Shinzan Kinen
Japanese thoroughbred race
Horse race
Shinzan Kinen シンザン記念 Guanciale wins the 2015 Shinzan Kinen
Location Kyoto Racecourse Kyoto , Japan Inaugurated 1967[ 1] Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Distance 1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs / 1 mile) Surface Turf Track Right-handed (inner course) Qualification Three-year-old Fillies Weight 56 kg Purse ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)1st: ¥ 41,000,0002nd: ¥ 16,000,0003rd: ¥ 10,000,000
Statue of Shinzan at Kyoto Racecourse
The Shinzan Kinen (Japanese : シンザン記念 ), short for the Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen (Japanese : 日刊スポーツ賞 シンザン記念 ),[ 2] is a Grade III race for three-year-olds in the JRA .[ 3]
Race details
The race was named to honor Shinzan , the Japanese racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Crown in 1961 and also won the Tenno Sho (Autumn) and the Arima Kinen .[ 3]
The first edition of the race was held on January 15, 1967 in which Taigyo won. Since then, the race is traditionally held at Kyoto Racecourse in January.
Foreign horses are allowed to enter the race.[ 1]
Past winners
Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
1967
Taigyo
Kunihiko Take
Heizo Take
Yoshio Nakayama
1:39.0
1968
Hikari O
Masazo Ryoke
Yoshio Tanaka
Ichisaburo Matsumoto
1:41.0
1969
Fine Happy
Yoshinori Yanada
Juubee Tsubo
Hisahiro Yoshida
1:38.8
1970
High Prince
Shigetada Takahashi
Isamu Sato
Kazunori Yoshimine
1:36.9
1971
Fi Dor
Yoshito Matsumoto
Bungo Takeda
Obara Kikue
1:42.3
1972
Shinmoedake
Norihito Fujioka
Isao Tanoue
Mitsuyoshi Kubo
1:38.5
1973
Dicta Boy
Masami Shibata
Tadashi Fuse
Shigeo Imai
1:38.8
1974
Naniwa Light
Eiji Shimizu
Mitsuo Ogino
Aya Nishida
1:37.0
1975
Erimo George
Yoichi Fukunaga
Masaaki Okubo
Shinichi Yamamoto
1:38.4
1976
Bambton Shade
Toshifumi Kubo
Shuji Ito
Shozo Higuchi
1:39.3
1977
Tenzan Sakura
Hiroshi Kawachi
Yoshiharu Matsunaga
Saburo Hirano
1:38.1
1978
Lovely Tosho
Hideo Koyauchi
Tameo Toyama
Tosho Sangyo
1:37.0
1979
Teruno Eight
Akihiro Iida
Hisao Shimizu
Teruhiko Nakamura
1:37.2
1980
Noto Diver
Tadashi Kayo
Shuji Kitahashi
Noto
1:38.4
1981
Hirono Wakakoma
Hiroshi Kawachi
Shuji Ito
Yuko Ito
1:35.8
1982
Silk Tenzan O
Kiyoaki Ito
Shuji Ito
Shinichi Nakayama
1:36.8
1983
Mejiro Mont Cenis
Eiji Shimizu
Masaaki Okubo
Shoji Mejiro
1:36.7
1984
Kitayama Zakura
Sadahiro Kojima
Tameo Toyama
Tatsuya Fujimoto
1:36.3
1985
Life Tateyama
Shigetoshi Saruhashi
Isao Yasuda
Yukio Tsuji
1:37.5
1986
Fresh Voice
Shigeo Koshoji
Naoyuki Sakai
Kazuo Enjo
1:37.3
1987
Yamanin Arden
Nobuyuki Tajima
Yasuo Ikee
Koji Doi
1:38.4
1988
Rugger Black
Yoshiyuki Muramoto
Masaaki Okubo
Keiji Okumura
1:37.2
1989
Foundry Popo
