The Hanshin Daishōten (阪神大賞典, Hanshin Daishōten) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for 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 Tennō Shō.
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.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
Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 1995 Narita Brian 4 Katsuyuki Minai Masaaki OokuboHidenori Yamaji 3:08.2 1996 Narita Brian 5 Yutaka Take Masaaki OokuboHidenori Yamaji 3:04.9 1997 Mayano Top Gun 5 Seiki Tabara Masahiro SakaguchiYu Tadokoro 3:07.2 1998 Mejiro Bright 4 Hiroshi Kawashi Hidekazu AsamiMejiro Farm 3:09.3 1999 Special Week 4 Yutaka Take Toshiaki ShiraiHiroyoshi Usuda 3:13.4 2000 T M Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo IwamotoMasatsugu Takezono 3:09.4 2001 Narita Top Road 5 Kunihiko Watanabe Hidenori YamajiHidenori Yamaji 3:02.5 2002 Narita Top Road 6 Kunihiko Watanabe Hidenori YamajiHidenori Yamaji 3:07.9 2003 Daitaku Bertram 5 Yutaka Take Kojiro HashiguchiTaiyo Farm 3:05.9 2004 Lincoln 4 Yutaka Take Hidetaka OtonashiHideko Kondo 3:08.4 2005 My Sole Sound 6 Masaru Honda Katsuichi NishiuraKiyoshi Sano 3:06.2 2006 Deep Impact 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo IkeeKaneko Makoto Holdings 3:08.8 2007 Eye Popper 7 Yutaka Take Izumi ShimizuSunday Racing 3:08.3 2008 Admire Jupiter 5 Yasunari Iwata Yasuo TomomichiRiichi Kondo 3:08.7 2009 Asakusa Kings 5 Hirofumi Shii Ryuji OkuboKeiko Tabara 3:13.2 2010 Tokai Trick 8 Shinji Fujita Kenji NonakaMasanori Uchimura 3:07.3 2011 Namura Crescent 6 Ryuji Wada Nobuharu FukushimaNobushige Namura 3:04.4 2012 Gustave Cry 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Yoshiyuki ArakawaShadai Race Horse 3:11.8 2013 Gold Ship 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Naosuke SugaiEiichi Kobayashi 3:05.0 2014 Gold Ship 5 Yasunari Iwata Naosuke SugaiEiichi Kobayashi 3:06.6 2015 Gold Ship 6 Yasunari Iwata Naosuke SugaiEiichi Kobayashi 3:05.9 2016 Cheval Grand 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo TomomichiKazuhiro Sasaki 3:05.8 2017 Satono Diamond 4 Christophe Lemaire Yasutoshi IkeeHajime Satomi 3:02.6 2018 Rainbow Line 5 Yasunari Iwata Hidekazu AsamiMasahiro Mita 3:03.6 2019 Sciacchetra 6 Keita Tosaki Katsuhiko SumiiKaneko Makoto Holdings 3:06.5 2020 You Can Smile 5 Yasunari Iwata Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 3:03.0 2021 Deep Bond 4 Ryuji Wada Ryuji OkuboShinji Maeda 3:07.3 2022 Deep Bond 5 Ryuji Wada Ryuji OkuboShinji Maeda 3:05.0 2023 Justin Palace 4 Christophe Lemaire Haruki SugiyamaMasahiro Miki 3:06.12024T O Royal6Yuji HishidaInao OkadaTomoya Ozasa3:06.82025Sunrise Earth4Kenichi IkezoeKoichi IshizakaLife House3:03.32026Admire Terra5Yutaka TakeYasuo TomomichiJunko Kondo3:02.0
Earlier winners
1953 - Koran 1954 - Hiya Kiogan 1955 - Sekai O 1956 - Dainana Hoshu 1957 - Top Run 1958 - Katsura Shuho 1959 - Tokitsuhiro 1960 - Yamanin More 1961 - Helios 1962 - Motoichi 1963 - Hikaru Pola 1964 - Kotaro 1965 - Chitose O 1966 - Ryu Pharos 1967 - Finis 1968 - Muo 1969 - Date Hakutaka 1970 - Speedy Wonder 1971 - Suin Hoshu 1972 - Hamano Parade 1973 - Dicta Boy 1974 - Kuri Onward 1975 - Long Hawk 1976 - Hokuto Boy 1977 - Takino Chester 1978 - Captain Namura 1979 - Fine Dragon 1980 - Great Titan 1981 - Arena O 1982 - Hanki Inari 1983 - Shin Brown 1984 - Shin Brown 1985 - Nishino Raiden 1986 - Mejiro Boir 1987 - Suda Hawk 1988 - Tamamo Cross and Dyna Carpenter 1989 - Namura Mononofu 1990 - Osumi Shadai 1991 - Mejiro McQueen 1992 - Mejiro McQueen 1993 - Mejiro Palmer 1994 - Monsieur Siecle
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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