Kyoto Shimbun Hai

Horse race

Kyoto Shimbun Hai
京都新聞杯
Race information
Grade 2 race
2016 Kyoto Shimbun Hai
Location	Kyoto Racecourse
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	2,200 meters
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o
Weight	57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg
Purse	¥ 117,540,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 54,000,000 2nd: ¥ 22,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

The Kyoto Shimbun Hai (Japanese 京都新聞杯) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2200 metres at Kyoto Racecourse in May.^[1]

The Kyoto Shimbun Hai was first run in 1953 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It serves as a trial race for the Tokyo Yushun. It was run over a variety of distances in its early history before being contested over 2000 metres from 1966. The distance was increased to 2200 metres in 1984 although it was run over 2000 metres again in 2000 and 2001.

Among the winners of the race have been Katsuragi Ace, Special Week, Admire Vega, Agnes Flight, Heart's Cry and Kizuna.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Agnes Flight	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hiroyuki Nagahama	1:59.8
2001	Tenzan Seiza	Hideaki Miyuki	Higeaki Fujiwara	1:59.8
2002	Fast Tateyama	Hiroki Goto	Isao Yasuda	2:12.5
2003	Marble Chief	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kiyohiro Tadokoro	2:15.4
2004	Heart's Cry	Katsumi Ando	Kojiro Hahiguchi	2:11.9
2005	Inti Raimi	Tetsuzo Sato	Shozo Sasaki	2:13.0
2006	Toho Alan	Shinji Fujita	Hideaki Fujiwara	2:14.8
2007	Tascata Sorte	Yasunari Iwata	Hideaki Fujiwara	2:13.5
2008	Meisho Qualia	Yasunari Iwata	Toyoji Nihihashi	2:18.4
2009	Best Member	Hirofumi Shii	Hiroshi Miyamoto	2:13.0
2010	Gestalt	Kenichi Ikezoe	Hiroyuki Nagahama	2:12.8
2011	Cresco Grand	Yutaka Take	Sei Ihhikaza	2:13.5
2012	Tosen Homareboshi	Craig Williams	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:10.0
2013	Kizuna	Yutaka Take	Shozo Sasaki	2:12.3
2014	Hagino Hybrid	Shinichiro Akiyama	Kunihide Matsuda	2:11.0
2015	Satono Rasen	Yuga Kawada	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:11.3
2016	Smart Odin	Keita Tosaki	Kunihide Matsuda	2:12.6^[2]
2017	Platinum Bullet	Suguru Hamanaka	Hiroshi Kawachi	2:15.2^[3]
2018	Stay Foolish	Yusuke Fujioka	Yoshito Yahagi	2:11.0^[4]
2019	Red Genial	Manabu Sakai	Yoshitada Takahashi	2:11.9
2020	Deep Bond	Ryuji Wada	Ryuji Okubo	2:11.7
2021^[a]	Red Genesis	Yuga Kawada	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:11.2
2022^[a]	Ask Wild More	Mirai Iwata	Hideaki Fujiwara	2:09.5
2023	Satono Glanz	Yuga Kawada	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:14.1
2024	June Take	Yusuke Fujioka	Hidenori Take	2:11.2

^a The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

Earlier winners

1983 - Katsuragi Ace
1984 - Nishino Raiden
1985 - Miho Shinzan
1986 - Takeno Komayoshi
1987 - Leo Tenzan
1988 - Yaeno Muteki
1989 - Bamboo Begin
1990 - Mejiro Ryan
1991 - Nice Nature
1992 - Mihono Bourbon
1993 - Winning Ticket
1994 - Star Man
1995 - Narita King O
1996 - Dance In The Dark
1997 - Matikanefukukitaru
1998 - Special Week
1999 - Admire Vega

References

Netkeiba:^[5]^[6]
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^ "Yomiuri Milers Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 7 May 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 6 May 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 5 May 2018.
^ "京都新聞杯". Netkeiba.
^ "Kyoto Shimbun Hai". Netkeiba.

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