Tokyo Shimbun Hai

The Tokyo Shimbun Hai (Japanese 東京新聞杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

Tokyo Shimbun Hai
Grade 3 race
Win Carnelian winning the 2023 Tokyo Shimbun Hai
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1951
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Weight56 kg, fillies and mares allowed 2 kg
Purse¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner)

The Tokyo Shimbun Hai was first run in 1951 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was originally run over 2400 metres but the distance was cut to 2200 metres in 1968, 2100 metres in 1969, 2000 metres in 1971 and to 1600 metres in 1984. It was run at Nakayama Racecourse in 1965, 1968 and 2003.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Daiwa Caerleon 7 Hiroshi Kitamura Yoshitaka Ninomiya 1:33.6
2001 Checkmate 6 Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi 1:34.2
2002 Admire Cozzene 6 Hiroki Goto Mitsuru Hashida 1:37.7
2003 Bold Brian 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Kazuo Fujisawa 1:32.3
2004 Win Radius 6 Katsuharu Tanaka Kazuo Fujisawa 1:33.0
2005 Hat Trick 4 Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii 1:33.7
2006 Fuji Silence 6 Teruo Eda Fuyuki Tako 1:33.7
2007 Suzuka Phoenix 5 Yutaka Take Mitsuru Hashida 1:32.7
2008 Laurel Guerreiro 4 Shinji Fujita Mitsugu Kon 1:32.8
2009 Absolute 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Yoshitada Munakata 1:36.9
2010 Red Spada 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo Fujisawa 1:32.1
2011 Smile Jack 6 Kousei Miura Satoru Kobiyama 1:32.5
2012 Garbo 5 Shu Ishibashi Hidekatsu Shimizu 1:32.8
2013 Clarente 4 Yasunari Iwata Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:32.9
2014 Whale Capture 6 Masayoshi Ebina Kiyotaka Tanaka 1:33.2
2015 Vincennes 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Mikio Matsunaga 1:35.7
2016 Smart Layer 6 Hayato Yoshida Ryuji Okubo 1:34.1
2017 Black Spinel 4 Mirco Demuro Hidetaka Otonashi 1:34.9[2]
2018 Lys Gracieux 4 Yutaka Take Yoshito Yahagi 1:34.1[3]
2019 Indy Champ 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Hidetaka Otonashi 1:31.9[4]
2020 Primo Scene 5 Mirco Demuro Tetsuya Kimura 1:33.0
2021 Karate 5 Akira Sugawara Yoshiyasu Takahashi 1:32.4
2022 Elusive Panther 4 Hironobu Tanabe Takashi Kubota 1:32.3
2023 Win Carnelian 6 Kousei Miura Yuichi Shikato 1:31.8

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Symboli York
  • 1985 - Dokan Yashima
  • 1986 - Gallop Dyna
  • 1987 - Ebisu George
  • 1988 - Kailos Amon
  • 1989 - Tosho Mario
  • 1990 - Houkuto Helios
  • 1991 - Horino Winner
  • 1992 - Narcisse Noir
  • 1993 - Kyowa Hoseki
  • 1994 - Sekitei Ryo O
  • 1995 - Golden Eye
  • 1996 - Trot Thunder
  • 1997 - Best Tie Up
  • 1998 - Big Sunday
  • 1999 - King Halo

See also

References

  1. "Tokyo Shimbun Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 February 2017.
  3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 4 February 2018.
  4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 3 February 2019.
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