The Kyōto Daishōten (京都大賞典, kyōto daishōten) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.
The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.
It was first run in 1966. Among the winners of the race have been multiple prominent racehorses, including Mejiro McQueen, Marvelous Crown, T. M. Opera O, Tap Dance City, Rose Kingdom and Lovely Day.
Weight 54 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.
Allowances:
2 kg for fillies / mares 2 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
Records Speed record: 2:22.7 Mejiro McQueen - 1993
Most successful horse (2 wins): Tanino Chikara – 1973, 1974 Yamano Shiragiku – 1983, 1985 Suzuka Koban – 1984, 1986 Super Creek – 1989, 1990 Mejiro McQueen – 1991, 1993 T. M. Opera O – 2000, 2001
Winners since 1994 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 1994 Marvelous Crown 4 Katsumi Minai Makoto OsawaSadao Sasahara 2:31.0 1995 Hishi Amazon 4 Eiji Nakdate Takao NakanoMasaichiro Abe 2:25.3 1996 Marvelous Sunday 4 Yutaka Take Makoto OsawaSadao Sasahara 2:25.1 1997 Silk Justice 3 Shinji Fujita Masaaki OkuboSilk 2:26.2 1998 Seiun Sky 3 Norihiro Yokoyama Kazutaka YasudaMasayuki Nishiyama 2:25.6 1999 Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi 4 Shinji Fujita Nibun HisaoTakao Tsuruta 2:24.3 2000 T. M. Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo IwamotoMasatsugu Takezono 2:26.0 2001 T. M. Opera O 5 Ryuji Wada Ichizo IwamotoMasatsugu Takezono 2:25.0 2002 Narita Top Road 6 Hirofumi Shii Yoshio OkiHidenori Yamaji 2:23.6 2003 Tap Dance City 6 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiYushun Horse Club 2:26.6 2004 Narita Century 5 Hirokazu Tajima Norio FujisawaHidenori Yamaji 2:25.2 2005 Lincoln 5 Yutaka Take Hidetaka OtonashiHideko Kondo 2:25.4 2006 Sweep Tosho 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio TsurudomeTosho Sangyo 2:31.5 2007 Inti Raimi 5 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiSunday Racing 2:24.8 2008 Toho Alan 5 Ryota Sameshima Hideaki FujiwaraToho Bussan 2:26.9 2009 Oken Bruce Lee 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Hidetaka OtonashiAkira Fukui 2:24.3 2010 Meisho Beluga 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo IkezoeYoshio Matsumoto 2:25.0 2011 Rose Kingdom 4 Hiroki Goto Kojiro HashiguchiSunday Racing 2:24.1 2012 Meisho Kampaku 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Yoshiyuki ArakawaYoshio Matsumoto 2:23.4 2013 Hit The Target 5 Yuichi Kitamura Keiji KatoShinji Maeda 2:22.9 2014 Last Impact 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi MatsudaSilk Racing 2:24.2 2015 Lovely Day 5 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi IkeeKaneko Makoto Holdings 2:23.6 2016 Kitasan Black 4 Yutaka Take Hisashi ShimizuOno Shoji 2:25.5 2017 Smart Layer 7 Yutaka Take Ryuji OkuboToru Okawa 2:23.0 2018 Satono Diamond 5 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi IkeeSatomi Horse Company 2:25.42019Dreadnoughtus6Ryusei SakaiYoshito YahagiCarrot Farm2:23.5 2020 Glory Vase 5 Yuga Kawada Tomohito OzekiCarrot Farm 2:25.6 2021 Makahiki 8 Kota Fujioka Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 2:24.5 2022 Vela Azul 5 Kohei Matsuyama Kunihiko WatanabeCarrot Farm 2:24.3 2023 Pradaria 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Manabu IkezoeNagoya Yuho 2:25.32024Chevalier Rose6Yuichi KitamuraHisashi ShimizuCarrot Farm Co. Ltd.2:22.92025Deep Monster7Suguru HamanakaYasutoshi IkeeDMM Dream Club Co. Ltd.2:23.92026Ecoro Dinos4Kanta TaguchiRyuji OkuboMasatoshi Haramura2:24.0
Stay Gold came in first in the 2001 edition of the race. However, as he had cut off Narita Top Road and caused his jockey to fall, he was disqualified from the race.
The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.
Earlier winners
1966 - Kyoei Hikari 1967 - Shibafuji 1968 - Marchs 1969 - Finis 1970 - New Kiminonawa 1971 - Mejiro Asama 1972 - Kimusu Vimy 1973 - Tanino Chikara 1974 - Tanino Chikara 1975 - Ishino Masaru 1976 - Passing Venture 1977 - Ten Point 1978 - Ryu Kiko 1979 - Tenmei 1980 - Silksky 1981 - Inado Kotobuki 1982 - Mejiro Chara 1983 - Yamano Shiragiku 1984 - Suzuka Koban 1985 - Yamano Shiragiku 1986 - Suzuka Koban 1987 - Tokai Roman 1988 - Meisho Eikan 1989 - Super Creek 1990 - Super Creek 1991 - Mejiro McQueen 1992 - Osumi Roch 1993 - Mejiro McQueen
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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