Kyōto Daishōten
Grade 2 race | |
![]() Lovely Day winning the 2015 Kyoto Daishoten | |
Location | Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto |
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Inaugurated | 1966 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 2400 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies |
Weight | 3-y-o 53kg, 4-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. G1 winners 2kg extra. |
Purse | ¥67,000,000 (winner) ¥145,120,000 (total) |
The Kyōto Daishōten (京都大賞典, kyōto daishōten) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.
The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.[1]
It was first run in 1966. Among the winners of the race have been Mejiro McQueen, Marvelous Crown, T M Opera O, Tap Dance City, Rose Kingdom and Lovely Day.
Records
[edit]Speed record:
- 2:22.9 Hit The Target 2013
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Tanino Chikara – 1973, 1974
- Yamano Shiragiku – 1983, 1985
- Suzuka Koban – 1984, 1986
- Super Creek – 1989, 1990
- Mejiro McQueen – 1991, 1993
- T M Opera O – 2000, 2001
Winners since 1994
[edit]Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
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1994 | Marvelous Crown | 4 | Katsumi Minai | Makoto Osawa | Sadao Sasahara | 2:31.0 |
1995 | Hishi Amazon | 4 | Eiji Nakdate | Takao Nakano | Masaichiro Abe | 2:25.3 |
1996 | Marvelous Sunday | 4 | Yutaka Take | Makoto Osawa | Sadao Sasahara | 2:25.1 |
1997 | Silk Justice | 3 | Shinji Fujita | Masaaki Okubo | Silk | 2:26.2 |
1998 | Seiun Sky | 3 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazutaka Yasuda | Masayuki Nishiyama | 2:25.6 |
1999 | Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Nibun Hisao | Takao Tsuruta | 2:24.3 |
2000 | T M Opera O | 4 | Ryuji Wada | Ichizo Iwamoto | Masatsugu Takezono | 2:26.0 |
2001 | T M Opera O[a] | 5 | Ryuji Wada | Ichizo Iwamoto | Masatsugu Takezono | 2:25.0 |
2002 | Narita Top Road | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Yoshio Oki | Hidenori Yamaji | 2:23.6 |
2003 | Tap Dance City | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Yushun Horse Club | 2:26.6 |
2004 | Narita Century | 5 | Hirokazu Tajima | Norio Fujisawa | Hidenori Yamaji | 2:25.2 |
2005 | Lincoln | 5 | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 2:25.4 |
2006 | Sweep Tosho | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Akio Tsurudome | Tosho Sangyo | 2:31.5 |
2007 | Inti Raimi | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Sunday Racing | 2:24.8 |
2008 | Toho Alan | 5 | Ryota Sameshima | Hideaki Fujiwara | Toho Bussan | 2:26.9 |
2009 | Oken Bruce Lee | 4 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Hidetaka Otonashi | Akira Fukui | 2:24.3 |
2010 | Meisho Beluga | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | Yoshio Matsumoto | 2:25.0 |
2011 | Rose Kingdom | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Sunday Racing | 2:24.1 |
2012 | Meisho Kampaku | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | Yoshio Matsumoto | 2:23.4 |
2013 | Hit The Target | 5 | Yuichi Kitamura | Keiji Kato | Shinji Maeda | 2:22.9 |
2014 | Last Impact | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Silk Racing | 2:24.2 |
2015 | Lovely Day | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:23.6 |
2016 | Kitasan Black | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hisashi Shimizu | Ono Shoji | 2:25.5 |
2017 | Smart Layer | 7 | Yutaka Take | Ryuji Okubo | Toru Okawa | 2:23.0 |
2018 | Satono Diamond | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | Satomi Horse Company | 2:25.4 |
2020 | Glory Vase | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Tomohito Ozeki | Carrot Farm | 2:25.6 |
2021[b] | Makahiki | 8 | Kota Fujioka | Yasuo Tomomichi | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:24.5 |
2022[b] | Vela Azul | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Kunihiko Watanabe | Carrot Farm | 2:24.3 |
2023 | Pradaria | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Manabu Ikezoe | Nagoya Yuho | 2:25.30 |
a Stay Gold came in first in the 2001 runnings. However, as he had cut off Narita Top Road and caused his jockey to fall, he was disqualified from the race.
b The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.
Earlier winners
[edit]- 1966 - Kyoei Hikari
- 1967 - Shibafuji
- 1968 - Marchs
- 1969 - Finis
- 1970 - New Kiminonawa
- 1971 - Mejiro Asama
- 1972 - Kimusu Vimy
- 1973 - Tanino Chikara
- 1974 - Tanino Chikara
- 1975 - Ishino Masaru
- 1976 - Passing Venture
- 1977 - Ten Point
- 1978 - Ryu Kiko
- 1979 - Tenmei
- 1980 - Silksky
- 1981 - Inado Kotobuki
- 1982 - Mejiro Chara
- 1983 - Yamano Shiragiku
- 1984 - Suzuka Koban
- 1985 - Yamano Shiragiku
- 1986 - Suzuka Koban
- 1987 - Tokai Roman
- 1988 - Meisho Eikan
- 1989 - Super Creek
- 1990 - Super Creek
- 1991 - Mejiro McQueen
- 1992 - Osumi Roch
- 1993 - Mejiro McQueen
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "KYOTO DAISHOTEN (G2)". japanracing.jp.
- ^ "京都大賞典". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Kyoto Daishoten". Netkeiba.