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Horse race
Kyōto Daishōten
京都大賞典
Grade 2 race
Lovely Day winning the 2015 Kyoto Daishoten
LocationKyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Inaugurated1966
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
WeightSpecial Weight
Purse¥ 145,220,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 67,000,000
2nd: ¥ 27,000,000
3rd: ¥ 17,000,000

The Kyōto Daishōten (京都大賞典, kyōto daishōten) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.

The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.

It was first run in 1966. Among the winners of the race have been Mejiro McQueen, Marvelous Crown, T M Opera O, Tap Dance City, Rose Kingdom and Lovely Day.

Weight

54 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.

Allowances:

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

  • If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
    • 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
    • 1 kg for a grade 2 win
  • If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
    • 1 kg for a grade 1 win

Records

Speed record:

  • 2:22.9 Hit The Target 2013, Chevalier Rose 2024

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Tanino Chikara – 1973, 1974
  • Yamano Shiragiku – 1983, 1985
  • Suzuka Koban – 1984, 1986
  • Super Creek – 1989, 1990
  • Mejiro McQueen – 1991, 1993
  • T M Opera O – 2000, 2001

Winners since 1994

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner Time
1994 Marvelous Crown 4 Katsumi Minai Makoto Osawa Sadao Sasahara 2:31.0
1995 Hishi Amazon 4 Eiji Nakdate Takao Nakano Masaichiro Abe 2:25.3
1996 Marvelous Sunday 4 Yutaka Take Makoto Osawa Sadao Sasahara 2:25.1
1997 Silk Justice 3 Shinji Fujita Masaaki Okubo Silk 2:26.2
1998 Seiun Sky 3 Norihiro Yokoyama Kazutaka Yasuda Masayuki Nishiyama 2:25.6
1999 Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi 4 Shinji Fujita Nibun Hisao Takao Tsuruta 2:24.3
2000 T M Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 2:26.0
2001 T M Opera O 5 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 2:25.0
2002 Narita Top Road 6 Hirofumi Shii Yoshio Oki Hidenori Yamaji 2:23.6
2003 Tap Dance City 6 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki Yushun Horse Club 2:26.6
2004 Narita Century 5 Hirokazu Tajima Norio Fujisawa Hidenori Yamaji 2:25.2
2005 Lincoln 5 Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi Hideko Kondo 2:25.4
2006 Sweep Tosho 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome Tosho Sangyo 2:31.5
2007 Inti Raimi 5 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki Sunday Racing 2:24.8
2008 Toho Alan 5 Ryota Sameshima Hideaki Fujiwara Toho Bussan 2:26.9
2009 Oken Bruce Lee 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Hidetaka Otonashi Akira Fukui 2:24.3
2010 Meisho Beluga 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo Ikezoe Yoshio Matsumoto 2:25.0
2011 Rose Kingdom 4 Hiroki Goto Kojiro Hashiguchi Sunday Racing 2:24.1
2012 Meisho Kampaku 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Yoshiyuki Arakawa Yoshio Matsumoto 2:23.4
2013 Hit The Target 5 Yuichi Kitamura Keiji Kato Shinji Maeda 2:22.9
2014 Last Impact 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda Silk Racing 2:24.2
2015 Lovely Day 5 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee Kaneko Makoto Holdings 2:23.6
2016 Kitasan Black 4 Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu Ono Shoji 2:25.5
2017 Smart Layer 7 Yutaka Take Ryuji Okubo Toru Okawa 2:23.0
2018 Satono Diamond 5 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee Satomi Horse Company 2:25.4
2020 Glory Vase 5 Yuga Kawada Tomohito Ozeki Carrot Farm 2:25.6
2021 Makahiki 8 Kota Fujioka Yasuo Tomomichi Kaneko Makoto Holdings 2:24.5
2022 Vela Azul 5 Kohei Matsuyama Kunihiko Watanabe Carrot Farm 2:24.3
2023 Pradaria 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Manabu Ikezoe Nagoya Yuho 2:25.3
2024 Chevalier Rose 6 Yuichi Kitamura Hisashi Shimizu Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. 2:22.9

Stay Gold came in first in the 2001 runnings. However, as he had cut off Narita Top Road and caused his jockey to fall, he was disqualified from the race.

The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

Earlier winners

  • 1966 - Kyoei Hikari
  • 1967 - Shibafuji
  • 1968 - Marchs
  • 1969 - Finis
  • 1970 - New Kiminonawa
  • 1971 - Mejiro Asama
  • 1972 - Kimusu Vimy
  • 1973 - Tanino Chikara
  • 1974 - Tanino Chikara
  • 1975 - Ishino Masaru
  • 1976 - Passing Venture
  • 1977 - Ten Point
  • 1978 - Ryu Kiko
  • 1979 - Tenmei
  • 1980 - Silksky
  • 1981 - Inado Kotobuki
  • 1982 - Mejiro Chara
  • 1983 - Yamano Shiragiku
  • 1984 - Suzuka Koban
  • 1985 - Yamano Shiragiku
  • 1986 - Suzuka Koban
  • 1987 - Tokai Roman
  • 1988 - Meisho Eikan
  • 1989 - Super Creek
  • 1990 - Super Creek
  • 1991 - Mejiro McQueen
  • 1992 - Osumi Roch
  • 1993 - Mejiro McQueen

See also

References

  1. "KYOTO DAISHOTEN (G2)". japanracing.jp.
  2. "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  3. "京都大賞典". Netkeiba.
  4. "Kyoto Daishoten". Netkeiba.
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