Shinzan Kinen
| Grade 3 race | |
.jpg) Guanciale wins the 2015 Shinzan Kinen | |
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse Kyoto, Japan |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1967[1] |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs / 1 mile) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed (inner course) |
| Qualification | Three-year-old Fillies |
| Weight | 56 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 41,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The Shinzan Kinen (Japanese: シンザン記念), short for the Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen(Japanese: 日刊スポーツ賞 シンザン記念),[2] is a Grade III race for three-year-olds in the JRA.[3]
Race details[edit]
The race was named to honor Shinzan, the Japanese racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Crown in 1961 and also won the Tenno Sho (Autumn) and the Arima Kinen.[3]
The first edition of the race was held on January 15, 1967 in which Taigyo won. Since then, the race is traditionally held at Kyoto Racecourse in January.
Foreign horses are allowed to enter the race.[1]
Past winners[edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Taigyo | Kunihiko Take | Heizo Take | Yoshio Nakayama | 1:39.0 |
| 1968 | Hikari O | Masazo Ryoke | Yoshio Tanaka | Ichisaburo Matsumoto | 1:41.0 |
| 1969 | Fine Happy | Yoshinori Yanada | Juubee Tsubo | Hisahiro Yoshida | 1:38.8 |
| 1970 | High Prince | Shigetada Takahashi | Isamu Sato | Kazunori Yoshimine | 1:36.9 |
| 1971 | Fi Dor | Yoshito Matsumoto | Bungo Takeda | Obara Kikue | 1:42.3 |
| 1972 | Shinmoedake | Norihito Fujioka | Isao Tanoue | Mitsuyoshi Kubo | 1:38.5 |
| 1973 | Dicta Boy | Masami Shibata | Tadashi Fuse | Shigeo Imai | 1:38.8 |
| 1974 | Naniwa Light | Eiji Shimizu | Mitsuo Ogino | Aya Nishida | 1:37.0 |
| 1975 | Erimo George | Yoichi Fukunaga | Masaaki Okubo | Shinichi Yamamoto | 1:38.4 |
| 1976 | Bambton Shade | Toshifumi Kubo | Shuji Ito | Shozo Higuchi | 1:39.3 |
| 1977 | Tenzan Sakura | Hiroshi Kawachi | Yoshiharu Matsunaga | Saburo Hirano | 1:38.1 |
| 1978 | Lovely Tosho | Hideo Koyauchi | Tameo Toyama | Tosho Sangyo | 1:37.0 |
| 1979 | Teruno Eight | Akihiro Iida | Hisao Shimizu | Teruhiko Nakamura | 1:37.2 |
| 1980 | Noto Diver | Tadashi Kayo | Shuji Kitahashi | Noto | 1:38.4 |
| 1981 | Hirono Wakakoma | Hiroshi Kawachi | Shuji Ito | Yuko Ito | 1:35.8 |
| 1982 | Silk Tenzan O | Kiyoaki Ito | Shuji Ito | Shinichi Nakayama | 1:36.8 |
| 1983 | Mejiro Mont Cenis | Eiji Shimizu | Masaaki Okubo | Shoji Mejiro | 1:36.7 |
| 1984 | Kitayama Zakura | Sadahiro Kojima | Tameo Toyama | Tatsuya Fujimoto | 1:36.3 |
| 1985 | Life Tateyama | Shigetoshi Saruhashi | Isao Yasuda | Yukio Tsuji | 1:37.5 |
| 1986 | Fresh Voice | Shigeo Koshoji | Naoyuki Sakai | Kazuo Enjo | 1:37.3 |
| 1987 | Yamanin Arden | Nobuyuki Tajima | Yasuo Ikee | Koji Doi | 1:38.4 |
| 1988 | Rugger Black | Yoshiyuki Muramoto | Masaaki Okubo | Keiji Okumura | 1:37.2 |
| 1989 | Foundry Popo | Katsuichi Nishiura | Tatsuo Natsumura | Tomio Mito | 1:37.4 |
| 1990 | Nichido Thunder | Hiroshi Masui | Toshiaki Shirai | Toshio Yamada | 1:36.0 |
| 1991 | Milford Slew | Hiroshi Kawachi | Kotaro Tanaka | Kiyoshi Noritake | 1:35.7 |
| 1992 | Mayano Petrews | Seiki Tabara | Masahiro Sakaguchi | Yu Tadokoro | 1:35.8 |
| 1993 | Amber Lion | Hidetaka Tadokoro | Yukiharu Shikato | Ribot | 1:35.9 |
| 1994 | Kokuo Namura | Hiroyuki Uemura | Akihiko Nomura | Nobushige Namura | 1:36.8 |
| 1995 | Meisho Tesoro | Katsuhito Uegomori | Kaoru Hoshikawa | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:34.5 |
