Nakayama Kimpai

Nakayama Kimpai
中山金杯
Grade 3 race
2011 Nakayama Kimpai
LocationNakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated1952
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o +
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 43,000,000
2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Nakayama Kimpai (Japanese 中山金杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over run in January over a distance of 2000 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]

The race was first run in 1952 and was promoted to Grade 3 level in 1984. The race was initially contested over 2600 metres before being moved down to 2000 metres in 1961.

Winners since 2000

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Jo Big Bang 5 Kazuhiro Yamada Masanao Tsubo 2:01.4
2001 Charisma Sun Opera 4 Eiji Nakadate Hiroki Sakiyama 2:01.2
2002 Big Gold 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Tadashi Nakao 1:59.0[1]
2003 Toho Shiden 6 Katsuharu Tanaka Kiyotaka Tanaka 2:00.0
2004 Asaka Defeat 6 Eiji Nakadate Akio Tsurudome 1:59.2
2005 Craft Work 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Yohiyuki Goto 1:59.0
2006 Vita Rosa 6 Yuichi Shibayama Kojiro Hahiguchi 1:59.4
2007 Shadow Gate 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Yukihiro Kato 2:02.4
2008 Admire Fuji 6 Yuga Kawada Mitsuru Hashida 2:00.7
2009 Admire Fuji 7 Yuga Kawada Mitsuru Hashida 1:58.5
2010 Axion 7 Shinji Fujita Yohitaka Ninomiya 2:00.8
2011 Cosmo Phantom 4 Masami Matsuoka Toru Miya 1:59.8
2012 Federalist 5 Masayoshi Ebina Tsuyoshi Tanaka 1:59.4
2013 Touch Me Not 7 Norihiro Yokoyama Isamu Shibasaki 1:59.85
2014 Ocean Blue 6 Fran Berry Yasutoshi Ikee 2:00.1
2015 Lovely Day 5 Fran Berry Yasutoshi Ikee 1:57.8
2016 Yamakatsu Ace 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo Ikezoe 2:01.2
2017 Tsukuba Azuma O 6 Yutaka Yoshida Mitsuhiro Ogata 2:00.6[2]
2018 Seda Brillantes 4 Keita Tosaki Takahisa Tezuka 1:59.8[3]
2019 Win Bright 5 Masami Matsuoka Yoshihiro Hatakeyama 1:59.2[4]
2020 Triomphe 6 Mirco Demuro Naosuke Sugai 1:59.5
2021 Hishi Iguazu 5 Kohei Matsuyama Noriyuki Hori 2:00.9
2022 Red Galant 7 Arata Saito Takayuki Yasuda 2:00.1
2023 Lagulf 4 Keita Tosaki Yoshitada Munakata 2:00.2
2024 Licancabur 5 Akihide Tsumura Katsunori Tanaka 1:58.9

1 The 2002 race took place at Tokyo Racecourse.

Earlier winners

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  • 1984 - Dokan Yashima
  • 1985 - Suzu Parade
  • 1986 - Kushiro King
  • 1987 - Tochino Nishiki
  • 1988 - Iron Ciro
  • 1989 - Nishino Mirror
  • 1990 - Mejiro Monterey
  • 1991 - Carib Song
  • 1992 - Tosho Falco
  • 1993 - Sekitai Ryu O
  • 1994 - Hidaka Hayato
  • 1995 - Sakura Laurel
  • 1996 - Best Tie Up
  • 1997 - Best Tie Up
  • 1998 - Gourmet Frontier
  • 1999 - Silent Hunter

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nakayama Himpai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2018.
  5. ^ "中山金杯". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Nikkan Sports Sho Nakayama Kimpai". Netkeiba.