Mainichi Ōkan
Grade 2 race | |
2017 Mainichi Okan | |
Location | Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū |
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Inaugurated | 1950 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1800 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies |
Weight | 3-y-o 54kg, 4-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. |
Purse | ¥67,000,000 (winner) ¥145,120,000 (total) |
The Mainichi Ōkan (毎日王冠, mainichi ōkan) is a Grade 2 horse race in for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 1,800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.
The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.[1]
It was first run in 1950 over 2500 metres. The distance was reduced to 2300 metres in 1959 and to 2000 metres in 1962 before the race was run over its current distance for the first time in 1984. It has been rated JRA Grade II since that year and was promoted to International Grade II in 2001. 2014, winner is received priority ballot for Tenno Sho (Autumn).
Among the winners of the race have been Katsuragi Ace, Oguri Cap, Bubble Gum Fellow, Silence Suzuka, Grass Wonder, Eishin Preston, Daiwa Major and A Shin Hikari
Records
Winners since 1994
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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1994 | Nehai Caesar | 4 | Katsumi Shiomura | Tadashi Fuse | 1:44.6 |
1995 | Sugano Oji | 4 | Tomio Yasuda | Hiroyuki Uehara | 1:48.4 |
1996 | Annus Mirabilis | 4 | Darryll Holland | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:45.8 |
1997 | Bubble Gum Fellow | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:46.1 |
1998 | Silence Suzuka | 4 | Yutaka Take | Mituru Hashida | 1:44.9 |
1999 | Grass Wonder | 4 | Hitoshi Matoba | Mitsuhiro Ogata | 1:45.8 |
2000 | Tunante | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Shoichi Matsumoto | 1:46.1 |
2001 | Eishin Preston | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | 1:45.3 |
2002 | Magnaten | 6 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:46.1 |
2003 | Balance of Game | 4 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata | 1:45.7 |
2004 | Telegnosis | 5 | Masaki Katsuura | Hiroaki Sugiura | 1:46.0 |
2005 | Sunrise Pegasus | 7 | Hiroshi Goto | Sei Ishizaka | 1:46.5 |
2006 | Daiwa Major | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Hiroyuki Uehara | 1:45.5 |
2007 | Chosan | 5 | Masami Matsuoka | Toshiaki Shimizu | 1:44.2 |
2008 | Super Hornet | 5 | Yusuke Fujioka | Yoshito Yahagi | 1:44.6 |
2009 | Company | 8 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hideuki Otonashi | 1:45.3 |
2010 | Aliseo | 3 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Noriyuki Hori | 1:46.4 |
2011 | Dark Shadow | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Noriyuki Hori | 1:46.7 |
2012 | Curren Black Hill | 3 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Osamu Hirata | 1:45.0 |
2013 | Eishin Flash | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:46.7 |
2014 | Air Saumur | 5 | Yutaka Take | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:45.2 |
2015 | A Shin Hikari | 4 | Yutaka Take | Masanori Sakaguchi | 1:45.6 |
2016 | Rouge Buck | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Masahiro Otake | 1:46.6 |
2017 | Real Steel | 5 | Mirco Demuro | Yoshito Yahagi | 1:45.6 |
2018 | Aerolithe | 4 | João Moreira | Takanori Kikuzawa | 1:44.5 |
2019 | Danon Kingly | 3 | Keita Tosaki | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1:44.4 |
2020 | Salios | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Noriyuki Hori | 1:45.5 |
2021 | Schnell Meister | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:44.8 |
2022 | Salios | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori | 1:44.1 |
2023 | Elton Barows | 3 | Atsuya Nishimura | Haruki Sugiyama | 1:45.3 |
Earlier winners
- 1950 – Hatakaze
- 1952 – Mitsuhata
- 1952 – New Moana
- 1953 – Track O
- 1954 – Hakuryo
- 1955 – Susquehanna
- 1956 – Fair Manna
- 1957 – Hakuchikara
- 1958 – Hishi Maaru
- 1959 – Kuripero
- 1960 – Unebi Hikari
- 1961 – Harrow More
- 1962 – Emroan
- 1963 – Yamano O
- 1964 – Toast
- 1965 – Umeno Chikara
- 1966 – Theftway
- 1967 – Tama Queen
- 1968 – Shesky
- 1969 – Takeshiba O
- 1970 – Kurishiba
- 1971 – Tokino Shin O
- 1972 – Hustler
- 1973 – Takuma O
- 1974 – Takekuma Hikaru
- 1975 – White Fontaine
- 1976 – Harbor Young
- 1977 – C B Queen
- 1978 – Press Toko
- 1979 – C B Cross
- 1980 – Kane Minobu
- 1981 – Juji Arrow
- 1982 – Kyoei Promise
- 1983 – Takara Tenryu
- 1984 – Katsuragi Ace
- 1985 – Gold Way
- 1986 – Sakura Yutaka O
- 1987 – Dyna Actress
- 1988 – Oguri Cap
- 1989 – Oguri Cap
- 1990 – Lucky Guerlain
- 1991 – Prekrasnie
- 1992 – Daitaku Helios
- 1993 – Shinko Lovely
See also
References
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