Tokyo Daishōten

International Grade I race
Tokyo Daishōten

Location Ōi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo
Inaugurated 1955
Race type Thoroughbred Flat racing
Website TOKYO CITY KEIBA
Race information
Distance 2,000 meters (About 10 furlongs)
Track Dirt, Right-handed
Qualification 3-y-o & Up
Weight 3-y-o colts & geldings 55kg / 3-y-o fillies 53kg / 4-y-o & up horses & geldings 57kg / 4-y-o & up mares 55 kg
Purse ¥119,000,000 (2011 Running)

The Tokyo Daishōten (東京大賞典) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track for three years old and above. It is run over a distance of 2,000 meters (about 10 furlongs) at Ōi Racecourse in the Shinagawa, Tokyo in December.

It was first held in 1955, at that time named Aki-no-Kura, meaning 'The Race of Autumn race meeting', with a distance of 2,600 meters. In 1966, its name was changed to Tokyo Daishōten.

Its distance has been changed three times. From 1962 to 1988, it was 3,000 meters long, from 1989 to 1997, 2,800 meters and after 1998, 2,000 meters.

Winners since 1995

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1995 Admire Bosatsu 5 Junichi Serizawa Mitsuru Hashida Riichi Kondo 3:01.7
1996 Kyoto City 5 Mikio Matsunaga Kentaro Nakao Yushun Horse Club Co. 3:01.2
1997 Toyo Seattle 4 Masahiro Matsunaga Yoshiharu Matsunaga Toyo Club Co. 3:00.4
1998 Abukuma Poro 6 Takayuki Ishizaki Katsumi Degawa Akinori Yarimizu 2:05.4
1999 World Cleek 4 Kazuhiro Kato Hitoshi Arai International Horse Co. 2:04.9
2000 Fast Friend 6 Masayoshi Ebina Keiji Takaichi Hiroaki Takezaki 2:04.9
2001 Toho Emperor 5 Isao Sugawara Yotsumi Chiba Toho Bussan Co. 2:05.2
2002 Gold Allure 3 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Shadai Racehorse Co. 2:05.6
2003 Star King Man 4 Yutaka Take Hideyuki Mori Gold Racing Co. 2:03.7
2004 Adjudi Mitsuo 3 Hiroyuki Uchida Masayuki Kawashima Masao Orido 2:02.6
2005 Adjudi Mitsuo 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Masayuki Kawashima Masao Orido 2:03.1
2006 Blue Concorde 6 Hideaki Miyuki Toshiyuki Hattori Ogifushi Racing Club Co. 2:03.5
2007 Vermilion 5 Yutaka Take Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing Co. 2:03.2
2008 Kane Hekili 6 Christophe Lemaire Katsuhiko Sumii Makoto Kaneko 2:04.5
2009 Success Brocken 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Hideaki Fujiwara Tetsu Takashima 2:05.9
2010 Smart Falcon 5 Yutaka Take Ken Kozaki Toru Okawa 2:00.4
2011 Smart Falcon 6 Yutaka Take Ken Kozaki Toru Okawa 2:01.8
International Races (regular GI races)
February Stakes (dirt) · Takamatsunomiya Kinen · Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas; 3-year-old fillies) · Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas; 3-year-olds) ·Tenno Sho (Spring) · NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) · Victoria Mile (fillies and mares) · Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks; 3-year-old fillies) · Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby; 3-year-olds) · Yasuda Kinen · Takarazuka Kinen · Sprinters Stakes · Shūka Sho (3-year-old fillies) · Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger; 3-year-olds) · Tenno Sho (Autumn) · Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (fillies and mares) · Mile Championship · Japan Cup Dirt (invitational dirt) · Japan Cup (invitational) · Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) · Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) · Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) · Tokyo Daishōten (dirt)
Domestic Races (JPN I races)
Kawasaki Kinen (dirt) · Kashiwa Kinen (dirt) · Teio sho (dirt) · Japan Dirt Derby (3-year-old;dirt) · Mile Championship Nambu Hai (dirt) · Japan Breeding farm's Cup Sprint (dirt) · Japan Breeding farm's Cup Classic (dirt) · Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (dirt; 2-year-olds)
Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)
Nakayama Grand Jump (international invitational) · Nakayama Daishogai (international)
See also