Sapporo Kinen
| Grade 2 race | |
 Sapporo Racecourse | |
| Location | Sapporo Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1965 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o + |
| Weight | 4-y-o+ 57kg, 3-y-o 54kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. |
| Purse | ¥152,200,000 (total), ¥70,000,000 (winner) |
The Sapporo Kinen (Japanese 札幌記念) is a Grade 2 Handicap horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over run in August over a distance of 2,000 metres at Sapporo Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1965 and was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 1997. The race serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Daiwa Caerleon | 7 | Hiroki Tanaka | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | 1:59.9 |
| 2001 | Air Eminem | 3 | Masayoshi Ebina | Yuji Ito | 2:00.1 |
| 2002 | T M Ocean | 4 | Masaru Honda | Katsuichi Nishiura | 1:59.5 |
| 2003 | Sakura President | 3 | Yutaka Take | Futoshi Kojima | 2:00.3 |
| 2004 | Fine Motion | 5 | Yutaka Take | Yuji Ito | 2:00.4 |
| 2005 | Heavenly Romance | 5 | Mikio Matsunaga | Shoji Yamamoto | 2:01.1 |
| 2006 | Admire Moon | 3 | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 2:00.3 |
| 2007 | Fusaichi Pandora | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Toshiaki Shirai | 2:00.1 |
| 2008 | Tascata Sorte | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Higeaki Fuiwara | 1:58.6 |
| 2009 | Yamanin Kingly | 4 | Yuichi Shibayama | Hiroshi Kawachi | 2:00.7 |
| 2010 | Earnestly | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Saaki | 1:59.4 |
| 2011 | Tosen Jordan | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:00.4 |
| 2012 | Fumino Imagine | 6 | Keisuke Dazai | Masaru Honda | 1:58.7 |
| 2013 | Tokai Halo [1] | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hisashi Shimizu | 2:06.5 |
| 2014 | Harp Star | 3 | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:59.1 |
| 2015 | Decipher | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Futoshi Kojima | 1:59.0 |
| 2016 | Neorealism | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Nobuyuki Hori | 2:01.7[2] |
| 2017 | Sakura Empereur | 6 | Masayoshi Ebina | Takashi Kanari | 2:00.4[3] |
| 2018 | Sungrazer | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hidekazu Asami | 2:01.1[4] |
| 2019 | Blast Onepiece | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Masahiro Otake | 2:00.1 |
| 2020 | Normcore | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1:59.4 |
| 2021 | Sodashi | 3 | Hayato Yoshida | Naosuke Sugai | 1:59.5 |
| 2022 | Jack d'Or | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kenichi Fujioka | 2:01.2 |
1 The 2013 race took place at Hakodate Racecourse.
Earlier winners
- 1984 - Roller King
- 1985 - Rikisan Power
- 1986 - Life Tateyama
- 1987 - Foster Musashi
- 1988 - Kobano Rich
- 1989 - Dyna Letter
- 1990 - Great Monte
- 1991 - Mejiro Palmer
- 1992 - Sanei Thank You
- 1993 - Narita Chikara
- 1994 - Hokuto Vega
- 1995 - Super Play
- 1996 - Marvelous Sunday
- 1997 - Air Groove
- 1998 - Air Groove
- 1999 - Seiun Sky
See also
References
- ^ "Sapporo Kinen". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 21 August 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 20 August 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 19 August 2018.