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Hanshin Daishōten
阪神大賞典
Grade 2 race
	2023 Hanshin Daishoten
Location	Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo
Inaugurated	1953
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	3000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o +
Weight	Special Weight
Purse	¥ 145,220,000 (as of 2024); 1st: ¥ 67,000,000; 2nd: ¥ 27,000,000; 3rd: ¥ 17,000,000

The Hanshin Daishōten (阪神大賞典, hanshin daishōten) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged four and over run over a distance of 3,000 metres at the Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo. The race was run in late November or early December until 1987 when it was moved to a date in March. The race now serves as a trial for the spring edition of the Tenno Sho.

It was first run in 1953.

Race details

The race is run at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 3,000 meters on turf using the inner curve.

Weight

56 kg for four-year-olds, and 57 kg for five-year-olds and above.^[1]
Allowances:

2 kg for fillies / mares
1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds

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

Winners since 1995

Gustave Cry and Orfevre in the 2012 Hanshin Daishoten

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1995	Narita Brian	4	Katsuyuki Minai	Masaaki Ookubo	3:08.2
1996	Narita Brian	5	Yutaka Take	Masaaki Ookubo	3:04.9
1997	Mayano Top Gun	5	Seiki Tabara	Masahiro Sakaguchi	3:07.2
1998	Mejiro Bright	4	Hiroshi Kawashi	Hidekazu Asami	3:09.3
1999	Special Week	4	Yutaka Take	Toshiaki Shirai	3:13.4
2000	T M Opera O	4	Ryuji Wada	Ichizo Iwamoto	3:09.4
2001	Narita Top Road	5	Kunihiko Watanabe	Hidenori Yamaji	3:02.5
2002	Narita Top Road	6	Kunihiko Watanabe	Hidenori Yamaji	3:07.9
2003	Daitaku Bertram	5	Yutaka Take	Kojiro Hashiguchi	3:05.9
2004	Lincoln	4	Yutaka Take	Hidetaka Otonashi	3:08.4
2005	My Sole Sound	6	Masaru Honda	Katsuichi Nishiura	3:06.2
2006	Deep Impact	4	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	3:08.8
2007	Eye Popper	7	Yutaka Take	Izumi Shimizu	3:08.3
2008	Admire Jupiter	5	Yasunari Iwata	Yasuo Tomomichi	3:08.7
2009	Asakusa Kings	5	Hirofumi Shii	Ryuji Okubo	3:13.2
2010	Tokai Trick	8	Shinji Fujita	Kenji Nonaka	3:07.3
2011	Namura Crescent	6	Ryuji Wada	Nobuharu Fukushima	3:04.4
2012	Gustave Cry	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Yoshiyuki Arakawa	3:11.8
2013	Gold Ship	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Naosuke Sugai	3:05.0
2014	Gold Ship	5	Yasunari Iwata	Naosuke Sugai	3:06.6
2015	Gold Ship	6	Yasunari Iwata	Naosuke Sugai	3:05.9
2016	Cheval Grand	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Yasuo Tomomichi	3:05.8
2017	Satono Diamond	4	Christophe Lemaire	Yasutoshi Ikee	3:02.6
2018	Rainbow Line	5	Yasunari Iwata	Hidekazu Asami	3:03.6
2019	Sciacchetra	6	Keita Tosaki	Katsuhiko Sumii	3:06.5
2020	You Can Smile	5	Yasunari Iwata	Yasuo Tomomichi	3:03.0
2021	Deep Bond	4	Ryuji Wada	Ryuji Okubo	3:07.3
2022	Deep Bond	5	Ryuji Wada	Ryuji Okubo	3:05.0
2023	Justin Palace	4	Christophe Lemaire	Haruki Sugiyama	3:06.1
2024	T O Royal	6	Yuji Hishida	Inao Okada	3:06.8