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Ban'ei Kinen
Race information
Ban'ei Grade 1 race

Location	Obihiro Racecourse
Inaugurated	1968
Race type	Banei
Website	www.banei-keiba.or.jp
Distance	200 meters (About 1 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Ban'ei Track
Qualification	4 years old or upper, Ban'ei
Weight	Weight-for-age (4yo or 5yo: 990kg, 6yo or upper: 1,000kg; -20kg for mare)
Purse	¥10,000,000 (as of 2022)

The Ban'ei Kinen (ばんえい記念) is a Grade 1 Ban'ei horse race, held in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan for four-year-olds and up. The full name is Nōrin Suisan Daijin Shōten Ban'ei Kinen (農林水産大臣賞典ばんえい記念) (Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award, Ban'ei Kinen).

The race is the championship race held in the end of the season (March) with the highest weight and prize money among all ban'ei races .

Winners since 2001

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2001	Sakano Taison	Kazuo Okawara	Haruo Nishimura	3:42.3
2002	Sakano Taison	Takumi Fujimoto	Haruo Nishimura	4:16.4
2003	Super Pegasus	Toshiharu Iwamoto	Eito Otomo	4:19.8
2004	Super Pegasus	Toshiharu Iwamoto	Eito Otomo	3:07.8
2005	Super Pegasus	Shunichi Fujino	Eito Otomo	3:15.3
2006	Super Pegasus	Shunichi Fujino	Eito Otomo	4:36.1
2007	Tomoe Power	Toichi Sakamoto	Hirofumi Matsui	4:50.6
2008	Tomoe Power	Hiromi Nishi	Hirofumi Matsui	5:35.8
2009	Tomoe Power	Hiromi Nishi	Hirofumi Matsui	4:50.8
2010	Nishiki Daijin	Shunichi Fujino	Isamu Kaneta	4:24.8
2011	Kanesa Black	Michiaki Matsuda	Hirofumi Matsui	4:07.7
2012	Nishiki Daijin	Keisuke Suzuki	Shinichi Murakami	2:34.0
2013	Kanesa Black	Michiaki Matsuda	Hirofumi Matsui	3:43.1

v t e List of Japanese Grade I horse races
Japan Racing Association (JRA) GI Races (International GI)	February Stakes (dirt) Takamatsunomiya Kinen Ōsaka Hai Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas; 3-year-old fillies) Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Spring) NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) Victoria Mile (fillies and mares) Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks; 3-year-old fillies) Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby; 3-year-olds) Yasuda Kinen Takarazuka Kinen Sprinters Stakes Shūka Sho (3-year-old fillies) Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Autumn) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (fillies and mares) Mile Championship Japan Cup (invitational) Champions Cup (dirt) Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) Hopeful Stakes (2-year-olds)
National Association of Racing (NAR) GI Races (international GI, dirt)	Tokyo Daishōten
National Association of Racing (NAR) JpnI Races (Domestic GI, dirt)	Kawasaki Kinen Haneda Hai (3-year-old) Kashiwa Kinen Tokyo Derby (3-year-old) Sakitama Hai Teio sho Japan Dirt Classic (3-year-old) Mile Championship Nambu Hai Japan Breeding Farms' Cup (Sprint - Ladies' Classic - Classic) Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (2-year-olds)
JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)	Nakayama Grand Jump (international) Nakayama Daishogai (international)
Domestic Grade I Equivalent Ban'ei Races	Ban'ei Kinen (Ban'ei, Obihiro)
See also	Japan Racing Association National Association of Racing Horse racing in Japan

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