Chunichi Shimbun Hai

Chunichi Shimbun Hai
中日新聞杯
Grade 3 race
Decipher wins the 2015 Chunichi Shimbun Hai
LocationChukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1965
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 43,000,000
2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Chunichi Shimbun Hai (Japanese 中日新聞杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in December over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was usually run over 1800 metres before being moved up to its current distance in 2006. It was run at Kokura Racecourse in 1991, 1993, 1994, 2010, and 2011.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner Time
2000 Tosho Andre 4 Koichi Tsunoda Sakae Watanabe Tosho Sangyo 1:46.4
2001 Grand Pas de Deux 4 Eiji Nakadate Hiroyuki Nagahama Sunday Racing 1:48.0
2002 My Sole Sound 3 Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura Kiyoshi Sano 1:47.9
2003 Precise Machine 4 Hiroki Goto Kiyoshi Hagiwara Seiichi Iketani 1:47.6
2004 Precise Machine 5 Hiroki Goto Kiyoshi Hagiwara Seiichi Iketani 1:46.3
2005 Gran Rio 5 Yuichi Shibayama Takehisa Sasakura Hareo Tanaka 1:46.4
2006 Toho Alan 3 Christophe Lemaire Hideaki Fujiwara Toho Bussan 1:57.8
2007 Sunrise Max 3 Mirco Demuro Yutaka Masumoto Takao Matsuoka 1:58.5
2008 Yamanin Kingly 3 Mirco Demuro Hiroshi Kawachi Hajime Doi 1:59.5
2009 Earnestly 4 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki Koji Maeda 1:57.4
2010 To The Glory 3 Mirco Demuro Yasutoshi Ikee Carrot Farm 1:58.7
2011 Cosmo Phantom 4 Takano Ono Toru Miya Big Red Farm 1:59.6
2012 Smart Gear 7 Kohei Matsuyama Masaru Sayama Toru Okawa 2:02.2
2013 Satono Apollo 5 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda Hajime Satomi 1:59.6
2014 Martinborough 5 Dario Vargiu Yasuo Tomomichi Kazumi Yoshida 2:01.7
2015 Decipher 6 Hirofumi Shii Futoshi Kojima H. H. Sheikh Mohammed 2:01.2
2016 Satono Noblesse 6 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee Hajime Satomi 2:01.3[2]
2017 Maitres d'Art 4 Cristian Demuro Hirofumi Toda Carrot Farm 1:59.3[3]
2018 Gibeon 3 Cristian Demuro Hideaki Fujiwara Shadai Race Horse 1:59.3[4]
2019 Satono Garnet 4 Ryusei Sakai Yoshito Yahagi Satomi Horse Company 1:59.2
2020 Boccherini 4 Kohei Matsuyama Yasutoshi Ikee Kaneko Makoto Holdings 2:00.1
2021 Shonan Bardi 5 Yasunari Iwata Takeshi Matsushita Tetsuhide Kunimoto 1:59.8
2022 Killer Ability 3 Taisei Danno Takashi Saito Carrot Farm 1:59.4
2023 Yamanin Salvum 4 Kousei Miura Naoya Nakamura Hajime Doi 1:58.8
2024 Desierto 5 Yasunari Iwata Yasunari Iwata Shogo Yasuda 1:58.4

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Ascot Eight
  • 1985 - Kikuno Pegasus
  • 1986 - Hakuryo Bell
  • 1987 - Windstoss
  • 1988 - Tokino Orient
  • 1989 - Tosho Arrow
  • 1990 - Dokan Jo
  • 1991 - Shori Tenyu
  • 1992 - Fuiyama Kenzan
  • 1993 - Arashi
  • 1994 - Nehai Victory
  • 1995 - Go Go Z
  • 1996 - Foundry Shori
  • 1997 - Foundry Shori
  • 1998 - Tsurumaru Gaisen
  • 1999 - Shin Kaiun

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chunichi Shimbun Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 December 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 8 December 2018.
  5. ^ "中日新聞杯". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Chunichi Shimbun Hai". Netkeiba.