| 1996 | Generalist | Mikio Matsunaga | Shoji Yamamoto | Maeko Farm | 1:34.5 |
| 1997 | Seeking the Pearl | Yutaka Take | Shozo Sasaki | Tomoko Uenaka | 1:34.6 |
| 1998 | Dantsu Sirius | Hirofumi Shii | Kenji Yamauchi | Tetsuji Yamamoto | 1:36.8 |
| 1999 | Fusaichi Airedale | Yutaka Take | Kunihide Matsuda | Fusao Sekiguchi | 1:34.6 |
| 2000 | Daitaku Riva | Ryo Takahashi | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Taiyo Farm | 1:35.4 |
| 2001 | Derby Regno | Hideaki Miyuki | Shigetada Takahashi | Derby Corporation | 1:35.4 |
| 2002 | Tanino Gimlet | Yutaka Take | Kunihide Matsuda | Yuzo Tanimizu | 1:34.8 |
| 2003 | Silent Deal | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | Makoto Kaneko | 1:34.8 |
| 2004 | Great Journey | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | North Hills Management | 1:35.4 |
| 2005 | Peer Gynt | Yutaka Take | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Sunday Racing | 1:35.7 |
| 2006 | Go Go Kirishima | Mamoru Ishibashi | Yasuo Umeda | Shinichiro Nishimura | 1:34.4 |
| 2007 | Admire Aura | Yasunari Iwata | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 1:35.1 |
| 2008 | Dream Signal | Yasunari Iwata | Masato Nishizono | Saison Race Horse | 1:35.4 |
| 2009 | Antonio Barows | Koichi Tsunoda | Hiroshi Takeda | Hirotsugu Inokuma | 1:35.3 |
| 2010 | Garbo | Kenichi Ikezoe | Hidekatsu Shimizu | Kazuyoshi Ishikawa | 1:34.3 |
| 2011 | Red Davis | Suguru Hamanaka | Hidetaka Otonashi | Tokyo Horse Racing | 1:34.0 |
| 2012 | Gentildonna | Christophe Lemaire | Sei Ishizaka | Sunday Racing | 1:34.3 |
| 2013 | A Shin Top | Suguru Hamanaka | Masato Nishizono | Eishindo k.k. | 1:34.3 |
| 2014 | Mikki Isle | Suguru Hamanaka | Hidetaka Otonashi | Mizuki Noda | 1:33.8 |
| 2015 | Guanciale | Yutaka Take | Yoshihito Kidate | Shunsuke Matsumoto | 1:34.8 |
| 2016 | Logi Cry | Suguru Hamanaka | Naosuke Sugai | Masaaki Kumeda | 1:34.1 |
| 2017 | Kyohei | Ryo Takakura | Hiroshi Miyamoto | Takao Seya | 1:37.6 |
| 2018 | Almond Eye[4] | Keita Tosaki | Sakae Kunieda | Silk Racing | 1:37.1 |
| 2019[5] | Val d'Isere | Yuichi Kitamura | Kunihiko Watanabe | G1 Racing | 1:35.7 |
| 2020 | Sanctuaire | Christophe Lemaire | Kazuo Fujisawa | U Carrot Farm | 1:35.9 |
| 2021[a] | Pixie Knight | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hidetaka Otonashi | Sunday Racing | 1:33.3 |
| 2022[a] | Matenro Orion | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsuku Kon | Chiyono Terada | 1:34.1 |
| 2023[a] | Light Quantum | Yutaka Take | Koshiro Take | Shadai Race Horse | 1:33.7 |
| 2024 | Noble Roger | Yuga Kawada | Tatsuya Yoshioka | Normandy Thoroughbred Racing Co Ltd | 1:34.5 |
a The Runnings from 2021 to 2023 were held at Chukyo Racecourse due to construction at Kyoto Racecourse.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Netkeiba:[6][7]
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- ^ a b "SHINZAN KINEN (G3)". JapanRacing. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "2024年度 開催日割" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ a b "歴史・コース：日刊スポーツ賞シンザン記念 今週の注目レース". jra.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-12-28. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "11R SHINZAN KINEN G3". Umanity. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Race 11: NIKKAN SPORTS SHO SHINZAN KINEN". JBIS. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "シンザン記念". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen". Netkeiba.