Queen Cup

Queen Cup
クイーンカップ
2024 Queen Cup winner Queen's Walk
ClassGrade 3
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1966
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o fillies
Weight55 kg
Purse¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2026)
  • 1st: ¥ 38,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Queen Cup (Japanese クイーンカップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run in February over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

The race was first run in 1966 and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1984. It was contested at a variety of venues but has been run over its current course and distance since 1981. The race serves as a trial race for the Oka Sho, run in early April, which it is the traditional start to the annual classic races for three-year-olds in Japan.[2]

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner Time
2000 Future Sunday Norihiro Yokoyama Masanori Ito Toshihiro Hirosaki 1:36.1
2001 Success Strain Hatsuhiro Kowata Ryuichi Inaba Yoshio Suzuki 1:34.7
2002 Shinin Ruby Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa Yoshimi Ichikawa 1:34.6
2003 Chunyi Hiroki Goto Nobuhiro Suzuki Hiroyoshi Usuda 1:35.6
2004 Daiwa El Cielo Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide Matsuda Daiwa Co.,ltd 1:34.3
2005 Lailaps Yutaka Take Kunihide Matsuda Sunday Racing 1:38.1
2006 Koiuta Christophe Lemaire Masashi Okuhira Maekawa Kikaku 1:35.6
2007 Excuse Hiroshi Kitamura Yuichi Shikato Shigeyuki Okada 1:34.5
2008 Little Amapola Koshiro Take Hiroyuki Nagahama Shadai Race Horse 1:35.5
2009 Dear Geena Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuhito Tamura Dearest 1:35.7
2010 Apricot Fizz Masayoshi Ebina Futoshi Kojima Shadai Race Horse 1:34.4
2011 Whale Capture Kenichi Ikezoe Kiyotaka Tanaka Masaru Shimada 1:35.4
2012 Verxina Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Tomomichi Kazuhiro Sasaki 1:36.6
2013 Ukiyono Kaze William Buick Takanori Kikuzawa Jun Kokubun 1:34.6
2014 Forevermore Masayoshi Ebina Yuichi Shikato Sunday Racing 1:35.7
2015 Cat Coin Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitaka Ninomiya Sunday Racing 1:34.0
2016 Major Emblem Christophe Lemaire Yasuhito Tamura Sunday Racing 1:32.5
2017 Admire Miyabi Christophe Lemaire Yasuo Tomomichi Riichi Kondo 1:33.2[3]
2018 Tetradrachm Hironobu Tanabe Kazuo Konishi Katsumi Yoshida 1:33.7[4]
2019 Chrono Genesis Yuichi Kitamura Takashi Saito Sunday Racing 1:34.2[5]
2020 Miyamazakura Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki Fujiwara Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:34.0
2021 Akaitorino Musume Keita Tosaki Sakae Kunieda Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:33.3
2022 Presage Lift Keita Tosaki Tetsuya Kimura Sunday Racing 1:34.1
2023 Harper Yuga Kawada Yasuo Tomomichi M's Racing 1:33.1
2024 Queen's Walk Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Sunday Racing 1:33.1
2025 Embroidery Christophe Lemaire Kazutomo Mori Silk Racing 1:32.2
2026 Dream Core Christophe Lemaire Kiyoshi Hagiwara Katsumi Yoshida 1:32.6

Earlier winners

  • 1966 - Mejiro Majorca
  • 1967 - Ichiko
  • 1968 - Black Vatout
  • 1969 - Sceptre Ciro
  • 1970 - Tamami
  • 1971 - Yama Azuma
  • 1972 - Takai Homa
  • 1973 - Kikuno Tsubame
  • 1974 - Lester Horse
  • 1975 - Yone Minoru
  • 1976 - Titania
  • 1977 - Masaki Bizen
  • 1978 - Kiku Kimiko
  • 1979 - Sea Bird Park
  • 1980 - Polly Tosho
  • 1981 - Kabari Elie Ace
  • 1982 - Victoria Crown
  • 1983 - Das Genie
  • 1984 - Aino Feather
  • 1985 - Takara Steel
  • 1986 - Super Shot
  • 1987 - Nakami Julianne
  • 1988 - Circle Showa
  • 1989 - Cutting Edge
  • 1990 - Sweet Mithuna
  • 1991 - Scarlet Bouquet
  • 1992 - Sanei Thank You
  • 1993 - Mother Tosho
  • 1994 - Hishi Amazon
  • 1995 - Eishin Berlin
  • 1996 - Ibuki Perceive
  • 1997 - Orange Peel
  • 1998 - Edai Queen
  • 1999 - Umeno Fiber

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daily Hai Queen Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ Kieckhefer, Bob (5 April 2024). "Japan's Classics Season Kicks off with the Oka Sho". The Blood-Horse. Retrieved 6 April 2024. The Japanese classics season kicks off April 7 at Hanshin Racecourse...
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 11 February 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 11 February 2019.
  6. ^ "クイーンC". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Daily Hai Queen Cup". Netkeiba.

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