Keisei Hai

Keisei Hai
京成杯
Grade 3 race
Nakayama Racecourse Grandstand
LocationNakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated1961
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o
Weight56 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg
Purse¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 41,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Keisei Hai (Japanese 京成杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in January over a distance of 2000 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]

The race was first run in 1961 and has been run as a Grade 3 level since 1984. The race was originally run over 1600 metres before the distance was extended to 2000 metres in 1999, matching it with the Satsuki Sho.[2]

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner Time
2000 Meiner Vintage Yoshitomi Shibata Shozo Sasaki Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 2:04.0
2001 Born King David Harrison Kunihide Matsuda Makoto Kaneko 2:03.2
2002
(dh)
Roman Empire Koshiro Take Taira Furukawa Turf Sport 2:00.4
Yamanin Seraphim Masayoshi Ebina Shuichi Asami Hajime Doi
2003 Suzuka Dream Masayoshi Ebina Mitsuru Hahida Keiji Nagai 2:01.7
2004 Focal Point Norihiro Yokoyama Michifumi Kono Shadai Race Horse 1:59.2
2005 Admire Japan Norihiro Yokoyama Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo 2:07.4
2006 Jalisco Light Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo Fujisawa Kazumi Yoshida 2:03.2
2007 Sun Zeppelin Masami Matsuoka Makoto Saito Nobuyuki Kato 2:01.6
2008 Meiner Charles Masami Matsuoka Ryuichi Inaba Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 2:02.9
2009 Early Robusto Yuichi Fukunaga Masaru Honda Mishima Bokujo 2:02.7
2010 Eishin Flash Norihiro Yokoyama Hideaki Fujiwara Toyomitsu Hirai 2:03.6
2011 Fateful War Katsuhara Tanaka Shinichi Ito Shadai Race Horse 2:00.9
2012 Best Deal Norihiro Yokoyama Sakae Kunieda Shadai Race Horse 2:00.6
2013 Fame Game Fran Berry Yoshitada Munakata Sunday Racing 2:02.3
2014 Pray and Real Daichi Shibata Hiroaki Kawazu Shigeyuki Okada 2:01.1
2015 Beruf Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing 2:02.3
2016 Prophet Shane Foley Yasutoshi Ikee Carrot Racing 2:01.4
2017 Komano Impulse Hironobu Tanabe Masatatsu Kikukawa Yoshinobu Hasegawa 2:02.5[3]
2018 Generale Uno Hironobu Tanabe Eiichi Yano G Riviere Racing 2:01.2[4]
2019 Last Draft Christophe Lemaire Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing 2:01.2[5]
2020 Crystal Black Yutaka Yoshida Fumimasa Takahashi Isamu Okada 2:02.1
2021 Gratias Christophe Lemaire Yukihiro Kato Three H Racing 2:03.1
2022 Onyankopon Akira Sugawara Shigeyuki Kojima Kunio Tabara 2:01.3
2023 Sol Oriens Takeshi Yokoyama Takahisa Tezuka Shadai Race Horse 2:02.2
2024 Danon Decile Norihiro Yokoyama Shogo Yasuda Danox 2:00.5

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Hatsuno Amoy
  • 1985 - Sakura Sunny O
  • 1986 - Dyna Fairy
  • 1987 - Super Phantom
  • 1988 - Tosho Mario
  • 1989 - Speak Reason
  • 1990 - No More Speedy
  • 1991 - Dynamite Daddy
  • 1992 - A P Jet
  • 1993 - Osumi Point
  • 1994 - Biko Pegasus
  • 1995 - Mighty Force
  • 1996 - Sakura Speed O
  • 1997 - Speed World
  • 1998 - Mandarin Star
  • 1999 - Osumi Bright

See also

References

  1. ^ "Keisei Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "歴史・コース:京成杯 今週の注目レース JRA". jra.jp. Archived from the original on 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 14 January 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 14 January 2018.
  6. ^ "京成杯". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Keisei Hai". Netkeiba.