Hankyu Hai
| Grade 3 race | |
 Majin Prosper wins the 2012 Hankyu Hai | |
| Location | Hanshin Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1957 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
| Weight | 56 kg |
| Purse | ¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner) |
The Hankyu Hai (Japanese 阪急杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.[1] The race serves as a trial for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.
The Hankyu Hai was first run in 1957 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1959, 1966, 1969, 1991 and 1995. It was run over a variety of distances before being run over 1400 metres for the first time in 1981: it was run over 1200 metres from 1996 to 2005.
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Black Hawk | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | 1:08.7 |
| 2001 | Daitaku Yamato | 7 | Mirco Demuro | Sei Ishizaka | 1:08.7 |
| 2002 | Admire Cozzene | 6 | Hiroki Goto | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:07.9 |
| 2003 | Shonan Kampf | 5 | Shinji Fujita | Yokichi Okubo | 1:08.5 |
| 2004 | Sunningdale | 5 | Minoru Yoshida | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 1:08.5 |
| 2005 | Keeneland Swan | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Hideyuki Mori | 1:08.5 |
| 2006 | Blue Shotgun | 7 | Mikio Matsunaga | Kohei Take | 1:22.5 |
| 2007 | Precise Machine (DH) | 8 | Katsumi Ando | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1:20.5 |
| Eishin Dover (DH) | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Ken Kozaki | ||
| 2008 | Laurel Guerreiro | 4 | Hirofumi Shii | Mitsugu Kon | 1:20.7 |
| 2009 | B B Guldan | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Masazo Ryoke | 1:21.1 |
| 2010 | A Shin Forward | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Masato Nihizono | 1:21.4 |
| 2011 | San Carlo | 5 | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | 1:20.1 |
| 2012 | Majin Prosper | 5 | Suguru Hamanaka | Hidemasa Nakao | 1:22.0 |
| 2013 | Lord Kanaloa | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:21.0 |
| 2014 | Copano Richard | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Toru Miya | 1:20.7 |
| 2015 | Daiwa Maggiore | 6 | Mirco Demuro | Yoshito Yahagi | 1:23.8 |
| 2016 | Mikki Isle | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:19.9 |
| 2017 | Talking Drum | 7 | Hideaki Miyuki | Makoto Saito | 1:21.4[2] |
| 2018 | Diana Halo | 5 | Yutaka Take | Nobuharu Fukushima | 1:20.1[3] |
| 2019 | Smart Odin | 6 | Yusuke Fujioka | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:20.3[4] |
| 2020 | Best Actor | 6 | Suguru Hamanaka | Yuichi Shikato | 1:20.3 |
| 2021 | Resistencia | 4 | Yuichi Kitamura | Takeshi Matsushita | 1:19.2 |
| 2022 | Diatonic | 7 | Yasunari Iwata | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:19.9 |
| 2023 | Aguri | 4 | Kazuo Yokoyama | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:19.5 |
Earlier winners
- 1984 - Gouache Out
- 1985 - Shadai Sophia
- 1986 - Long Hayabusa
- 1987 - St Caesar
- 1988 - Sankin Hayate
- 1989 - Horino Raiden
- 1990 - Senryo Yakusha
- 1991 - Jo Roaring
- 1992 - Hokusei Ciboulette
- 1993 - Legacy Field
- 1994 - Gold Mountain
- 1995 - Bodyguard
- 1996 - Towa Winner
- 1997 - Shinko Forest
- 1998 - Masa Lucky
- 1999 - Kyoei March
See also
References
- ^ "Hankyu Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 26 February 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 25 February 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 24 February 2019.