The St Lite Kinen (セントライト記念, sentoraito kinen) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,200 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in September and serves as the main trial race for the Kikuka Sho (run in October).
It was first run in 1947 and was named in honour of the Japanese Triple Crown winner St Lite. Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Rudolf, Legacy World and Nakayama Festa.
The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse from 1947 until 1956 and in 1966, 1968, 1974, and 1976–1979. The 2014 running took place at Niigata Racecourse.
Winners since 1995 Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time 1995 Sunday Well Eiji Nakadate Hideyuki MoriYoshitaka Suzuki 2:13.6 1996 Rosen Kavalier Shibata Yoshitomi Yasuhiro SuzukiShadai Race Horse 2:20.1 1997 Shako Tesco Seiji Ebisawa Yuji NodaiShako 2:16.9 1998 Leo Ryuho Teruo Eda Sugiura Hiroaki Leo 2:17.9 1999 Black Tuxedo Hitoshi Matoba Mitsuru HashidaMakoto Kaneko 2:13.7 2000 Admire Boss Hiroki Goto Mitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo 2:16.9 2001 Shinko Calido Tanaka Katsuhara Munakata Yoshitada Masatake Iida 2:13.1 2002 Balance of Game Tanaka Katsuhara Munakata Yoshitada Hiroyuki Sonobe 2:12.9 2003 Vita Rosa Yuichi Shibayama Noboyuki HoriSunday Racing 2:24.5 2004 Cosmo Bulk Furuka Igarashi Kazunori TabeMisako Okada 2:10.1 2005 Kings Trail Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo FujisawaSunday Racing 2:11.8 2006 Tosen Shana O Leith Innes Hideyuki MoriTakaya Shimada 2:13.1 2007 Roc de Cambes Yuichi Shibayama Noriyuki HoriKazumi Yoshida 2:12.0 2008 Daiwa Wild Boar Hiroshi Kitamura Hiroyuki UeharaKeizo Yoshida 2:14.6 2009 Nakayama Festa Masayoshi Ebina Yoshitaka NinomiyaNobuko Izumi 2:12.0 2010 Quark Star Yusuke Fujioka Nobuyuki HoriShadai Race Horse 2:10.9 2011 Fateful War Katsuharu Tanaka Shinichi ItoShadai Race Horse 2:10.3 2012 Fenomeno Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi TodaSunday Racing 2:10.8 2013 Yule Singing Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuhiro SeishiShadai Race Horse 2:13.5 2014 Isla Bonita Masayoshi Ebina Hironori KuritaShadai Race Horse 2:11.7 2015 Kitasan Black Hiroshi Kitamura Hisashi ShimizuŌno Shōji 2:13.8 2016 Dee Majesty Masayoshi Ebina Yoshitaka NinomiyaMasaru Shimada 2:13.1 2017 Mikki Swallow Norihiro Yokoyama Takanori KikuzawaMizuki Noda 2:12.7 2018 Generale Uno Hironobu Tanabe Eiichi YanoG Riviere Racing 2:12.1 2019 Lion Lion Norihiro Yokoyama Mikio MatsunagaChiyono Terada 2:11.5 2020 Babbitt Hiroyuki Uchida Tamio HamadaNaoya Miyata 2:15.0 2021 Asamano Itazura Hironobu Tanabe Takahisa TezukaJuichi Hoshino 2:12.3 2022 Gaia Force Kohei Matsuyama Haruki SugiyamaKR Japan 2:11.8 2023 Lebensstil João Moreira Hiroyasu TanakaCarrot Farm 2:11.42024Urban ChicChristophe LemaireRyo TakeiSilk Racing Co. Ltd.2:11.62025Museum MileKeita TosakiDaisuke TakayanagiSunday Racing2:10.82026Justin ChicagoYusuke HaraKeisuke MiyataMasahiro Miki2:14.0
Earlier winners
1947 - East Parade 1948 - Kiyomasu 1949 - Tosa Midori 1950 - Wizard 1951 - Mitsuhata 1952 - Masamune 1953 - Lucky Takayohi 1954 - Homare O 1955 - Takahagi 1956 - Kitano O 1957 - Seiyu 1958 - Hishi Masaru 1959 - Haku Kurama 1960 - Kitano Oza 1961 - Kenruko O 1962 - Ryu Musashi 1963 - Great Yoruka 1964 - Umeno Chikara 1965 - Kikuna Suzuran 1966 - Hiro Isami 1967 - Monta Son 1968 - Asaka O 1969 - Akane Tenryu 1970 - Kurishiba 1971 - Bel Wide 1972 - Taiho Ciro 1973 - Nuage Turf 1974 - Suruga Sumpujo 1975 - Ishino Arashi 1976 - Nippo King 1977 - Press Toko 1978 - Sakura Shori 1979 - Bingo Karoo 1980 - Monte Prince 1981 - Mejiro Titan 1982 - Hospitality 1983 - Mejiro Heine 1984 - Symboli Rudolf 1985 - Tiger Boy 1986 - Legend Teio 1987 - Merry Nice 1988 - Daigo Sur 1989 - Sakura Hokuto O 1990 - White Stone 1991 - Strong Kaiser 1992 - Legacy World 1993 - Rugger Champion 1994 - Wind Fields
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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