The Mainichi Hai (Japanese 毎日杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in March over a distance of 1800 metres at Hanshin Racecourse.[1]

Mainichi Hai
毎日杯
Grade 3 race
Blast Onepiece wins the 2018 Mainichi Hai
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated1954
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o
WeightColts 57 kg, fillies 55 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 1954 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. It was initially run over 2000 metres before being cut to its current distance in 2007. Past winners of the race have included Oguri Cap, T M Opera O, King Kamehameha, Kizuna and Blast Onepiece.

Winners since 2000

edit
Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Silver Cockpit Yutaka Take Takayuki Yasuda 2:03.6
2001 Kurofune Hirofumi Shii Kunihide Matsuda 1:58.6
2002 Cheers Stark Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi 2:02.2
2003 Takara Shaadi Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki 1:59.9
2004 King Kamehameha Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide Matsuda 2:01.2
2005 Rosenkreuz Katsumi Ando Kojiro Hashiguchi 2:02.2
2006 Admire Main Yuichi Fukunaga Mitsuru Hashida 2:00.5
2007 Namura Mars Yusuke Fujioka Nobuharu Fukushima 1:48.0
2008 Deep Sky Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu Kon 1:46.0
2009 Iron Look Futoshi Komaki Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:48.0
2010 Danon Chantilly Katsumi Ando Kunihide Matsuda 1:49.3
2011 Red Davis Suguru Hamanaka Hidetaka Otonashi 1:47.1
2012 Historical Katsumi Ando Hidetaka Otonashi 1:49.6
2013 Kizuna Yutaka Take Shozo Sasaki 1:46.2
2014 Meiner Frost Daichi Shibata Noboru Takagi 1:46.7
2015 Musee Alien Yuga Kawada Yoichi Kuroiwa 1:47.2
2016 Smart Odin Keita Tosaki Kunihide Matsuda 1:47.3
2017 Al Ain Kohei Matsuyama Yasutoshi Ikee 1:46.5[2]
2018 Blast Onepiece Kenichi Ikezoe Masahiro Otake 1:46.5[3]
2019 Lance of Puraana Kohei Matsuyama Masaru Honda 1:47.2[4]
2020 Satono Impresa Yutaka Take Yoshito Yahagi 1:47.9
2021 Shahryar Yuga Kawada Hideaki Fujiwara 1:43.9
2022 Piece of Eight Yusuke Fujioka Yutaka Okumura 1:47.5
2023 Season Rich Taiga Tsunoda Takashi Kubota 1:46.6
2024 Meisho Tabaru Ryusei Sakai Mamoru Ishibashi 1:46.0

Earlier winners

edit
  • 1984 - Marubutsu Sir Pen
  • 1985 - New Fun Fun
  • 1986 - Fresh Voice
  • 1987 - Daigo Alpha
  • 1988 - Oguri Cap
  • 1989 - Star Sunshine
  • 1990 - Key Minobu
  • 1991 - Iide Satan
  • 1992 - Hishi Masaru
  • 1993 - Cyclennon Sheriff
  • 1994 - Merci Stage
  • 1995 - Daitaku Teio
  • 1996 - Taiki Fortune
  • 1997 - T M Top Dan
  • 1998 - Miracle Time
  • 1999 - T M Opera O

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Mainichi Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 24 March 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 23 March 2019.
  5. ^ "毎日杯". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Mainichi Hai". Netkeiba.