Nikkei Shinshun Hai

Nikkei Shinshun Hai
日経新春杯
Grade 2 race
2012 Nikkei Shinshun Hai
LocationKyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Purse¥ 123,120,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 57,000,000
2nd: ¥ 23,000,000
3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

The Nikkei Shinshun Hai (Japanese 日経新春杯) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds of at least four years of age. It is a handicap race run over a distance of 2,400 metres at Kyoto Racecourse in January.[1]

The Nikkei Shinshun Hai was first run in 1954 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. The race was run over 2200 metres at Chukyo Racecourse in 2021.

Among the winners of the race have been Stay Gold, Glory Vase, Rulership, Mejiro Bright and Mikki Rocket.

Winners since 1984

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
1984 Erimo Roller[a] 5 Shigetoshi Saruhashi Ishimatsu Okubo 2:43.3
1985 Masahiko Boy 6 Seiki Tabara Michio Kubo 2:29.0
1986 Fleet Hope 4 Shigetoshi Saruhashi Keizo Umeuchi 2:28.9
1987 Fresh Voice 4 Seiki Tabara Naoyuki Sakai 2:16.1
1988 Speed Hero 6 Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroki Sakiyama 2:15.3
1989 Land Hiryu 7 Hiroshi Kawachi Minoru Kobayashi 2:14.4
1990 Towa Triple 4 Hitoshi Matoba Takashi Tsukazaki 2:15.0
1991 Merci Atla 4 Hiroshi Kawachi Yukiharu Ono 2:13.6
1992 Kamino Cresse 5 Katsumi Minai Ryōhei Tanaka 2:15.2
1993 El Casa River 4 Taisei Yamada Ryohei Tanaka 2:14.0
1994 Monsieur Siecle 6 Shinji Fujita Minoru Kobayashi 2:35.5
1995 Go Go Z 4 Yoshiyuki Muramoto Hitoshi Arai 2:24.8
1996 Hagino Real King 6 Shinji Fujita Minoru Kobayashi 2:26.7
1997 Mejiro Lambada 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee 2:27.6
1998 Erimo Dandy 4 Yutaka Take Masaaki Okubo 2:26.3
1999 Mejiro Bright 5 Hiroshi Kawachi Hidekazu Asami 2:31.4
2000 Marvelous Timer 6 Yutaka Take Terumasa Yano 2:24.3
2001 Stay Gold 7 Shinji Fujita Yasuo Ikee 2:25.8
2002 Top Commander 5 Hirofumi Shii Hiroki Sakiyama 2:26.4
2003 Bamboo Juventus 4 Hirofumi Shii Yoshiyasu Tajima 2:25.8
2004 Silk Famous 5 Hirofumi Shii Ippo Sameshina 2:24.5
2005 Sakura Century 5 Tetsuzō Satō Shozo Sasaki 2:29.0
2006 Admire Fuji 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Mitsuru Hashida 2:26.3
2007 Tokai Wild 5 Katsumi Andō Hitoshi Nakamura 2:27.4
2008 Admire Monarch 7 Katsumi Andō Hiroyoshi Matsuda 2:27.4
2009 T M Precure 6 Takuma Ogino Tadao Igarashi 2:26.6
2010 Meisho Beluga 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo Ikezoe 2:24.4
2011 Rulership 4 Umberto Rispoli Katsuhiko Sumii 2:24.6
2012 To The Glory 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasutoshi Ikee 2:23.7
2013 Capote Star 4 Ryō Takakura Yoshito Yahagi 2:25.0
2014 Satono Noblesse 4 Christophe Lemaire Yasutoshi Ikee 2:24.4
2015 Admire Deus 4 Yasunari Iwata Mitsuru Hashida 2:24.8
2016 Reve Mistral 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda 2:25.9
2017 Mikki Rocket 4 Ryuji Wada Hidetaka Otonashi 2:25.7[2]
2018 Perform A Promise 6 Mirco Demuro Hideaki Fujiwara 2:26.3[3]
2019 Glory Vase 4 Mirco Demuro Tomohito Ozeki 2:26.2[4]
2020 Mozu Bello 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Naoyuki Morita 2:26.9
2021 Shoryu Ikuzo[b] 5 Taisei Danno Shozo Sasaki 2:11.8
2022 Yoho Lake[b] 4 Yuga Kawada Yasuo Tomomichi 2:11.7
2023 Weltreisende[b] 6 David Egan Yasutoshi Ikee 2:14.2
2024 Blow the Horn 5 Akira Sugawara Eiji Nakano 2:23.7

a The 1984 running was run on Dirt at the distance of 2,600m

b The 2021, 2022 and 2023 runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nikkei Shinshun Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 17 January 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 14 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 13 January 2019.
  5. ^ "日経新春杯". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Nikkei Shinshun Hai". Netkeiba.