Keio Hai Spring Cup

Horse race
Keio Hai Spring Cup
京王杯スプリングカップ
Grade 2 race
The 1999 winner Grass Wonder
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification4-y-o +
WeightSpecial Weight
Purse¥ 128,140,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 59,000,000
2nd: ¥ 24,000,000
3rd: ¥ 15,000,000

The Keio Hai Spring Cup (Japanese 京王杯スプリングカップ) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and run in May over a distance of 1,400 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1956 over 1600 metres and was later run over 1800 metres before being run over its current distance for the first time in 1981. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 1984, and was changed to its current name that year.[2]

This race also serves as a trial to the Yasuda Kinen, particularly since 2014 when the winner of this race would be awarded a slot in the race.[2]

Weight

57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[3]

Allowances:

  • 2 kg for fillies / mares
  • 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

  • If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
    • 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
    • 1 kg for a grade 2 win
  • If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
    • 1 kg for a grade 1 win

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner Time
2000 Stinger 4 Yutaka Take Kazuo Fujisawa Teruya Yoshida 1:21.0
2001 Stinger 5 Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa Teruya Yoshida 1:20.1
2002 God of Chance 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Masamichi Wada North Hills Management 1:20.3
2003 Telegnosis 4 Katsuura Masaki Hiroaki Sugiura Shadai Race Horse 1:21.0
2004 Win Radius 6 Katsuharu Tanaka Kazuo Fujisawa WIN 1:20.4
2005 Asakusa Denen 6 Hiroki Goto Michifumi Kono Genichiro Tahara 1:20.3
2006 Orewa Matteruze 6 Yoshitomi Shibata Hidetaka Otonashi Yuichi Odagiri 1:21.8
2007 Eishin Dover 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Ken Kozaki Toyomitsu Hirai 1:20.0
2008 Super Hornet 5 Yusuke Fujioka Yoshito Yahagi Tokuo Morimoto 1:20.8
2009 Suzuka Causeway 5 Hiroki Goto Mitsuru Hashida Keiji Nagai 1:20.6
2010 Thanks Note 5 Masayoshi Ebina Yoshitaka Ninomiya Yukio Shimokobe 1:19.8
2011 Strong Return 5 Shu Ishibashi Noriyuki Hori Teruya Yoshida 1:20.2
2012 Sadamu Patek 4 Craig Williams Maato Nishizono Sada Onishi 1:20.1
2013 Daiwa Maggiore 4 Masayoshi Ebina Yoshito Yahagi Keizo Oshiro 1:20.6
2014 Red Spada 8 Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo Fujisawa Tokyo Horse Racing 1:19.7
2015 Sakura Gospel 7 Keita Tosaki Tomohito Ozeki Sakura Commerce 1:21.6
2016 Satono Aladdin 5 Yuga Kawada Yautoshi Ikee Hajime Satomi 1:19.6[4]
2017 Red Falx 6 Mirco Demuro Tomohito Ozeki Tokyo Horse Racing 1:23.2[5]
2018 Moonquake 5 Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa Carrot Farm 1:19.5[6]
2019 Tower of London 4 Damian Lane Kazuo Fujisawa Godolphin 1:19.4
2020 Danon Smash 5 Damian Lane Takayuki Yasuda Danox 1:19.8
2021 Lauda Sion 4 Mirco Demuro Takashi Saito Silk Racing 1:19.8
2022 Meikei Yell 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Hidenori Take Nagoya Keiba 1:20.2
2023 Red Mon Reve 4 Kazuo Yokoyama Masayoshi Ebina Tokyo Horse Racing 1:20.3
2024 Win Marvel 5 Kohei Matsuyama Masashi Fukayama WIN 1:19.7

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Happy Princess
  • 1985 - Nihon Pillow Winner
  • 1986 - Toa Falcon
  • 1987 - Nippo Teio
  • 1988 - Dyna Actress
  • 1989 - Lindo Hoshi
  • 1990 - Shin Wind
  • 1991 - Daiichi Ruby
  • 1992 - Dynamite Daddy
  • 1993 - Yamanin Zephyr
  • 1994 - Ski Paradise
  • 1995 - Dumaani
  • 1996 - Heart Lake
  • 1997 - Taiki Blizzard
  • 1998 - Taiki Shuttle
  • 1999 - Grass Wonder

See also

References

  • Netkeiba:[7][8]
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  1. ^ "Keio Hai Spring Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ a b "歴史・コース：京王杯スプリングカップ　今週の注目レース　JRA". jra.jp. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  3. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  4. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 14 May 2016.
  5. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 13 May 2017.
  6. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 12 May 2018.
  7. ^ "京王杯SC". Netkeiba.
  8. ^ "Keio Hai Spring Cup". Netkeiba.
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(Note: JRA races bracketed with "exchange" below, and all dirt/3-year-old races are Japan Racing Association(JRA)-National Association of Racing(NAR) exchange races)
Japan Racing Association(JRA) GII races
(International GII)National Association of Racing(NAR) JpnII races
(Domestic GII, dirt)
  • Empress Hai (fillies and mares)
  • Diolite Kinen
  • Keihin Hai (3-year-old)
  • Hyōgo Championship (3-year-old)
  • Kantō Oaks (3-year-old fillies)
  • Kozukata Sho (3-year-old)
  • Nippon TV Hai
  • Tōkyo Hai
  • Ladies' Prelude
  • Urawa Kinen
  • Hyōgo Junior Grand Prix (2-year-old)
  • Nagoya Grand Prix
JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GII races)
  • Hanshin Spring Jump
  • Kyōto High Jump
  • Tōkyō High Jump
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