Chukyo Kinen

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Horse race
Chukyo Kinen
中京記念
Grade 3 race
Greater London wins the 2018 Chukyo Kinen
LocationChukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1953
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner)

The Chukyo Kinen (Japanese 中京記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1953 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was usually run over 1800 metres before being reduced to its current distance in 2012. It was run at Kokura Racecourse in 1991, 1993, 1994, 2011, 2021, 2022, and 2024. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 2020 as well.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner Time
2000 Meisho Doto 4 Yasuhiko Yasuda Isao Yasuda Yoshio Matsumoto 1:59.1
2001 Lord Cronos 6 Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa Lord Horse Club 1:59.7
2002 Tsurumaru Boy 4 Hiroshi Kawachi Kojiro Hashiguchi Takao Tsuruta 1:59.4
2003 Tagano My Bach 4 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda Ryoji Yagi 2:00.1
2004 Meisho Kio 7 Shinichiro Akiyama Masaru Fukushima Yoshio Matsumoto 1:58.6
2005 Mega Stardom 6 Mikio Matsunaga Shoji Yamamoto North Hills Management 1:59.5
2006 Machikane Aura 4 Yuga Kawada Yuji Ito Masuo Hosokawa 1:58.2
2007 Rosenkreuz 5 Yusuke Fujioka Kojiro Hashiguchi Sunday Racing 1:56.9
2008 Tascata Sorte 4 Eiji Nakadate Hideaki Fujiwara Shadai Race Horse 1:58.4
2009 Sakura Orion 7 Shinichiro Akiyama Yasuo Ikee Sakura Commerce 2:00.4
2010 Shadow Gate 8 Katsuharu Tanaka Yukihiro Kato Tomokazu Iizuka 2:02.0
2011 Narita Crystal 5 Yutaka Take Kazuyoshi Kihara Osumi 2:00.0
2012 Fragarach 5 Ryo Takakura Mikio Matsunaga Carrot Farm 1:35.1
2013 Fragarach 6 Ryo Takakura Mikio Matsunaga Carrot Farm 1:33.5
2014 Sadamu Patek 6 Katsuharu Tanaka Masato Nishizono Sadamu Onishi 1:37.1
2015 Smart Orion 5 Mirco Demuro Yuichi Shikato Toru Okawa 1:33.4
2016 Garibaldi 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki Fujiwara Shadai Race Horse 1:33.6[2]
2017 Win Gagnant 5 Akihide Tsumura Masato Nishizono WIN 1:33.2[3]
2018 Greater London 6 Hironobu Tanabe Masahiro Otake Yoshiro Kubota 1:32.3[4]
2019 Groove It 3 Kohei Matsuyama Mikio Matsunaga Carrot Farm 1:33.6
2020 Meikei Die Hard 5 Manabu Sakai Kazuya Nakatake Nagoya Horse Racing 1:32.7
2021 Andraste 5 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Shadai Race Horse 1:46.2
2022 Belenus 5 Atsuya Nishimura Haruki Sugiyama Carrot Farm 1:45.9
2023 Selberg 4 Kohei Matsuyama Takashi Suzuki Natsumi Kuwabata 1:33.0
2024 Al Naseem 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Shinsuke Hashiguchi Lion Race Horse 1:47.2

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Hashi Rody
  • 1985 - Power Cedar
  • 1986 - Shining Ruby
  • 1987 - Tosho Leo
  • 1988 - Topcoat
  • 1989 - Inter Animato
  • 1990 - Osaichi George
  • 1991 - Lets Go Tarquin
  • 1992 - Movie Star
  • 1993 - Arashi
  • 1994 - Shimano Yamahime
  • 1995 - Chokai Carol
  • 1996 - Inazuma Takao
  • 1997 - Aloha Dream
  • 1998 - Toyo Rainbow
  • 1999 - Erimo Excel

See also

References

  • Netkeiba:[5][6]
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  1. ^ "Chukyo Kinen". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 24 July 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 23 July 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 22 July 2018.
  5. ^ "中京記念". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Chukyo Kinen". Netkeiba.
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