Aichi Hai
| Grade 3 race | |
 Hula Bride wins the 2013 Aichi Hai | |
| Location | Chukyo Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1963 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ fillies and mares |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥77,360,000 (total), ¥36,000,000 (winner) |
The Aichi Hai (Japanese 愛知杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]
The Aichi Hai was first run in 1963 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Kokura Racecourse in 1999, 2010 and 2011. The Aichi Hai was run in December until 2014 and was open to three-year-olds before being changed to its current date: the change meant that the race was not run in 2015. The race was open to both male and female horses up to 2003.
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tunante | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Shoichi Matsumoto | 1:58.6 |
| 2001 | Grand Shinzan | 7 | Katsumi Ando | Masayuki Sakata | 1:59.8 |
| 2002 | Tokai Pulsar | 6 | Minoru Yoshida | Shigeki Matsumoto | 2:00.3 |
| 2003 | Kazeni Fukarete | 4 | Minoru Yoshida | Shozo Sasaki | 1:59.7 |
| 2004 | Memory Keanu | 4 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Sachio Yukubo | 2:00.6 |
| 2005 | Meine Sorceress | 4 | Yukio Abe | Shozo Sasaki | 2:01.3 |
| 2006 | Admire Kiss | 3 | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:58.6 |
| 2007 | Dia De La Novia | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:58.9 |
| 2008 | Seraphic Romp | 4 | Hokuto Miyazaki | Yoshinori Muto | 1:59.2 |
| 2009 | Little Amapola | 4 | Eiji Nakadate | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 1:59.7 |
| 2010 | Seraphic Romp | 6 | Hokuto Miyazaki | Yoshinori Muto | 1:59.5 |
| 2011 | Fumino Imagine | 5 | Keisuke Dazai | Masaru Honda | 1:59.4 |
| 2012 | A Shin Memphis | 4 | Haruhiko Kawasu | Kenji Nonaka | 2:03.6 |
| 2013 | Hula Bride | 4 | Manabu Sakai | Kazuyoshi Kihara | 2:02.1 |
| 2014 | Dia De La Madre | 4 | Kota Fujioka | Katsuhiko Sumii | 2:04.4 |
| 2015 | no race | ||||
| 2016 | Bounce Shasse | 5 | Hironobu Tanabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:58.8 |
| 2017 | Maximum de Paris | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Shigeki Matsumo | 2:01.4[2] |
| 2018 | Eterna Minoru | 5 | Hirofumi Shii | Masaru Honda | 2:00.1[3] |
| 2019 | One Breath Away | 6 | Akihide Tsumura | Masaaki Koga | 2:00.0[4] |
| 2020 | Denko Ange | 7 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | 2:01.1 |
Earlier winners
- 1984 - Kikuno Pegasus
- 1985 - Long Quick
- 1986 - Peter Hauler
- 1987 - Peter Hauler
- 1988 - Katsu Tokushin
- 1989 - Great Monte
- 1990 - White Arrow
- 1991 - Yamanin Seattle
- 1992 - Nuevo Tosho
- 1993 - Homare Okan
- 1994 - Tenzan Yutaka
- 1995 - Sound Barrier
- 1996 - Foundry Shori
- 1997 - Sakura Expert
- 1998 - Kanetoshi Governor
- 1999 - Bamboo Mariachi
See also
References
- ^ "Aichi Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 14 January 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 13 January 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 26 January 2016.