Kokura Kinen

Horse race
Kokura Kinen
小倉記念
Grade 3 race
The runners enter the straight in the 2010 Kokura Kinen
LocationKokura 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)

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

The Kokura Kinen was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run over 1800 metres at Kyoto Racecourse in 1998.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Mikki Dance 4 Tetsuzo Sato Toshiyuki Hattori 1:59.7
2001 Rosado 5 Futoshi Komaki Kojiro Hashiguchi 2:00.2
2002 Aratama Indy 5 Yuji Iida Megumu Shinkawa 1:59.7
2003 Rosado 7 Koshiro Take Kojiro Hashiguchi 2:00.7
2004 Meisho Kaido 5 Yutaka Take Masahiro Sakaguchi 1:58.5
2005 Meisho Kaido 6 Yutaka Take Masahiro Sakaguchi 1:58.0
2006 Swift Current 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Hideyuki Mori 1:57.8
2007 Sanrei Jasper 5 Tetsuzo Sato Shigetada Takahashi 1:58.7
2008 Dream Journey 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee 1:57.9
2009 Dance A Joy 8 Koichi Tsunoda Masahiro Matsunaga 1:58.3
2010 Nihonpillow Regalo 7 Manabu Sakai Toshiyuki Hattori 1:57.9
2011 Italian Red 5 Suguru Hamanaka Sei Ishikaza 1:57.3
2012 Expedition 5 Suguru Hamanaka Sei Ishikaza 1:57.3
2013 Meisho Naruto 5 Yutaka Take Hiroshi Takeda 1:57.1
2014 Satono Noblesse 4 Ryuji Wada Yasutoshi Ikee 1:59.8
2015 Azuma Shuttle 4 Fuma Matsukawa Tadashi Kayo 1:58.0
2016 Crans Montana 7 Ryuji Wada Hidetaka Otonashi 2:00.0[2]
2017 Tatsu Gogeki 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Ippo Sameshima 1:57.6[3]
2018 Triomphe 4 Yutaka Take Naosuke Sugai 1:56.9[4]
2019 Mer de Glace 4 Yuga Kawada Hisashi Shimizu 1:58.8
2020 R Star 5 Yoshihito Nagaoka Haruki Sugiyama 1:57.5
2021 Mozu Nagareboshi 4 Kohei Matsuyama Yoshiyuki Arakawa 1:59.7
2022 Maria Elena 4 Kohei Matsuyama Naohiro Yoshida 1:57.4
2023 Echt 6 Yuga Kawada Hideyuki Mori 1:57.8

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Ogon Takeru
  • 1985 - Shadai Chatter
  • 1986 - Yakumo Desire
  • 1987 - Golden Beauty
  • 1988 - President City
  • 1989 - Dantsu Miracle
  • 1990 - Snow Jet
  • 1991 - Nice Nature
  • 1992 - Ikuno Dictus
  • 1993 - Marubutsu Sunkist
  • 1994 - Hokusei Amber
  • 1995 - Spring Bamboo
  • 1996 - Hishi Natalie
  • 1997 - Gaily Eagle
  • 1998 - T M Oarashi
  • 1999 - Embrasser Moi

See also

References

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  1. ^ "Kokura Kinen". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 7 August 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 5 August 2018.
  5. ^ "小倉記念". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Kokura Kinen". Netkeiba.
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