The is a Grade 2 race in Japan. It is held at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo.
The race was first run in 2006 and is run over 1,400 metres (about 7 furlongs) on the inner turf course. It was upgraded to international status in 2009.
Due to the race calendar's arrangement, it was the final graded race organized by JRA in the 2012 and 2013 seasons, being held even after the Arima Kinen (which is usually the final graded race in the Japanese horseracing calendar).However, the last Graded-race in Japan Racing is Tokyo Daishōten (International Grade 1) organized by Minami Kanto Racing Organization of National Association of Racing, which traditionally Raced on 29 December.
List of winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2006 Fusaichi Richard 3 Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide Matsuda Fusao Sekiguchi 1:20.6 2007 Suzuka Phoenix 5 Yutaka Take Mitsuru Hashida Keiji Nagai 1:20.6 2008 Maruka Phoenix 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Masahiro Matsunaga Kawacho Sangyo 1:21.6 2009 Kinshasa no Kiseki 6 Mirco Demuro Noriyuki Hori Kazumi Yoshida 1:20.4 2010 Kinshasa no Kiseki 7 Christophe Soumillon Noriyuki Hori Kazumi Yoshida 1:20.3 2011 San Carlo 5 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo Shadai Race Horse Co Ltd 1:20.5 2012 San Carlo 6 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo Shadai Race Horse Co Ltd 1:21.0 2013 Real Impact 5 Ryan Moore Noriyuki Hori U Carrot Farm 1:21.4 2014 Real Impact 6 William Buick Noriyuki Hori U Carrot Farm 1:20.7 2015 Rosa Gigantea 4 Mirco Demuro Kazuo Fujisawa Shadai Race Horse Co Ltd 1:21.4 2016 Shuji 3 Yuga Kawada Naosuke Sugai Koji Yasuhara 1:21.9 2017 Isla Bonita 6 Christophe Lemaire Hironori Kurita Shadai Race Horse Co Ltd 1:19.5 2018 Diana Halo 5 Yuji Hishida Hiroyuki Oneda Komahide 1:21.1 2019 Gran Alegria 3 Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa Sunday Racing 1:19.4 2020 Danon Fantasy 4 Yusuke Fujioka Mitsumasa Nakauchida Danox 1:19.7 2021 Grenadier Guards 3 Cristian Demuro Mitsumasa Nakauchida Sunday Racing 1:20.3 2022 Diatonic 7 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki Yasuda Silk Racing 1:20.2 2023 Win Marvel 4 Kohei Matsuyama Masashi Fukayama Win Co Ltd 1:19.3 2024 Namura Clair 5 Christophe Lemaire Kodai Hasegawa Mutsuhiro Namura 1:20.12025Lugal5Katsuma SameshimaHaruki SugiyamaYoshimasa Ema1:19.0
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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External links Horse Racing in Japan JRA International Races 2007 - Hanshin Cup