The Nakayama Kinen (中山記念, Nakayama Kinen) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and older run over a distance of 1,800 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in late February or early March.
The race was first run in 1936. It was originally run twice a year, in spring and autumn, before a single annual race was established in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Silence Suzuka, Victoire Pisa, Just A Way, and Panthalassa.
Weight 57 kg for four-year-olds 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
Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Kane Mikasa – 1978, 1979 Eighty Tosho – 1982, 1983 Lohengrin – 2003, 2007 Balance of Game – 2005, 2006 Company – 2008, 2009 Win Bright – 2018, 2019 Hishi Iguazu - 2021, 2023
Winners since 1990 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 1990 Hokuto Helios6 Yoshitomi Shibata Takao NakanoKanamorimori Shoji 1:48.3 1991 Yukino Sunrise4 Sueo Masuzawa Yasuhiro SuzukiMotoyuki Inoue 1:47.7 1992 Dynamite Daddy4 Kazuhiro Kato Yasuhiro SuzukiSeiichi Iketani 1:47.0 1993 Movie Star7 Shigehiko Kishi Noriaki TsuboTeruya Yoshida 1:47.0 1994 Sakura Chitose O4 Futoshi Kojima Katsutaro SakaiSakura Commerce 1:48.9 1995 Fujiyama Kenzan7 Masayoshi Ebina Hideyuki MoriTatsuya Fujimoto 1:50.3 1996 Sakura Laurel 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Kazunori SakaiSakura Commerce 1:47.1 1997 King of Daiya 5 Yoshitomi Shibata Toshiaki ShimizuToshiyasu Ishige 1:48.7 1998 Silence Suzuka 4 Yutaka Take Mitsuru HashidaKeiji Nagai 1:48.6 1999 King Halo 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Masahiro SakaguchiYoshio Asakawa 1:47.5 2000 Daiwa Texas 7 Hiroki Goto Sueo MasuzawaDaiwa Co., Ltd 1:46.8 2001 American Boss 6 Teruo Eda Fuyuki TagoAbiru Fudosan 1:46.9 2002 Tokai Point 6 Yukio Okabe Yoshiyuki GotoMasanori Uchimura 1:45.4 2003 Lohengrin 4 Hiroki Goto Masanori ItoShadai Race Horse 1:47.6 2004 Sakura President 4 Yutaka Take Futoshi KojimaSakura Commerce 1:44.9 2005 Balance of Game 6 Katsuhara Tanaka Yoshitada MunakataHiroyuki Sonobe 1:46.5 2006 Balance of Game 7 Katsuharu Tanaka Yoshitada MunakataHiroyuki Sonobe 1:48.9 2007 Lohengrin 8 Hiroki Goto Masanori ItoShadai Race Horse 1:47.2 2008 Company 7 Norihiro Yokoyama Hidetaka OtonashiHideko Kondo 1:47.3 2009 Company 8 Norihiro Yokoyama Hidetaka OtonashiHideko Kondo 1:49.2 2010 Tosen Crown 6 Teruo Eda Yasuo SugawaraTakaya Shimakawa 1:51.7 2011 Victoire Pisa 4 Mirco Demuro Katsuhiko SumiiYoshimi Ichikawa 1:46.0 2012 Federalist 5 Masayoshi Ebina Tsuyoshi TanakaShadai Race Horse 1:47.3 2013 Nakayama Knight 5 Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitaka NinomiyaShinichi Izumi 1:47.3 2014 Just A Way 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Naosuke SugaiAkatsuki Yamatoya 1:49.8 2015 Nuovo Record 4 Yasunari Iwata Makoto SaitoReiko Hara 1:50.3 2016 Duramente 4 Mirco Demuro Noriyuki HoriSunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:45.9 2017 Neorealism 6 Mirco Demuro Noriyuki HoriCarrot Farm Co. Ltd. 1:47.6 2018 Win Bright 4 Masami Matsuoka Yoshihiro HatakeyamaWin Co. Ltd. 1:47.6 2019 Win Bright 5 Masami Matsuoka Yoshihiro HatakeyamaWin Co. Ltd. 1:45.5 2020 Danon Kingly 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Kiyoshi HagiwaraDanox 1:46.3 2021 Hishi Iguazu 5 Kohei Matsuyama Noriyuki HoriMasahide Abe 1:44.9 2022 Panthalassa 5 Yutaka Yoshida Yoshito YahagiHiroo Race Co. Ltd. 1:46.4 2023 Hishi Iguazu 7 Kohei Matsuyama Noriyuki HoriMasahide Abe 1:47.12024Matenro Sky5Norihiro YokoyamaMikio MatsunagaChiyono Terada1:48.12025Sixpence4Christophe LemaireSakae KuniedaCarrot Farm1:44.82026Lebensstil6Keita TosakiHiroyasu TanakaCarrot Farm1:45.1
Earlier winners
1936 - Atlanta 1937 - Tokumasa 1938 - Moazan 1939 - Tate 1940 - Espalion 1941 - Yamatomo 1942 - Nipatua 1943 - Shimahaya 1944 - no race 1945 - no race 1946 - no race 1947 - Yamato Nadeshinko 1948 - Etsuzan 1949 - Hide Hikari 1950 - Yashima Daughter 1951 - Misawa Hope 1952 - Kiyo Strong 1953 - Brulette 1954 - Cheerio 1955 - Takagiku 1956 - Hide Homare 1957 - My Way 1958 - Mitsuru 1959 - Fillie 1960 - Harrow More 1961 - Onward Stan 1962 - Gin Toshi 1963 - Nasuno Midori 1964 - Toast 1965 - Sweet Lapel 1966 - Fuji Isami 1967 - Onward Hill 1968 - Shesky 1969 - Meiji Shiro 1970 - Akatsuki Teru 1971 - Hida President 1972 - Tosho Pit 1973 - Jinden 1974 - Haiseiko 1975 - Hikaru Jinden 1976 - Yamabuki O 1977 - Eyeful 1978 - Kane Mikasa 1979 - Kane Mikasa 1980 - Yoshinosky 1981 - Kitano Riki O 1982 - Eighty Tosho 1983 - Eighty Tosho 1984 - Tudenham King 1985 - Tosho Pegasus 1986 - Kushiro King 1987 - Suzu Parade 1988 - Mogami Yashima 1989 - Kosei
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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