Challenge Cup (horse race)
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Grade 3 race | |
Location | Hanshin Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1950 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 2000 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
Weight | 4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 54 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg |
Purse | 1st: ¥43,000,000 (as of 2023) |
The Challenge Cup (Japanese チャレンジカップ (中央競馬)) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in late November or early December over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.[1]
The Challenge Cup was first run in 1950 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1966 and 1995 and at Chukyo Racecourse in 1979, 1990, 1991, 1994 and 2006. It was run over 1800 metres from 2012 to 2016.
Winners since 2000
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
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2000 | Mikki Dance | 4 | Tetsuzo Sato | Toshiyuki Hattori | Hisashi Miki | 1:58.3 |
2001 | Ibuki Government | 5 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Ibuki | 1:59.4 |
2002 | Tap Dance City | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Yushun Horse Club | 1:58.1 |
2003 | Camphor Best | 4 | Katsumi Ando | Yoshikatsu Sato | Kiyoharu Okumura | 1:58.3 |
2004 | Suzuka Mambo | 3 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | Keiji Nagai | 2:01.6 |
2005 | One More Chatter | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasuo Tomomichi | Ichizo Matsui | 1:59.4 |
2006 | Trillion Cut | 6 | Ryuji Wada | Hidetaka Otonashi | Carrot Farm | 1:57.4 |
2007 | Inti Raimi | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Sunday Racing | 2:00.0 |
2008 | Dream Journey | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing | 1:58.5 |
2009 | Captain Thule | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Hideyuki Mori | Shadai Race Horse | 2:00.0 |
2010 | Captain Thule | 5 | Futoshi Komaki | Hideyuki Mori | Shadai Race Horse | 1:59.2 |
2011 | Mikki Dream | 4 | Ryuji Wada | Hidetaka Otonashi | Mizuki Noda | 1:59.6 |
2012 | Shoryu Moon | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Shozo Sasaki | Wataru Ueda | 1:46.6 |
2013 | Archimedes | 4 | Mickael Barzalona | Hideaki Fujiwara | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | 1:46.5 |
2014 | Tosen Stardom | 3 | Yutaka Take | Yasutoshi Ikee | Takaya Shimakawa | 1:45.9 |
2015 | Fluky | 5 | Mirco Demuro | Katsuhiko Sumii | Makoto Kaneko | 1:46.1 |
2016 | Meiner Honey | 3 | Daichi Shibata | Hironuki Korita | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:46.5 |
2017 | Satono Chronicle | 3 | Mirco Demuro | Yasutoshi Ikee | Satomi Horse Company | 1:58.6 |
2018 | Air Windsor | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Kazuya Nakatake | Lucky Field | 1:58.3 |
2019 | Lord My Way | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Haruki Sugiyama | Lord Horse Club | 1:59.1 |
2020 | Lei Papale | 3 | Yuga Kawada | Tomokazu Takano | Carrot Farm | 1:59.9 |
2021 | So Valiant | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Masahiro Otake | Shadai Race Horse | 2:01.0 |
2022 | So Valiant | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Masahiro Otake | Shadai Race Horse | 1:57.5 |
2023 | Bellagio Opera | 3 | Kazuo Yokoyama | Hiroyuki Uemura | Shorai Hayashida | 1:58.8 |
Earlier winners
- 1984 - Nihon Pillow Winner
- 1985 - Wakao Raiden
- 1986 - Dokan Yashima
- 1987 - President City
- 1988 - Tanino Suesei
- 1989 - Hatushiba Ace
- 1990 - Foundry Popo
- 1991 - Nuevo Tosho
- 1992 - Let It Be
- 1993 - Wish Dream
- 1994 - Tsurumaru Girl
- 1995 - My Shinzan
- 1996 - Marvelous Sunday
- 1997 - Shin Kaiun
- 1998 - Run For The Dream
- 1999 - Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi
See also
References
- Netkeiba:[2][3]
- 1994 en, 1995 en, 1996 en, 1997 en, 1998 en, 1999 en, 2000 en, 2001 en, 2002 en, 2003 en, 2004 en, 2005 en, 2006 en, 2007 en, 2008 en, 2009 en, 2010 en, 2011 en, 2012 en, 2013 en, 2014 en, 2015 en, 2016 en, 2017 en, 2018 en, 2019 en, 2020 en, 2021 en, 2022 en, 2023 en
- Racing Post:
- 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
- 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- ^ "Challenge Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "チャレンジC". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Challenge Cup". Netkeiba.