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Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Sprint
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Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Sprint (ジャパンブリーディングファームズカップスプリント) is an annual race held on "JBC day", which is usually November 3, or the national holiday Culture Day. This race and the JBC Classic were started in 2001. These were established following the American Breeders' Cup.
Quick Facts Location, Inaugurated ...
Domestic Grade I (JpnI) race | |
![]() 2019 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Sprint | |
Location | Changes yearly |
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Inaugurated | 2001 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | Changes yearly |
Surface | Dirt |
Qualification | 3-y-o & Up |
Weight | 3-y-o horses & geldings 55kg/mares 53kg 4-y-o & up horses & geldings 57kg / mares 55 kg |
Purse | ¥136,000,000 (as of 2023) 1st: ¥ 80,000,000 2nd: ¥ 28,000,000 3rd: ¥ 16,000,000 |
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As of 2023, only four horses that have won the race belong to NAR, the organization supervising horseracing administrated by the local government. The rest of the winners belong to the JRA.
There is no other domestic or international grade 1 sprint race on dirt in Japan other than this race.
JBC races are held on various racetracks, so its distance is changed yearly like the rest of the races held in JBC day.