Horse race
Kyoto Kimpai
京都金杯|
 Win Full Bloom wins the 2015 Kyoto Kimpai |
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
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| Inaugurated | 1963 |
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| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
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| Distance | 1600 metres |
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| Surface | Turf |
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| Track | Right-handed |
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| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
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| Weight | Handicap |
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| Purse | ¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 43,000,000
2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
3rd: ¥ 11,000,000 |
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The Kyoto Kimpai (Japanese 京都金杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]
The Kyoto Kimpai was first run in 1963 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1980. It was contested over 2000 metres before being cut to 1600 metres in 2000.
Winners since 2000
Year
|
Winner
|
Age
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Time
|
| 2000
|
Kyoei March
|
6
|
Shinichiro Akiyama
|
Akihiko Nomura
|
1:33.4
|
| 2001
|
Daitaku Riva
|
4
|
Mikio Matsunaga
|
Kojiro Hashiguchi
|
1:33.4
|
| 2002
|
Daitaku Riva
|
5
|
Yutaka Take
|
Kojiro Hashiguchi
|
1:33.8
|
| 2003
|
Sidewinder
|
5
|
Hirofumi Shii
|
Shuji Kitahashi
|
1:33.7
|
| 2004
|
My Sole Sound
|
5
|
Masaru Honda
|
Katsuichi Nishiura
|
1:33.3
|
| 2005
|
Hat Trick
|
4
|
Yutaka Take
|
Katsuhiko Sumii
|
1:34.0
|
| 2006
|
Big Planet
|
4
|
Ryuji Wada
|
Katsumi Minai
|
1:34.0
|
| 2007
|
Meiner Scherzi
|
4
|
Yoshitomi Shibata
|
Ryuichi Inaba
|
1:33.9
|
| 2008
|
Eishin Deputy
|
6
|
Yasunari Iwata
|
Akira Nomoto
|
1:33.6
|
| 2009
|
Tamamo Support
|
6
|
Akihide Tsumura
|
Kenichi Fujioka
|
1:32.9
|
| 2010
|
Live Concert
|
6
|
Yasunari Iwata
|
Toshiaki Shirai
|
1:34.1
|
| 2011
|
Silport
|
6
|
Futoshi Komaki
|
Masato Nihizono
|
1:33.4
|
| 2012
|
Meiner Lacrima
|
6
|
Masami Matsuoka
|
Hiryuki Uehara
|
1:32.9
|
| 2013
|
Danon Shark
|
5
|
Christophe Lemaire
|
Ryuji Okubo
|
1:33.5
|
| 2014
|
Extra End
|
5
|
Christophe Lemaire
|
Katsuhiko Sumii
|
1:32.5
|
| 2015
|
Win Full Bloom
|
4
|
Kenichi Ikezoe
|
Hiroshi Miyamoto
|
1:32.8
|
| 2016
|
Win Primera
|
6
|
Yuga Kawada
|
Ryuji Okubo
|
1:33.0
|
| 2017
|
Air Spinel
|
4
|
Yutaka Take
|
Kazuhide Sasada
|
1:32.8[2]
|
| 2018
|
Black Moon
|
6
|
Yutaka Take
|
Katsuichi Nishiura
|
1:34.3[3]
|
| 2019
|
Pax Americana
|
4
|
Yuga Kawada
|
Mitsumasa Nakauchida
|
1:34.9[4]
|
| 2020
|
Sound Chiara
|
5
|
Kohei Matsuyama
|
Akio Adachi
|
1:34.0
|
| 2021[a]
|
Cadence Call
|
5
|
Yasunari Iwata
|
Takayuki Yasuda
|
1:33.1
|
| 2022[a]
|
Zadar
|
6
|
Kohei Matsuyama
|
Masahiro Otake
|
1:32.9
|
| 2023[a]
|
Elusive Panther
|
5
|
Mirai Iwata
|
Takashi Kubota
|
1:32.7
|
| 2024
|
Corepetiteur
|
4
|
Yasunari Iwata
|
Kazuya Nakatake
|
1.33.8
|
a The 2020, 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.
