Kyōto Daishōten

Horse race
Kyōto Daishōten
京都大賞典
Grade 2 race
Lovely Day winning the 2015 Kyoto Daishoten
LocationKyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Inaugurated1966
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
Weight3-y-o 53kg, 4-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. G1 winners 2kg extra.
Purse¥67,000,000 (winner) ¥145,120,000 (total)

The Kyōto Daishōten (京都大賞典, kyōto daishōten) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.

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 1966. Among the winners of the race have been Mejiro McQueen, Marvelous Crown, T M Opera O, Tap Dance City, Rose Kingdom and Lovely Day.

Records

Speed record:

  • 2:22.9 Hit The Target 2013

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Tanino Chikara – 1973, 1974
  • Yamano Shiragiku – 1983, 1985
  • Suzuka Koban – 1984, 1986
  • Super Creek – 1989, 1990
  • Mejiro McQueen – 1991, 1993
  • T M Opera O – 2000, 2001

Winners since 1994

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
1994 Marvelous Crown 4 Katsumi Minai Makoto Osawa 2:31.0
1995 Hishi Amazon 4 Eiji Nakdate Takao Nakano 2:25.3
1996 Marvelous Sunday 4 Yutaka Take Makoto Osawa 2:25.1
1997 Silk Justice 3 Fujita Shinji Masaaki Okubo 2:26.2
1998 Seiun Sky 3 Norihiro Yokoyma Kazutaka Yasuda 2:25.6
1999 Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi 4 Fujita Shinji Nibun Hisao 2:24.3
2000 T M Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto 2:26.0
2001 T M Opera O 5 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto 2:25.0
2002 Narita Top Road 6 Shii Hirofumi Yoshio Oki 2:23.6
2003 Tap Dance City 6 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki 2:26.6
2004 Narita Century 5 Hirokazu Tajima Norio Fujisawa 2:25.2
2005 Lincoln 5 Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi 2:25.4
2006 Sweep Tosho 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome 2:31.5
2007 Inti Raimi 5 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki 2:24.8
2008 Toho Alan 5 Ryota Sameshima Hideaki Fujiwara 2:26.9
2009 Oken Bruce Lee 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Hidetaka Otonashi 2:24.3
2010 Meisho Beluga 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo Ikezoe 2:25.0
2011 Rose Kingdom 4 Hiroki Goto Kojiro Hashiguchi 2:24.1
2012 Meisho Kampaku 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Yoshiyuki Arakawa 2:23.4
2013 Hit The Target 5 Yuichi Kitamura Keiji Kato 2:22.9
2014 Last Impact 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda 2:24.2
2015 Lovely Day 5 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee 2:23.6
2016 Kitasan Black 4 Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu 2:25.5
2017 Smart Layer 7 Yutaka Take Ryuji Okubo 2:23.0
2018 Satono Diamond 5 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee 2:25.4
2020 Glory Vase 5 Yuga Kawada Tomohito Ozeki 2:25.6
2021[a] Makahiki 8 Kota Fujioka Yasuo Tomomichi 2:24.5
2022[a] Vela Azul 5 Kohei Matsuyama Kunihiko Watanabe 2:24.3
2023 Pradaria 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Manabu Ikezoe 2:25.30

a The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

Earlier winners

  • 1966 - Kyoei Hikari
  • 1967 - Shibafuji
  • 1968 - Marchs
  • 1969 - Finis
  • 1970 - New Kiminonawa
  • 1971 - Mejiro Asama
  • 1972 - Kimusu Vimy
  • 1973 - Tanino Chikara
  • 1974 - Tanino Chikara
  • 1975 - Ishino Masaru
  • 1976 - Passing Venture
  • 1977 - Ten Point
  • 1978 - Ryu Kiko
  • 1979 - Tenmei
  • 1980 - Silksky
  • 1981 - Inado Kotobuki
  • 1982 - Mejiro Chara
  • 1983 - Yamano Shiragiku
  • 1984 - Suzuka Koban
  • 1985 - Yamano Shiragiku
  • 1986 - Suzuka Koban
  • 1987 - Tokai Roman
  • 1988 - Meisho Eikan
  • 1989 - Super Creek
  • 1990 - Super Creek
  • 1991 - Mejiro McQueen
  • 1992 - Osumi Roch
  • 1993 - Mejiro McQueen

See also

References

  • Netkeiba:[2][3]
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  1. ^ "KYOTO DAISHOTEN (G2)". japanracing.jp.
  2. ^ "京都大賞典". Netkeiba.
  3. ^ "Kyoto Daishoten". Netkeiba.
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