Keeneland Cup

The Keeneland Cup (Japanese: キーンランドカップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Sapporo Racecourse.[1] It serves as a trial race for the Sprinters Stakes.

Keeneland Cup
Grade 3 race
LocationSapporo Racecourse
Inaugurated1966
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1200 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
Weight4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 53 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg
Purse¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

The Keeneland Cup was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status since 2006. It was run at Hakodate Racecourse in 2013. The race was contested over 1000 metres until 2000.

Winners since 2006

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2006 Cheerful Smile 6 Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Ikee 1:08.4
2007 Couverture 3 Norihiro Yokoyama Sakae Kunieda 1:08.6
2008 Tanino Martini 8 Shinichiro Akiyama Hikozo Sugai 1:07.9
2009 B B Guldan 5 Katsumi Ando Masazo Ryoke 1:08.4
2010 One Carat 4 Yusuke Fujioka Kenichi Fujioka 1:08.4
2011 Curren Chan 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Takayuki Yasuda 1:08.6
2012 Pas de Trois 5 Katsumi Ando Ippo Sameshima 1:07.6
2013 Forever Mark 5 Issei Murata Eiichi Yano 1:11.7
2014 Robe Tissage 4 Kousei Miura Naosuke Sugai 1:09.0
2015 Ukiyono Kaze 5 Hirofumi Shii Takanori Kikuzawa 1:08.6
2016 Blanc Bonheur 3 Keita Tosaki Kazuya Nakatake 1:08.5[2]
2017 Epoisses 9 Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa 1:09.0[3]
2018 Nac Venus 5 João Moreira Hiroaki Sugiura 1:09.4[4]
2019 Danon Smash 4 Yuga Kawada Takayuki Yasuda 1:09.2
2020 Eighteen Girl 4 Ryusei Sakai Yuji Iida 1:10.6
2021 Lei Halia 3 Heart Kameda Toshiaki Tajima 1:09.1
2022 Venta Voce 5 Christophe Lemaire Mitsunori Makiura 1:09.1
2023 Namura Clair 4 Suguru Hamanaka Kodai Hasegawa 1:09.9

See also

References

  1. "Keeneland Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 28 August 2016.
  3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 27 August 2017.
  4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 26 August 2018.
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