Hankyu Hai

The Hankyu Hai (Japanese 阪急杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.[1] The race serves as a trial for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.

Hankyu Hai
Grade 3 race
Majin Prosper wins the 2012 Hankyu Hai
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated1957
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Weight56 kg
Purse¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

The Hankyu Hai was first run in 1957 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1959, 1966, 1969, 1991 and 1995. It was run over a variety of distances before being run over 1400 metres for the first time in 1981: it was run over 1200 metres from 1996 to 2005.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Black Hawk 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Sakae Kunieda 1:08.7
2001 Daitaku Yamato 7 Mirco Demuro Sei Ishizaka 1:08.7
2002 Admire Cozzene 6 Hiroki Goto Mitsuru Hashida 1:07.9
2003 Shonan Kampf 5 Shinji Fujita Yokichi Okubo 1:08.5
2004 Sunningdale 5 Minoru Yoshida Tsutomu Setoguchi 1:08.5
2005 Keeneland Swan 6 Hirofumi Shii Hideyuki Mori 1:08.5
2006 Blue Shotgun 7 Mikio Matsunaga Kohei Take 1:22.5
2007 Precise Machine (DH) 8 Katsumi Ando Kiyoshi Hagiwara 1:20.5
Eishin Dover (DH) 5 Hideaki Miyuki Ken Kozaki
2008 Laurel Guerreiro 4 Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu Kon 1:20.7
2009 B B Guldan 5 Katsumi Ando Masazo Ryoke 1:21.1
2010 A Shin Forward 5 Yasunari Iwata Masato Nihizono 1:21.4
2011 San Carlo 5 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo 1:20.1
2012 Majin Prosper 5 Suguru Hamanaka Hidemasa Nakao 1:22.0
2013 Lord Kanaloa 5 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki Yasuda 1:21.0
2014 Copano Richard 4 Suguru Hamanaka Toru Miya 1:20.7
2015 Daiwa Maggiore 6 Mirco Demuro Yoshito Yahagi 1:23.8
2016 Mikki Isle 5 Kohei Matsuyama Hidetaka Otonashi 1:19.9
2017 Talking Drum 7 Hideaki Miyuki Makoto Saito 1:21.4[2]
2018 Diana Halo 5 Yutaka Take Nobuharu Fukushima 1:20.1[3]
2019 Smart Odin 6 Yusuke Fujioka Yasutoshi Ikee 1:20.3[4]
2020 Best Actor 6 Suguru Hamanaka Yuichi Shikato 1:20.3
2021 Resistencia 4 Yuichi Kitamura Takeshi Matsushita 1:19.2
2022 Diatonic 7 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki Yasuda 1:19.9
2023 Aguri 4 Kazuo Yokoyama Takayuki Yasuda 1:19.5

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Gouache Out
  • 1985 - Shadai Sophia
  • 1986 - Long Hayabusa
  • 1987 - St Caesar
  • 1988 - Sankin Hayate
  • 1989 - Horino Raiden
  • 1990 - Senryo Yakusha
  • 1991 - Jo Roaring
  • 1992 - Hokusei Ciboulette
  • 1993 - Legacy Field
  • 1994 - Gold Mountain
  • 1995 - Bodyguard
  • 1996 - Towa Winner
  • 1997 - Shinko Forest
  • 1998 - Masa Lucky
  • 1999 - Kyoei March

See also

References

  1. "Hankyu Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 26 February 2017.
  3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 25 February 2018.
  4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 24 February 2019.
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