The Copa Republica Argentina (Japanese アルゼンチン共和国杯) is a Japanese Grade 2 handicap horse race for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.
The race is run in November and serves as a trial race for the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen.
It was first run in 1963 over 2300 metres. The distance was changed to 3200 metres in 1966, 2600 metres in 1969, 2500 metres in 1970 and 2400 metres in 1972. The race distance has been fixed at 2500 metres since 1981.
Among the winners of the race have been Admire Jupiter, Screen Hero, Tosen Jordan, Gold Actor, Cheval Grand and Suave Richard.
Records Speed record: 2:29.0 Hayayakko – 2024
Most successful horse (2 wins): Eyeful – 1976, 1977 Minagawa Manna – 1982, 1983 Authority – 2020, 2021
Winners since 1992 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 1992 Minamino Akari 4 Shinji Fujita Hozumi ShonoTsutsumi Iwatani 2:33.5 1993 Monsieur Siecle 5 Shinji Fujita Minoru KobayashiKeiichi Fujitate 2:32.6 1994 Machikane Allegro 3 Hiroshi Kawachi Shuichi AsamiMasuo Hosokawa 2:31.3 1995 Go Go Z4 Yoshiyuki Muramoto Hitoshi AraiYoshinobu Hayashi 2:31.3 1996 L-Way Win 6 Katsumi Minai Noriaki Tsubo Takao Zako 2:31.8 1997 Taiki El Dorado 3 Yukio Okabe Kazuo FujisawaTaiki Farm 2:32.2 1998 Yusei Top Run 5 Tetsuzo Sato Hidetaka Otonashi Asahi Club 2:32.9 1999 Marvelous Timer 5 Hitoshi Matoba Terumasa YanoSadao Sasahara 2:32.0 2000 Matikane Kinnohosi 4 Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa Masuo Hosokawa 2:33.9 2001 Tokai Oza 4 Masayoshi Ebina Shoichi MatsumotoMasanori Uchimura 2:32.0 2002 Sunrise Jaeger 4 Yukio Okabe Hajime Fukunaga Matsuoka 2:30.6 2003 Active Bio 6 Koshiro Takeshi Hiroki Sakiyama Bio 2:31.9 2004 Leningrad 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Hidetaka OtonashiHideko Kondo 2:33.8 2005 Sakura Century 5 Tetsuzo Sato Yasuo TomomichiSakura Commerce 2:32.4 2006 Tosho Knight 6 Tomoharu Bushizawa Kuzukada Yasuda Eisei Fujita 2:31.0 2007 Admire Jupiter 4 Issei Murata Yasuo TomomichiRiichi Kondo 2:30.9 2008 Screen Hero 4 Masayoshi Ebina Yuichi ShikatoTeruya Yoshida 2:30.8 2009 Miyabi Ranveli 6 Yuichi Kitamura Keiji KatoYoshikatsu Murakami 2:30.9 2010 Tosen Jordan 4 Kousei Miura Yasutoshi IkeeTakaya Shimakawa 2:30.0 2011 Trailblazer 4 Katsumi Ando Yasutoshi IkeeKoji Maeda 2:31.5 2012 Lelouch 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo FujisawaHidetoshi Yamamoto 2:29.9 2013 Asuka Kurichan 6 Keita Tosaki Naosuke SugaiHiroharu Kurimoto 2:30.9 2014 Fame Game 4 Hiroshi Kitamura Yoshitada MunakataSunday Racing 2:30.5 2015 Gold Actor 4 Hayato Yoshida Tadashige NakagawaKaname Ishiro 2:34.0 2016 Cheval Grand 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo TomomichiKazuhiro Sasaki 2:33.4 2017 Suave Richard 3 Mirco Demuro Yasushi ShonoNICKS 2:30.0 2018 Perform A Promise 6 Colm O'Donoghue Hideaki FujiwaraSunday Racing 2:33.7 2019 Muito Obrigado 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Koichi TsunodaIchikawa Yoshimi Holdings 2:31.5 2020 Authority 3 Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya KimuraSilk Racing 2:31.6 2021 Authority 4 Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya KimuraSilk Racing 2:32.4 2022 Breakup 4 Hironobu Tanabe Yoichi KuroiwaToako Abe 2:31.12023Zeffiro4João MoreiraYasutoshi IkeeShadai Race Horse2:29.92024Hayayakko8Yutaka YoshidaSakae KuniedaKaneko Makoto Holdings2:29.02025Mystery Way7Hiroki MatsumotoShinya KobayashiShadai Race Horse Co. Ltd.2:30.2
Earlier winners
1963 – Emroan 1964 – Toast 1965 – Tosa Isami 1966 – Korehide 1967 – Riko 1968 – Speed Symboli 1969 – Mejiro Taiyo 1970 – Matsu Sedan 1971 – Mejiro Asama 1972 – Zenmatsu 1973 – Kuri Iwai 1974 – Toyo Asami 1975 – Kikuno O 1976 – Eyeful 1977 – Eyeful 1978 – Kane Minobu 1979 – Kane Mikasa 1980 – Blue Max 1981 – Western Jet 1982 – Minagawa Manna 1983 – Minagawa Manna 1984 – Mejiro Seaton 1985 – Inano Lover John 1986 – Sakura Sunny O 1987 – Kashima Wing 1988 – Legend Teio 1989 – Kuri Rotary 1990 – Mejiro Monterey 1991 – Yamanin Global
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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