.9 |
2005 | Admire Max | 6 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | Toshikazu Kondou | 1:32.1 |
2006 | Oreha Matteruze | 6 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Hidetaka Otonashi | Yuuichi Odagiri | 1:08.0 |
2007 | Suzuka Phoenix | 5 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | Keiji Nagai | 1:08.9 |
2008 | Fine Grain | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Shadai Race Horse | 1:08.9 |
2009 | Laurel Guerreiro | 5 | Shinji Fujita | Mitsugu Kon | Laurel Racing | 1:08.0 |
2010 | Kinshasa no Kiseki | 7 | Hirofumi Shii | Noriyuki Hori | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:08.6 |
2011 | Kinshasa no Kiseki * | 8 | Umberto Rispoli | Noriyuki Hori | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:07.9 |
* The 2011 race took place at Hanshin Racecourse.
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