Mainichi Ōkan

Mainichi Ōkan
毎日王冠
Grade 2 race
2017 Mainichi Okan
LocationTokyo Racecourse, Fuchū
Inaugurated1950
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
WeightSpecial Weight
Purse¥ 145,220,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 67,000,000
2nd: ¥ 27,000,000
3rd: ¥ 17,000,000

The Mainichi Ōkan (毎日王冠, mainichi ōkan) is a Grade 2 horse race in for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 1,800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.

The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.[1]

It was first run in 1950 over 2500 metres. The distance was reduced to 2300 metres in 1959 and to 2000 metres in 1962 before the race was run over its current distance for the first time in 1984. It has been rated JRA Grade II since that year and was promoted to International Grade II in 2001. 2014, winner is received priority ballot for Tenno Sho (Autumn).

Among the winners of the race have been Katsuragi Ace, Oguri Cap, Bubble Gum Fellow, Silence Suzuka, Grass Wonder, Eishin Preston, Daiwa Major and A Shin Hikari

Weight

55 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:
    • 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

Records

Speed record:

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Winners since 1994

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
1994 Nehai Caesar 4 Katsumi Shiomura Tadashi Fuse 1:44.6
1995 Sugano Oji 4 Tomio Yasuda Hiroyuki Uehara 1:48.4
1996 Annus Mirabilis 4 Darryll Holland Saeed bin Suroor 1:45.8
1997 Bubble Gum Fellow 4 Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa 1:46.1
1998 Silence Suzuka 4 Yutaka Take Mituru Hashida 1:44.9
1999 Grass Wonder 4 Hitoshi Matoba Mitsuhiro Ogata 1:45.8
2000 Tunante 5 Hideaki Miyuki Shoichi Matsumoto 1:46.1
2001 Eishin Preston 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Shuji Kitahashi 1:45.3
2002 Magnaten 6 Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa 1:46.1
2003 Balance of Game 4 Katsuharu Tanaka Yoshitada Munakata 1:45.7
2004 Telegnosis 5 Masaki Katsuura Hiroaki Sugiura 1:46.0
2005 Sunrise Pegasus 7 Hiroshi Goto Sei Ishizaka 1:46.5
2006 Daiwa Major 5 Katsumi Ando Hiroyuki Uehara 1:45.5
2007 Chosan 5 Masami Matsuoka Toshiaki Shimizu 1:44.2
2008 Super Hornet 5 Yusuke Fujioka Yoshito Yahagi 1:44.6
2009 Company 8 Norihiro Yokoyama Hideuki Otonashi 1:45.3
2010 Aliseo 3 Yuichi Fukunaga Noriyuki Hori 1:46.4
2011 Dark Shadow 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Noriyuki Hori 1:46.7
2012 Curren Black Hill 3 Shinichiro Akiyama Osamu Hirata 1:45.0
2013 Eishin Flash 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki Fujiwara 1:46.7
2014 Air Saumur 5 Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii 1:45.2
2015 A Shin Hikari 4 Yutaka Take Masanori Sakaguchi 1:45.6
2016 Rouge Buck 4 Keita Tosaki Masahiro Otake 1:46.6
2017 Real Steel 5 Mirco Demuro Yoshito Yahagi 1:45.6
2018 Aerolithe 4 João Moreira Takanori Kikuzawa 1:44.5
2019 Danon Kingly 3 Keita Tosaki Kiyoshi Hagiwara 1:44.4
2020 Salios 3 Christophe Lemaire Noriyuki Hori 1:45.5
2021 Schnell Meister 3 Christophe Lemaire Takahisa Tezuka 1:44.8
2022 Salios 5 Kohei Matsuyama Noriyuki Hori 1:44.1
2023 Elton Barows 3 Atsuya Nishimura Haruki Sugiyama 1:45.3
2024 Sixpence 3 Christophe Lemaire Sakae Kunieda 1:45.1

Earlier winners

  • 1950 – Hatakaze
  • 1952 – Mitsuhata
  • 1952 – New Moana
  • 1953 – Track O
  • 1954 – Hakuryo
  • 1955 – Susquehanna
  • 1956 – Fair Manna
  • 1957 – Hakuchikara
  • 1958 – Hishi Maaru
  • 1959 – Kuripero
  • 1960 – Unebi Hikari
  • 1961 – Harrow More
  • 1962 – Emroan
  • 1963 – Yamano O
  • 1964 – Toast
  • 1965 – Umeno Chikara
  • 1966 – Theftway
  • 1967 – Tama Queen
  • 1968 – Shesky
  • 1969 – Takeshiba O
  • 1970 – Kurishiba
  • 1971 – Tokino Shin O
  • 1972 – Hustler
  • 1973 – Takuma O
  • 1974 – Takekuma Hikaru
  • 1975 – White Fontaine
  • 1976 – Harbor Young
  • 1977 – C B Queen
  • 1978 – Press Toko
  • 1979 – C B Cross
  • 1980 – Kane Minobu
  • 1981 – Juji Arrow
  • 1982 – Kyoei Promise
  • 1983 – Takara Tenryu
  • 1984 – Katsuragi Ace
  • 1985 – Gold Way
  • 1986 – Sakura Yutaka O
  • 1987 – Dyna Actress
  • 1988 – Oguri Cap
  • 1989 – Oguri Cap
  • 1990 – Lucky Guerlain
  • 1991 – Prekrasnie
  • 1992 – Daitaku Helios
  • 1993 – Shinko Lovely

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mainichi Okan (G2)". japanracing.jp.
  2. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  3. ^ "毎日王冠". Netkeiba.
  4. ^ "Mainichi Okan". Netkeiba.