Tokyo Daishōten

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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 the end of the year.

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. Since 2011, It has been held as international Grade 1 race (The only international race in Japan not organized by Japan Racing Association). Providing an alternative to February Stakes for Dubai World Cup Night's meetings for Japanese horse.

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
Organization
Time
1995 Admire Bosatsu 5 Junichi Serizawa Mitsuru Hashida Riichi Kondo JRA 3:01.7
1996 Kyoto City 5 Mikio Matsunaga Kentaro Nakao Yushun Horse Club Co. Funabashi 3:01.2
1997 Toyo Seattle 4 Masahiro Matsunaga Yoshiharu Matsunaga Toyo Club Co. JRA 3:00.4
1998 Abukuma Poro 6 Takayuki Ishizaki Katsumi Degawa Akinori Yarimizu JRA 2:05.4
1999 World Cleek 4 Kazuhiro Kato Hitoshi Arai International Horse Co. JRA 2:04.9
2000 Fast Friend 6 Masayoshi Ebina Keiji Takaichi Hiroaki Takezaki JRA 2:04.9
2001 Toho Emperor 5 Isao Sugawara Yotsumi Chiba Toho Bussan Co. Mizusawa 2:05.2
2002 Gold Allure 3 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Shadai Racehorse Co. JRA 2:05.6
2003 Star King Man 4 Yutaka Take Hideyuki Mori Gold Racing Co. JRA 2:03.7
2004 Adjudi Mitsuo 3 Hiroyuki Uchida Masayuki Kawashima Masao Orido Funabashi 2:02.6
2005 Adjudi Mitsuo 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Masayuki Kawashima Masao Orido Funabashi 2:03.1
2006 Blue Concorde 6 Hideaki Miyuki Toshiyuki Hattori Ogifushi Racing Club Co. JRA 2:03.5
2007 Vermilion 5 Yutaka Take Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing Co. JRA 2:03.2
2008 Kane Hekili 6 Christophe Lemaire Katsuhiko Sumii Makoto Kaneko JRA 2:04.5
2009 Success Brocken 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Hideaki Fujiwara Tetsu Takashima JRA 2:05.9
2010 Smart Falcon 5 Yutaka Take Ken Kozaki Toru Okawa JRA 2:00.4
2011 Smart Falcon 6 Yutaka Take Ken Kozaki Toru Okawa JRA 2:01.8
2012 Roman Legend 4 Yasunari Iwata Hideaki Fujiwara Yosimi Ota JRA 2:05.9


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