Keeneland Cup
Grade 3 race | |
![]() 2022 Keeneland Cup winner, Vento Voce | |
Location | Sapporo Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1966 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1200 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
Weight | 4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 53 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg |
Purse | ¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner) |
The Keeneland Cup (Japanese: キーンランドカップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Sapporo Racecourse.[1] It serves as a trial race for the Sprinters Stakes.
The Keeneland Cup was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status since 2006. It was run at Hakodate Racecourse in 2013. The race was contested over 1000 metres until 2000.
Winners since 2006
[edit]Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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2006 | Cheerful Smile | 6 | Yasunari Iwata | Yasuo Ikee | Academy | 1:08.4 |
2007 | Couverture | 3 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | Hidaka Breeders Union | 1:08.6 |
2008 | Tanino Martini | 8 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Hikozo Sugai | Yuzo Tanimizu | 1:07.9 |
2009 | B B Guldan | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Masazo Ryoke | Bando Bokujo | 1:08.4 |
2010 | One Carat | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kenichi Fujioka | Yoichi Aoyama | 1:08.4 |
2011 | Curren Chan | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Takayuki Yasuda | Takashi Suzuki | 1:08.6 |
2012 | Pas de Trois | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Ippo Sameshima | Teruya Yoshida | 1:07.6 |
2013 | Forever Mark | 5 | Issei Murata | Eiichi Yano | Yoichi Aoyama | 1:11.7 |
2014 | Robe Tissage | 4 | Kousei Miura | Naosuke Sugai | Silk | 1:09.0 |
2015 | Ukiyono Kaze | 5 | Hirofumi Shii | Takanori Kikuzawa | Jun Kokubu | 1:08.6 |
2016 | Blanc Bonheur | 3 | Keita Tosaki | Kazuya Nakatake | Yoko Maeda | 1:08.5[2] |
2017 | Epoisses | 9 | Christophe Lemaire | Kazuo Fujisawa | Nobutaka Tada | 1:09.0[3] |
2018 | Nac Venus | 5 | João Moreira | Hiroaki Sugiura | Kinya Komatsu | 1:09.4[4] |
2019 | Danon Smash | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Takayuki Yasuda | Danox | 1:09.2 |
2020 | Eighteen Girl | 4 | Ryusei Sakai | Yuji Iida | Yasushi Nakayama | 1:10.6 |
2021 | Lei Halia | 3 | Heart Kameda | Toshiaki Tajima | Hidaka Breeders Union | 1:09.1 |
2022 | Vento Voce | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Mitsunori Makiura | Eden Association | 1:09.1 |
2023 | Namura Clair | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Kodai Hasegawa | Mutsuhiro Namura | 1:09.9 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Keeneland Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 28 August 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 27 August 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 26 August 2018.
- ^ "キーンランドC". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Keeneland Cup". Netkeiba.