Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic

Japan Breeding farms' Cup Classic

Domestic Grade I (JpnⅠ) race
JBC Classic 2005
Location	Changes yearly
Inaugurated	2001
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	Changes yearly
Surface	Dirt
Qualification	3-y-o & Up
Weight	3-y-o horses & geldings 55kg/fillies 53kg 4-y-o & up horses & geldings 57kg / mares 55 kg
Purse	¥136,000,000 (2011 Running)

Japan Breeding farms' Cup Classic (ジャパンブリーディングファームズカップクラシック) is an annual race that is usually held on November 3, the national holiday Culture Day. This race and the JBC sprint were started in 2001, following American the Breeders' Cup, though the JBC has only two category race. In 2011, JBC Lady's Classic was added for fillies and mares.

The track is changed yearly like the American Breeders' Cup, so that the distances may differ. The distance was 2,000 meters from 2001 to 2004, in 2007 and 2011; 1,900 meters in 2005 and 2009; 2,100 meters in 2006; 1,870 meters in 2008; and 1800 meters in 2010. In both 2012 and the following year, it will be 2,100 meters.

This is the highest-prized race in National Association of Racing (NAR), and the third highest-prized dirt event in Japan, following Champions Cup and February Stakes both organized by Japan Racing Association(JRA). Until 2011, the winner's prize was one hundred million yen. Although its prize money is high, this race is regarded as preparation for Champions Cup.

Until year 2017, all winners were come from the JRA instead of organizer NAR.

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time	Racecourse	Distance
2001	Regular Member	4	Mikio Matsunaga	Yamamoto Syouji	North Hills Ltd.	2:05.2	Oi	2,000 meters
2002	Admire Don	3	Shinji Fujita	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Riichi Kondo	2:05.6	Morioka	2,000 meters
2003	Admire Don	4	Katsumi Ando	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Riichi Kondo	2:04.3	Oi	2,000 meters
2004	Admire Don	5	Katsumi Ando	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Riichi Kondo	2:02.4	Oi	2,000 meters
2005	Time Paradox	7	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Shadai Racing Ltd.	2:00.9	Nagoya	1,900 meters
2006	Time Paradox	8	Yasunati Iwata	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Shadai Racing Ltd.	2:16.1	Kawasaki	2,100 meters
2007	Vermillion	5	Yutaka Take	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Ltd.	2:04.8	Oi	2,000 meters
2008	Vermillion	6	Yutaka Take	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Ltd.	1:56.7	Sonoda	1,870 meters
2009	Vermillion	7	Yutaka Take	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Ltd.	2:00.2	Nagoya	1,900 meters
2010	Smart Falcon	5	Yutaka Take	Ken Kozaki	Touru Okawa	1:49.9	Funabashi	1,800 meters
2011	Smart Falcon	6	Yutaka Take	Ken Kozaki	Touru Okawa	2:02.1	Oi	2,000 meters
2012	Wonder Acute	6	Ryuji Wada	Masao Sato	Nobuyuki Yamamoto	2:12.5	Kawasaki	2,100 meters
2013	Hokko Tarumae	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Katsuichi Nishiura	Koichi Yabe	2:12.6	Kanazawa	2,100 meters
2014	Copano Rickey	4	Hironobu Tanabe	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	2:00.8	Morioka	2,000 meters
2015	Copano Rickey	5	Yutaka Take	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	2:04.4	Oi	2,000 meters
2016	Awardee	6	Yutaka Take	Mikio Matsunaga	Koji Maeda	2:15.3	Kawasaki	2,100 meters
2017	Sound True	7	Takuya Ono	Noboru Takagi	Hiroshi Yamada	2:04.5	Oi	2,000 meters