Keihan Hai

Keihan Hai
京阪杯
Grade 3 race
The 2009 winner Premium Box
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1200 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightSpecial Weight
Purse¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 41,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Keihan Hai (Japanese 京阪杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1956 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was originally run over 2000 metres and was contested over 2200 metres in 1996 before being cut to 1800 metres a year later. It was first run over its current distance in 2006.

Weight

56 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[2]

Allowances:

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

  • If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
    • 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares)
    • 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
    • 1 kg for a grade 3 win
  • If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
    • 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
    • 1 kg for a grade 2 win

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Joten Brave 3 Olivier Peslier Ikuo Aizawa 1:45.2
2001 Tenzan Seiza 3 Hirofumi Shii Hideaki Fujiwara 1:45.6
2002 Sidewinder 4 Koshiro Take Shuji Kitahashi 1:45.3
2003 Cheers Brightly 5 Masaru Honda Kenji Yamauchi 1:49.1
2004 Daiwa El Cielo 3 Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide Matsuda 1:46.3
2005 Company 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Hidetaka Otonashi 1:44.8
2006 Amberjack 3 Koshiro Take Takao Nakano 1:08.3
2007 Sans Adieu 5 Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi 1:07.9
2008 Western Dancer 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroki Sakiyama 1:08.1
2009 Premium Box 6 Hideaki Miyuki Hiroyuki Uehara 1:07.6
2010 Spring Song 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome 1:08.0
2011 Lord Kanaloa 3 Yuichi Fukunaga Takayuki Yasuda 1:08.1
2012 Hakusan Moon 3 Manabu Sakai Masato Nishizono 1:08.5
2013 Earth Sonic 4 Mirco Demuro Kazuya Nakatake 1:07.5
2014 Am Ball Bleiben 5 Ken Tanaka Nobuharu Fukuhima 1:08.3
2015 Satono Lupin 4 Ryuji Wada Akira Murayama 1:07.4
2016 Nero 5 Mickael Barzalona Hideyuki Mori 1:10.3[3]
2017 Nero 6 Hiroto Yoshihara Hideyuki Mori 1:08.8[4]
2018 Danon Smash 3 Yuichi Kitamura Takayuki Yasuda 1:08.0[5]
2019 Right On Cue 4 Yoshihiro Furukawa Mitsugu Kon 1:08.8
2020 Fiano Romano[a] 6 Hayato Yoshida Tomokazu Takano 1:08.2
2021 Eighteen Girl[a] 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Yuji Iida 1:08.8
2022 Toshin Macau[a] 3 Katsuma Sameshima Mizuki Takayanagi 1:07.2
2023 Toshin Macau 4 Akira Sugawara Mizuki Takayanagi 1:07.4
2024 Big Caesar 4 Yuichi Kitamura Masato Nishizono 1:07.7

a The 2020, 2021, & 2022 races took place at Hanshin Racecourse.

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Katsuragi Ace
  • 1985 - Marubutsu Sir Pen
  • 1986 - Single Roman
  • 1987 - Maruma Seiko
  • 1988 - Tosho Leo
  • 1989 - Nihon Pillow Brave
  • 1990 - Long Muteki
  • 1991 - Ikuno Dictus
  • 1992 - Mr Spain
  • 1993 - Longchamp Boy
  • 1994 - Nehai Caesar
  • 1995 - Dantsu Seattle
  • 1996 - Dance Partner
  • 1997 - Erimo Dandy
  • 1998 - Bravo Green
  • 1999 - Rosado

See also

References

  1. ^ "Keihan Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  3. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 27 November 2016.
  4. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 25 November 2018.
  6. ^ "京阪杯". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Keihan Hai". Netkeiba.