Nikkei Shinshun Hai

The Nikkei Shinshun Hai (Japanese 日経新春杯) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds of at least four years of age. It is a handicap race run over a distance of 2,400 metres at Kyoto Racecourse in January.^[1]

Nikkei Shinshun Hai
日経新春杯

Grade 2 race
2012 Nikkei Shinshun Hai
Location	Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Purse	¥ 123,120,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 57,000,000 2nd: ¥ 23,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

The Nikkei Shinshun Hai was first run in 1954 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. The race was run over 2200 metres at Chukyo Racecourse in 2021.

Among the winners of the race have been Stay Gold, Glory Vase, Rulership, Mejiro Bright and Mikki Rocket.

Winners since 1984

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1984	Erimo Roller[a]	5	Shigetoshi Saruhashi	Ishimatsu Okubo	2:43.3
1985	Masahiko Boy	6	Seiki Tabara	Michio Kubo	2:29.0
1986	Fleet Hope	4	Shigetoshi Saruhashi	Keizo Umeuchi	2:28.9
1987	Fresh Voice	4	Seiki Tabara	Naoyuki Sakai	2:16.1
1988	Speed Hero	6	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hiroki Sakiyama	2:15.3
1989	Land Hiryu	7	Hiroshi Kawachi	Minoru Kobayashi	2:14.4
1990	Towa Triple	4	Hitoshi Matoba	Takashi Tsukazaki	2:15.0
1991	Merci Atla	4	Hiroshi Kawachi	Yukiharu Ono	2:13.6
1992	Kamino Cresse	5	Katsumi Minai	Ryōhei Tanaka	2:15.2
1993	El Casa River	4	Taisei Yamada	Ryohei Tanaka	2:14.0
1994	Monsieur Siecle	6	Shinji Fujita	Minoru Kobayashi	2:35.5
1995	Go Go Z	4	Yoshiyuki Muramoto	Hitoshi Arai	2:24.8
1996	Hagino Real King	6	Shinji Fujita	Minoru Kobayashi	2:26.7
1997	Mejiro Lambada	4	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	2:27.6
1998	Erimo Dandy	4	Yutaka Take	Masaaki Okubo	2:26.3
1999	Mejiro Bright	5	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hidekazu Asami	2:31.4
2000	Marvelous Timer	6	Yutaka Take	Terumasa Yano	2:24.3
2001	Stay Gold	7	Shinji Fujita	Yasuo Ikee	2:25.8
2002	Top Commander	5	Hirofumi Shii	Hiroki Sakiyama	2:26.4
2003	Bamboo Juventus	4	Hirofumi Shii	Yoshiyasu Tajima	2:25.8
2004	Silk Famous	5	Hirofumi Shii	Ippo Sameshina	2:24.5
2005	Sakura Century	5	Tetsuzō Satō	Shozo Sasaki	2:29.0
2006	Admire Fuji	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Mitsuru Hashida	2:26.3
2007	Tokai Wild	5	Katsumi Andō	Hitoshi Nakamura	2:27.4
2008	Admire Monarch	7	Katsumi Andō	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	2:27.4
2009	T M Precure	6	Takuma Ogino	Tadao Igarashi	2:26.6
2010	Meisho Beluga	5	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	2:24.4
2011	Rulership	4	Umberto Rispoli	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:24.6
2012	To The Glory	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:23.7
2013	Capote Star	4	Ryō Takakura	Yoshito Yahagi	2:25.0
2014	Satono Noblesse	4	Christophe Lemaire	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:24.4
2015	Admire Deus	4	Yasunari Iwata	Mitsuru Hashida	2:24.8
2016	Reve Mistral	4	Yuga Kawada	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	2:25.9
2017	Mikki Rocket	4	Ryuji Wada	Hidetaka Otonashi	2:25.7[2]
2018	Perform A Promise	6	Mirco Demuro	Hideaki Fujiwara	2:26.3[3]
2019	Glory Vase	4	Mirco Demuro	Tomohito Ozeki	2:26.2[4]
2020	Mozu Bello	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Naoyuki Morita	2:26.9
2021	Shoryu Ikuzo[b]	5	Taisei Danno	Shozo Sasaki	2:11.8
2022	Yoho Lake[b]	4	Yuga Kawada	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:11.7
2023	Weltreisende[b]	6	David Egan	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:14.2
2024	Blow the Horn	5	Akira Sugawara	Eiji Nakano	2:23.7

^a The 1984 running was run on Dirt at the distance of 2,600m

^b The 2021, 2022 and 2023 runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

See also

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

References

• Netkeiba:^[5][6]
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3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 14 January 2018.
4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 13 January 2019.
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