Katsuichi Nishiura
Tatsuo Natsumura
Tomio Mito
1:37.4
1990
Nichido Thunder
Hiroshi Masui
Toshiaki Shirai
Toshio Yamada
1:36.0
1991
Milford Slew
Hiroshi Kawachi
Kotaro Tanaka
Kiyoshi Noritake
1:35.7
1992
Mayano Petrews
Seiki Tabara
Masahiro Sakaguchi
Yu Tadokoro
1:35.8
1993
Amber Lion
Hidetaka Tadokoro
Yukiharu Shikato
Ribot
1:35.9
1994
Kokuo Namura
Hiroyuki Uemura
Akihiko Nomura
Nobushige Namura
1:36.8
1995
Meisho Tesoro
Katsuhito Uegomori
Kaoru Hoshikawa
Yoshio Matsumoto
1:34.5
1996
Generalist
Mikio Matsunaga
Shoji Yamamoto
Maeko Farm
1:34.5
1997
Seeking the Pearl
Yutaka Take
Shozo Sasaki
Tomoko Uenaka
1:34.6
1998
Dantsu Sirius
Hirofumi Shii
Kenji Yamauchi
Tetsuji Yamamoto
1:36.8
1999
Fusaichi Airedale
Yutaka Take
Kunihide Matsuda
Fusao Sekiguchi
1:34.6
2000
Daitaku Riva
Ryo Takahashi
Kojiro Hashiguchi
Taiyo Farm
1:35.4
2001
Derby Regno
Hideaki Miyuki
Shigetada Takahashi
Derby Corporation
1:35.4
2002
Tanino Gimlet
Yutaka Take
Kunihide Matsuda
Yuzo Tanimizu
1:34.8
2003
Silent Deal
Yutaka Take
Yasuo Ikee
Makoto Kaneko
1:34.8
2004
Great Journey
Yutaka Take
Yasuo Ikee
North Hills Management
1:35.4
2005
Peer Gynt
Yutaka Take
Kojiro Hashiguchi
Sunday Racing
1:35.7
2006
Go Go Kirishima
Mamoru Ishibashi
Yasuo Umeda
Shinichiro Nishimura
1:34.4
2007
Admire Aura
Yasunari Iwata
Hiroyoshi Matsuda
Riichi Kondo
1:35.1
2008
Dream Signal
Yasunari Iwata
Masato Nishizono
Saison Race Horse
1:35.4
2009
Antonio Barows
Koichi Tsunoda
Hiroshi Takeda
Hirotsugu Inokuma
1:35.3
2010
Garbo
Kenichi Ikezoe
Hidekatsu Shimizu
Kazuyoshi Ishikawa
1:34.3
2011
Red Davis
Suguru Hamanaka
Hidetaka Otonashi
Tokyo Horse Racing
1:34.0
2012
Gentildonna
Christophe Lemaire
Sei Ishizaka
Sunday Racing
1:34.3
2013
A Shin Top
Suguru Hamanaka
Masato Nishizono
Eishindo k.k.
1:34.3
2014
Mikki Isle
Suguru Hamanaka
Hidetaka Otonashi
Mizuki Noda
1:33.8
2015
Guanciale
Yutaka Take
Yoshihito Kidate
Shunsuke Matsumoto
1:34.8
2016
Logi Cry
Suguru Hamanaka
Naosuke Sugai
Masaaki Kumeda
1:34.1
2017
Kyohei
Ryo Takakura
Hiroshi Miyamoto
Takao Seya
1:37.6
2018
Almond Eye [ 4]
Keita Tosaki
Sakae Kunieda
Silk Racing
1:37.1
2019[ 5]
Val d'Isere
Yuichi Kitamura
Kunihiko Watanabe
G1 Racing
1:35.7
2020
Sanctuaire
Christophe Lemaire
Kazuo Fujisawa
U Carrot Farm
1:35.9
2021[a]
Pixie Knight
Yuichi Fukunaga
Hidetaka Otonashi
Sunday Racing
1:33.3
2022[a]
Matenro Orion
Norihiro Yokoyama
Mitsuku Kon
Chiyono Terada
1:34.1
2023[a]
Light Quantum
Yutaka Take
Koshiro Take
Shadai Race Horse
1:33.7
2024
Noble Roger
Yuga Kawada
Tatsuya Yoshioka
Normandy Thoroughbred Racing Co Ltd
1:34.5
a The Runnings from 2021 to 2023 were held at Chukyo Racecourse due to construction at Kyoto Racecourse.
See also
References
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