Fukushima Kinen

Fukushima Kinen
福島記念
Grade 3 race
2023 Fukushima Kinen winner Ho O Emmy's
LocationFukushima Racecourse
Inaugurated1965
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 43,000,000
2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Fukushima Kinen (Japanese 福島記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Fukushima Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Niigata Racecourse in 1995, 1996 and 2011.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Going Suzuka 7 Junichi Serizawa Mitsuru Hashida 2:04.1
2001 Miyagi Rodrigo 7 Naohiro Onishi Keiji Takaichi 1:59.0
2002 Win Blaze 5 Hatsuhiro Kowata Yoshitada Munakata 2:01.2
2003 Meisho Domenica 6 Hatsuhiro Kowata Shigetada Takahashi 1:58.6
2004 Safety Emperor 5 Kodai Hasegawa Yukiharu Ono 2:00.3
2005 Grass Bomber 5 Masaki Katsuura Mitsuhiro Ogata 2:01.2
2006 San Valentin 5 Hiroki Goto Shozo Sasaki 2:03.9
2007 Arco Senora 3 Eiji Nakadate Shigenori Hatakeyama 2:00.6
2008 Manhattan Sky 4 Junichi Serizawa Hidekazu Asami 2:00.1
2009 Sunny Sunday 3 Hayato Yoshida Yohiaki Tanihara 1:58.6
2010 Dance In The More 8 Kyosuke Maruta Ikuo Aizawa 1:58.9
2011 Admire Cosmos 4 Hiroyuki Uemura Mitsuru Hashida 1:59.1
2012 Daiwa Falcon 5 Haruhiko Kawasu Hiroyuki Uehara 1:59.5
2013 Daiwa Falcon 6 Haruhiko Kawasu Hiroyuki Uehara 1:57.3
2014 Mitra 6 Mickael Barzalona Kiyoshi Hagiwara 1:58.1
2015 Yamakatsu Ace 3 Akihide Tsumura Kaneo Ikezoe 2:02.5
2016 Maltese Apogee 4 Tomoharu Bushizawa Masahiro Horii 2:00.8[2]
2017 Win Bright 3 Masami Matsuoka Yoshihiro Hatakeyama 2:00.2[3]
2018 Stiffelio 4 Genki Maruyama Hidetaka Otonashi 1:58.3[4]
2019 Crescendo Love 5 Hiroyuki Uchida Toru Hayashi 1:59.5
2020 Bio Spark 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Tamio Hamada 1:59.6
2021 Panthalassa 4 Yuji Hishida Yoshito Yahagi 1:59.2
2022 Unicorn Lion 6 Yusaku Kokubun Yoshito Yahagi 2:00.2
2023 Ho O Emmy's 6 Hironobu Tanabe Masakazu Ikegami 2:00.9
2024 Arata 7 Takuya Ono Yusuke Wada 2:00.7

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Suzu Parade
  • 1985 - Blacksky
  • 1986 - Running Free
  • 1987 - Mr Brandy
  • 1988 - Lake Black
  • 1989 - Mr Brandy
  • 1990 - Hashino Kenshiro
  • 1991 - Yagura Stella
  • 1992 - Arashi
  • 1993 - Pegasus
  • 1994 - Silk Greyish
  • 1995 - Meiner Bridge
  • 1996 - Maillot Jaune
  • 1997 - T M Oarashi
  • 1998 - Over The Wall
  • 1999 - Port Brians

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fukushima Kinen". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 13 November 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 12 November 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 11 November 2018.
  5. ^ "福島記念". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Fukushima Kinen". Netkeiba.