Hakodate Kinen

The Hakodate Kinen (Japanese 函館記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hakodate Racecourse.[1]

Hakodate Kinen
Grade 3 race
LocationHakodate Racecourse
Inaugurated1965
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run over 2400 metres until 1967.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Craftsmanship 5 Masaki Katsuura Yoshiyuki Goto 2:02.7
2001 Lord Platimum 5 Mikio Matsunaga Yuji Ito 2:02.4
2002 Yamanin Respect 5 Yohsikazu Yokoyama Hideshi Asami 2:05.1
2003 Air Eminem 5 Masayoshi Ebina Yuji Ito 1:59.9
2004 Craft Work 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Yoshiyuki Goto 2:00.6
2005 Erimo Harrier 5 Kohei Kitamura Hidetaka Tadokoro 2:00.7
2006 Erimo Harrier 6 Katsumi Ando Hidetaka Tadokoro 2:05.1
2007 Erimo Harrier 7 Koshiro Take Hidetaka Tadokoro 2:02.8
2008 Tosen Captain 4 Yusuke Fujioka Katsuhiko Sumii 2:00.3
2009 Sakura Orion 7 Shinichiro Akiyama Yasuo Ikee 2:00.6
2010 Meiner Starry 5 Douglas Whyte Tadashi Kayo 1:58.5
2011 King Top Gun 8 Norihiro Yokoyama Ippo Sameshima 2:00.3
2012 Transwarp 7 Takuya Ono Kiyoshi Hagiwara 2:00.4
2013 Tokei Halo 4 Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu 1:58.6
2014 Love Is Boo Shet 5 Yoshihiro Furukawa Akira Murayama 2:00.1
2015 Derby Fizz 5 Yasunari Iwata Futoshi Kojima 1:59.1
2016 Meiner Milano 6 Yuji Tannai Ikuo Aizawa 1:59.0[2]
2017 Luminous Warrior 6 Yuichi Shibayama Shoichiro Wada 2:01.2[3]
2018 Air Anthem 7 Yusuke Fujioka Keiji Yoshimura 1:59.8[4]
2019 My Style 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Mitsugu Kon 1:59.6

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Windsor Knot
  • 1985 - Windsor Knot
  • 1986 - Nippo Teio
  • 1987 - Windstoss
  • 1988 - Soccer Boy
  • 1989 - Speak Reason
  • 1990 - Lucky Guerlain
  • 1991 - Mejiro Marsyas
  • 1992 - Higashi Mallorca
  • 1993 - Golden Eye
  • 1994 - Wako Chikako
  • 1995 - Inter My Way
  • 1996 - Bright Sunday
  • 1997 - Aloha Dream
  • 1998 - Pal Bright
  • 1999 - Jo Big Bang

See also

References

  1. "Hakodate Kinen". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 17 July 2016.
  3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 16 July 2017.
  4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 15 July 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.