Grade 2 race | |
![]() Hishi Iguazu winning the 2023 Nakayama Kinen | |
Location | Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. |
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Inaugurated | 1937 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1800 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
Weight | 4-y-o 55kg, 5-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. |
Purse | ¥ 145,220,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 67,000,000 2nd: ¥ 27,000,000 3rd: ¥ 17,000,000 |
The Nakayama Kinen (中山記念, Nakayama Kinen) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and older run over a distance of 1,800 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in late February or early March.[1][2]
The race was first run in 1937. It was originally run twice a year, in spring and autumn, before a single annual race was established in 1952.[2] Among the winners of the race have been Silence Suzuka, Victoire Pisa, Just A Way, and Panthalassa.
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
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1990 | Hokuto Helios | 6 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Takao Nakano | Kanamorimori Shoji | 1:48.3 |
1991 | Yukino Sunrise | 4 | Sueo Masuzawa | Yasuhiro Suzuki | Motoyuki Inoue | 1:47.7 |
1992 | Dynamite Daddy | 4 | Kazuhiro Kato | Yasuhiro Suzuki | Seiichi Iketani | 1:47.0 |
1993 | Movie Star | 7 | Shigehiko Kishi | Noriaki Tsubo | Teruya Yoshida | 1:47.0 |
1994 | Sakura Chitose O | 4 | Futoshi Kojima | Katsutaro Sakai | Sakura Commerce | 1:48.9 |
1995 | Fujiyama Kenzan | 7 | Masayoshi Ebina | Hideyuki Mori | Tatsuya Fujimoto | 1:50.3 |
1996 | Sakura Laurel | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazunori Sakai | Sakura Commerce | 1:47.1 |
1997 | King of Daiya | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Shimizu Toshiaki | Toshiyasu Ishige | 1:48.7 |
1998 | Silence Suzuka | 4 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | Keiji Nagai | 1:48.6 |
1999 | King Halo | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masahiro Sakaguchi | Yoshio Asakawa | 1:47.5 |
2000 | Daiwa Texas | 7 | Hiroki Goto | Sueo Masuzawa | Daiwa Co., Ltd | 1:46.8 |
2001 | American Boss | 6 | Teruo Eda | Fuyuki Tago | Abiru Fudosan | 1:46.9 |
2002 | Tokai Point | 6 | Yukio Okabe | Yoshiyuki Goto | Masanori Uchimura | 1:45.4 |
2003 | Lohengrin | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito | Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.6 |
2004 | Sakura President | 4 | Yutaka Take | Futoshi Kojima | Sakura Commerce | 1:44.9 |
2005 | Balance of Game | 6 | Katsuhara Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata | Hiroyuki Sonobe | 1:46.5 |
2006 | Balance of Game | 7 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata | Hiroyuki Sonobe | 1:48.9 |
2007 | Lohengrin | 8 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito | Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.2 |
2008 | Company | 7 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 1:47.3 |
2009 | Company | 8 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 1:49.2 |
2010 | Tosen Crown | 6 | Teruo Eda | Yasuo Sugawara | Takaya Shimakawa | 1:51.7 |
2011 | Victoire Pisa | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Katsuhiko Sumii | Yoshimi Ichikawa | 1:46.0 |
2012 | Federalist | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.3 |
2013 | Nakayama Knight | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Shinichi Izumi | 1:47.3 |
2014 | Just A Way | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Naosuke Sugai | Akatsuki Yamatoya | 1:49.8 |
2015 | Nuovo Record | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Makoto Saito | Reiko Hara | 1:50.3 |
2016 | Duramente | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:45.9 |
2017 | Neorealism | 6 | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori | Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. | 1:47.6 |
2018 | Win Bright | 4 | Masami Matsuoka | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | Win Co. Ltd. | 1:47.6 |
2019 | Win Bright | 5 | Masami Matsuoka | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | Win Co. Ltd. | 1:45.5 |
2020 | Danon Kingly | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | Danox | 1:46.3 |
2021 | Hishi Iguazu | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori | Masahide Abe | 1:44.9 |
2022 | Panthalassa | 5 | Yutaka Yoshida | Yoshito Yahagi | Hiroo Race Co. Ltd. | 1:46.4 |
2023 | Hishi Iguazu | 7 | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori | Masahide Abe | 1:47.1 |
2024 | Matenro Sky | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mikio Matsunaga | Chiyono Terada | 1:48.1 |