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Haneda Hai

Domestic Grade I (JpnI) race
Oi Racecourse
Location	Oi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo
Inaugurated	1956
Race type	Thoroughbred flat racing
Race information
Distance	1,800 meters (approx. 10 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o no geldings
Weight	57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg
Purse	¥78,250,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 50,000,000 2nd: ¥ 17,500,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Haneda Hai (羽田盃, "Haneda Cup") is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track only for three years old. It is graded as a Domestic Grade I. It is run over a distance of 1,800 meters (about 9 furlongs) at Oi Racecourse in Shinagawa, Tokyo in April or May.

History

It began in 1955 as the Oi Hai. Its name was changed to Haneda Hai in commemoration of Haneda racecourse which used to be situated next to Shinagawa.

Its distance has been changed several times. It has been run as follows:

• from its inception until 1966 at 1,800 meters
• from 1967 to 1995 at 2,000 meters
• from 1996 to 1998 at 1,800 meters
• from 1999 to 2001 at 1,600 meters
• from 2002 to 2003 at 1,790 meters
• from 2004 onwards at 1,800 meters

Until 2023, this race was the first leg of the South Kanto (Minami-Kanto) triple crown with Tokyo Derby and Japan Dirt Derby and only horses belonging to Minami-Kanto Horseracing can run.

Dirt Grade Promotion

The race was promoted to Domestic Grade 1 (Jpn1) along with Tokyo Derby in 2024. Formerly the first leg of the South Kanto (Minami-Kanto) Triple Crown, it became the first leg of new Japanese Triple Crown of Dirt. Entries were expanded to 16 horses with 4 JRA horses and 12 NAR horses.

Trial races

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

Winners since 2004

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

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1. "第57回 羽田盃(SI)" [57th Haneda Cup] (in Japanese). Tokyo City Keiba. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
2. "平成26年度　第2回大井競馬競走番組表(決定)" [race program of Oi, April 2014] (PDF) (in Japanese). Tokyo City Keiba. 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. ^ "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.
6. "羽田盃". Netkeiba.

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