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Japan Dirt Classic

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Japan Dirt Classic
ジャパンダートクラシック
Domestic Grade I (JpnI) race
Mick Fire and his jockey, Norifumi Mikamoto, winning the 2023 edition of the race
LocationOi Racecourse
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Inaugurated1999
Race typeThoroughbred
Race information
Distance2000 meters
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-year-old, no geldings
Weight57 kg
Allowance: Fillies 2 kg
Purse¥ 119,000,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 70,000,000

2nd: ¥ 24,500,000

3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

The Japan Dirt Classic (ジャパンダートクラシック) is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 meters (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at the Oi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo in early October. It is the third and final leg of the Japanese Triple Crown of Dirt.

History

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The race was first run in 1999 as the Japan Dirt Derby and was the Japanese equivalent of the American Kentucky Derby. Though the race was the last leg of triple crown of minami-kanto keiba (nankan keiba), while Kentucky Derby is the first one of American triple crown races.

The majority of winners comes from the Japan Racing Association (JRA), another Japan horse racing governing body, as JRA do not host any dirt Grade 1 race exclusively for 3-year-old horses.

In June 2022, it was announced that from 2024 that it will become the third leg of the Japanese Triple Crown of Dirt along with Haneda Hai and Tokyo Derby. The name of the race was changed to Japan Dirt Classic and the schedule was moved to October. Geldings will no longer be able to enter and prize money for 1st place was increased to ¥ 70,000,000.[1][2]

Trial races

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Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.[3]

Race Grade Racecourse Distance Condition
Kuroshio Hai SIII[a] Oi 1,800 meters Winner and runner-up
Leopard Stakes GIII Niigata 1,800 meters Winner
Kozukata Sho JpnII Morioka 2,000 meters Winner
Notes:
  1. ^ Classified as a local, South Kanto Grade 3 event

Winners since 1999

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Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Organization
Time
1999 Orion The Thanks Shuji Hayata Kiyomatsu Akama Keiko Hiura Oi 2:06.9
2000 Meiner Combat Naohiro Onishi Ryuichi Inaba Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co. Ltd. JRA 2:06.4
2001 Toshin Blizzard Takayuki Ishigaki Kenji Sato Eiichi Waizumi Funabashi 2:05.8
2002 Gold Allure Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Shadai Racehorse JRA 2:04.1
2003 Big Wolf Yutaka Take Tadashi Nakao U Big JRA 2:04.9
2004 Cafe Olympus Yoshitomi Shibata Yasuhisa Matsuyama Koichi Nishikawa JRA 2:04.5
2005 Kane Hekili Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd. JRA 2:04.9
2006 Friendship Hiroyuki Uchida Katsuhiko Sumii Teruya Yoshida JRA 2:06.1
2007 Furioso Tadanari Konno Masayuki Kawashima Darley Japan Farm Co. Ltd. Funabashi 2:02.9
2008 Success Brocken Norihiro Yokoyama Hideaki Fujiwara Tetsu Takashima JRA 2:04.5
2009 Testa Matta Yasunari Iwata Akira Murayama Katsumi Yoshida JRA 2:04.5
2010 Magnifica Keita Tosaki Masayuki Kawashima Teruya Yoshida Funabashi 2:05.2
2011 Grape Brandy Norihiro Yokoyama Takayuki Yasuda Shadai Racehorse JRA 2:04.9
2012 Hatano Vainqueur Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu Kon Good Luck Farm Co. Ltd. JRA 2:05.3
2013 Chrysolite Hiroyuki Uchida Hidetaka Otonashi U Carrot Farm JRA 2:04.8
2014 Kazenoko Shinichiro Akiyama Kenji Nonaka Koji Nudejima JRA 2:03.9
2015 Nonkono Yume Christophe Lemaire Yukihiro Kato Kotaro Yamada JRA 2:05.6
2016 Kyoei Gere Keita Tosaki Yoshito Yahagi Haruo Tanaka JRA 2:05.7
2017 Higashi Will Win Masashige Honda Kenji Sato MMC Co. Ltd. Funabashi 2:05.8
2018 Le Vent Se Leve Mirco Demuro Kiyoshi Hagiwara G1 Racing JRA 2:05.8
2019 Chrysoberyl Yuga Kawada Hidetaka Otonashi U Carrot Farm JRA 2:06.1
2020 Danon Pharaoh Ryusei Sakai Yoshito Yahagi Danox Co. Ltd. JRA 2:05.9
2021 Castle Top Kazuma Nakano Nobuhiro Shibuya Hiroshi Joichi Funabashi 2:05.9
2022 Notturno Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd. JRA 2:04.6
2023 Mick Fire Norifumi Mikamoto Kazuo Watanabe Koichi Hoshika Oi 2:04.6
Triple Crown of Dirt Series
2024 Forever Young Ryusei Sakai Yoshito Yahagi Susumu Fujita JRA 2:04.1

References

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  1. ^ "3歳ダート三冠競走を中心とした2・3歳馬競走の体系整備について、地方競馬情報サイト上に掲載しました。詳細はこちら". Twitter.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "2024年(令和6年) 開催日程及び重賞競走日程について". nankankeiba.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ^ "3歳ダート三冠競走等における地方所属馬の出走馬選定方法" (PDF). TCK. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. ^ "ジャパンダートクラシック". Netkeiba.