The Keisei Hai (Japanese 京成杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in January over a distance of 2000 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]
| Grade 3 race | |
 Nakayama Racecourse Grandstand | |
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1961 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o |
| Weight | 56 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 41,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The race was first run in 1961 and has been run as a Grade 3 level since 1984. The race was originally run over 1600 metres before the distance was extended to 2000 metres in 1999.
Winners since 2000 edit
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Meiner Vintage | Yoshitomi Shibata | Shozo Sasaki | 2:04.0 |
| 2001 | Born King | David Harrison | Kunihide Matsuda | 2:03.2 |
| 2002 (dh) |
Roman Empire | Koshiro Take | Taira Furukawa | 2:00.4 |
| Yamanin Seraphim | Masayoshi Ebina | Shuichi Asami | ||
| 2003 | Suzuka Dream | Masayoshi Ebina | Mitsuru Hahida | 2:01.7 |
| 2004 | Focal Point | Norihiro Yokoyama | Michifumi Kono | 1:59.2 |
| 2005 | Admire Japan | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 2:07.4 |
| 2006 | Jalisco Light | Hiroshi Kitamura | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:03.2 |
| 2007 | Sun Zeppelin | Masami Matsuoka | Makoto Saito | 2:01.6 |
| 2008 | Meiner Charles | Masami Matsuoka | Ryuichi Inaba | 2:02.9 |
| 2009 | Early Robusto | Yuichi Fukunaga | Masaru Honda | 2:02.7 |
| 2010 | Eishin Flash | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hideaki Fujiwara | 2:03.6 |
| 2011 | Fateful War | Katsuhara Tanaka | Shinichi Ito | 2:00.9 |
| 2012 | Best Deal | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | 2:00.6 |
| 2013 | Fame Game | Fran Berry | Yoshitada Munakata | 2:02.3 |
| 2014 | Pray and Real | Daichi Shibata | Hiroaki Kawazu | 2:01.1 |
| 2015 | Beruf | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:02.3 |
| 2016 | Prophet | Shane Foley | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:01.4 |
| 2017 | Komano Impulse | Hironobu Tanabe | Masatatsu Kikukawa | 2:02.5[2] |
| 2018 | Generale Uno | Hironobu Tanabe | Eiichi Yano | 2:01.2[3] |
| 2019 | Last Draft | Christophe Lemaire | Hirofumi Toda | 2:01.2[4] |
| 2020 | Crystal Black | Yutaka Yoshida | Fumimasa Takahashi | 2:02.1 |
| 2021 | Gratias | Christophe Lemaire | Yukihiro Kato | 2:03.1 |
| 2022 | Onyankopon | Akira Sugawara | Shigeyuki Kojima | 2:01.3 |
| 2023 | Sol Oriens | Takeshi Yokoyama | Takahisa Tezuka | 2:02.2 |
| 2024 | Danon Decile | Norihiro Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda | 2:00.5 |
Earlier winners edit
- 1984 - Hatsuno Amoy
- 1985 - Sakura Sunny O
- 1986 - Dyna Fairy
- 1987 - Super Phantom
- 1988 - Tosho Mario
- 1989 - Speak Reason
- 1990 - No More Speedy
- 1991 - Dynamite Daddy
- 1992 - A P Jet
- 1993 - Osumi Point
- 1994 - Biko Pegasus
- 1995 - Mighty Force
- 1996 - Sakura Speed O
- 1997 - Speed World
- 1998 - Mandarin Star
- 1999 - Osumi Bright
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Keisei Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 15 January 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 14 January 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 14 January 2018.
- ^ "京成杯". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Keisei Hai". Netkeiba.