NHK Mile Cup
| Grade 1 race | |
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchu, Tokyo, Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1996 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Website | japanracing.jp/ |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 meters (About 8 furlongs / 1 mile) |
| Track | Turf, Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o, colts & Fillies only, Thoroughbreds |
| Weight | Colt 57 kg, Filly 55 kg; 2 kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-breds |
| Purse | ¥175,200,000 (2011)[1] |
The NHK Mile Cup (NHKマイルカップ ([NHK Mairu Kappu] Error: {{nihongo}}: text has italic markup (help))) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies, run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Tokyo Racecourse in May.[2]
The NHK Mile Cup is sponsored by the Japanese public broadcasting organization NHK, and as such, this race is broadcasted not only on Fuji TV (one of NHK's competitors) but on both of the NHK channels that cover horse racing (General TV and BS-hi). (In Japanese horseracing, "Sponsor" doesn't mean the man or organisation provide prize money. They provide only the prize, cup, trophy etc.)
It is considered one of the prep races for both the Yushun Himba (the Japanese Oaks) and the Tokyo Yushun (the Japanese Derby).[3]
Step Races
| Race name | Grade | Racecourse | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mainichi Hai | GIII | Hanshin | Turf 1800m |
| 2 | Margelet Stakes | OP | Hanshin | Turf 1400m |
| 3 | New Zealand Trophy | GII | Nakayama | Turf 1600m |
| 4 | Oka Sho | GI | Hanshin | Turf 1600m |
| 5 | Satsuki Sho | GI | Nakayama | Turf 2000m |
- New Zealand Trophy is the only formal trial race for NHK mile cup.
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 1996 | Taiki Fortune | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshiyasu Takahashi | Taiki Farm | 1:32.6 |
| 1997 | Seeking the Pearl | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Tomoko Uenaka | 1:33.1 |
| 1998 | El Condor Pasa | Hitoshi Matoba | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Takashi Watanabe | 1:33.7 |
| 1999 | Symboli Indy | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazuo Fujisawa | Symboli Bokujo | 1:33.8 |
| 2000 | Eagle Cafe | Yukio Okabe | Futoshi Kojima | Kiyoshi Nishikawa | 1:33.5 |
| 2001 | Kurofune | Yutaka Take | Kunihide Matsuda | Makoto Kaneko | 1:33.0 |
| 2002 | Telegnosis | Masaki Katsuura | Hiroaki Sugiura | Shadai Racehorse co. | 1:33.1 |
| 2003 | Win Kluger | Koshiro Take | Shigeki Matsumoto | Win Co. Ltd. | 1:34.2 |
| 2004 | King Kamehameha | Katsumi Ando | Kunihide Matsuda | Makoto Kaneko | 1:32.5 |
| 2005 | Rhein Kraft | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Shigemasa Ohsawa | 1:33.6 |
| 2006 | Logic | Yutaka Take | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Koji Maeda | 1:33.2 |
| 2007 | Pink Kameo | Hiroyuki Uchida | Sakae Kunieda | Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd. | 1:34.3 |
| 2008 | Deep Sky | Hirofumi Shii | Mitsugu Kon | Toshio Fukami | 1:34.2 |
| 2009 | Jo Cappuccino | Kota Fujioka | Kazuya Nakatake | Keiko Ueda | 1:32.4 |
| 2010 | Danon Chantilly | Katsumi Ando | Kunihide Matsuda | Danox Co. Ltd. | 1:31.4 |
| 2011 | Grand Prix Boss | Craig Williams | Yoshihito Yahagi | Grand Prix Co. Ltd. | 1:32.2 |
| 2012 | Curren Black Hill | Shin-ichiro Akiyama | Osamu Hirata | Takashi Suzuki | 1:34.5 |
References
- ^ "NHK MILE CUP (G1) - JRA International Races 2011 - Horse Racing in Japan". Japanracing.jp. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
- ^ "2011.05.03 2011 NHK Mile Cup (G1) - Preview - News - Horse Racing in Japan". Japanracing.jp. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
- ^ "Japanese Derby hopefuls look to cement credentials in NHK Mile Cup". Thoroughbred Times. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2011-12-24.