Keihan Hai

The Keihan Hai (Japanese 京阪杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]

Keihan Hai
Grade 3 race
The 2009 winner Premium Box
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1200 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
Weight4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 55kg, fillies allowed 2kg
Purse¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner)

It was first run in 1956 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was originally run over 2000 metres and was contested over 2200 metres in 1996 before being cut to 1800 metres a year later. It was first run over its current distance in 2006.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Joten Brave 3 Olivier Peslier Ikuo Aizawa 1:45.2
2001 Tenzan Seiza 3 Hirofumi Shii Hideaki Fujiwara 1:45.6
2002 Sidewinder 4 Koshiro Take Shuji Kitahashi 1:45.3
2003 Cheers Brightly 5 Masaru Honda Kenji Yamauchi 1:49.1
2004 Daiwa El Cielo 3 Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide Matsuda 1:46.3
2005 Company 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Hidetaka Otonashi 1:44.8
2006 Amberjack 3 Koshiro Take Takao Nakano 1:08.3
2007 Sans Adieu 5 Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi 1:07.9
2008 Western Dancer 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroki Sakiyama 1:08.1
2009 Premium Box 6 Hideaki Miyuki Hiroyuki Uehara 1:07.6
2010 Spring Song 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome 1:08.0
2011 Lord Kanaloa 3 Yuichi Fukunaga Takayuki Yasuda 1:08.1
2012 Hakusan Moon 3 Manabu Sakai Masato Nishizono 1:08.5
2013 Earth Sonic 4 Mirco Demuro Kazuya Nakatake 1:07.5
2014 Am Ball Bleiben 5 Ken Tanaka Nobuharu Fukuhima 1:08.3
2015 Satono Lupin 4 Ryuji Wada Akira Murayama 1:07.4
2016 Nero 5 Mickael Barzalona Hideyuki Mori 1:10.3[2]
2017 Nero 6 Hiroto Yoshihara Hideyuki Mori 1:08.8[3]
2018 Danon Smash 3 Yuichi Kitamura Takayuki Yasuda 1:08.0[4]
2019 Right On Cue 4 Yoshihiro Furukawa Mitsugu Kon 1:08.8
2020 Fiano Romano 6 Hayato Yoshida Tomokazu Takano 1:08.2
2021 Eighteen Girl 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Yuji Iida 1:08.8
2022 Toshin Macau 3 Katsuma Sameshima Mizuki Takayanagi 1:07.2

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Katsuragi Ace
  • 1985 - Marubutsu Sir Pen
  • 1986 - Single Roman
  • 1987 - Maruma Seiko
  • 1988 - Tosho Leo
  • 1989 - Nihon Pillow Brave
  • 1990 - Long Muteki
  • 1991 - Ikuno Dictus
  • 1992 - Mr Spain
  • 1993 - Longchamp Boy
  • 1994 - Nehai Caesar
  • 1995 - Dantsu Seattle
  • 1996 - Dance Partner
  • 1997 - Erimo Dandy
  • 1998 - Bravo Green
  • 1999 - Rosado

See also

References

  1. "Keihan Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 27 November 2016.
  3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 26 November 2017.
  4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 25 November 2018.
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