The Kyoto Shimbun Hai (Japanese 京都新聞杯) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2200 metres at Kyoto Racecourse in May.
The Kyoto Shimbun Hai was first run in 1953 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It serves as a trial race for the Grade 1 flat horse race Tokyo Yushun. It was run over a variety of distances in its early history before being contested over 2000 metres from 1966. The distance was increased to 2200 metres in 1984 although it was run over 2000 metres again in 2000 and 2001.
Among the winners of the race have been Katsuragi Ace, Special Week, Admire Vega, Agnes Flight, Heart's Cry and Kizuna.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Agnes Flight Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki NagahamaTakao Watanabe 1:59.8 2001 Tenzan Seiza Hideaki Miyuki Hideaki FujiwaraSaburo Hirano 1:59.8 2002 Fast Tateyama Hiroki Goto Isao YasudaYukio Tsuji 2:12.5 2003 Marble Chief Kenichi Ikezoe Kiyohiro TadokoroNao Shimomura 2:15.4 2004 Heart's Cry Katsumi Ando Kojiro HahiguchiShadai Race Horse 2:11.9 2005 Inti Raimi Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiSunday Racing 2:13.0 2006 Toho Alan Shinji Fujita Hideaki FujiwaraToho Bussan 2:14.8 2007 Tascata Sorte Yasunari Iwata Hideaki FujiwaraShadai Race Horse 2:13.5 2008 Meisho Qualia Yasunari Iwata Toyoji Nihihashi Yoshio Matsumoto 2:18.4 2009 Best Member Hirofumi Shii Hiroshi MiyamotoShinji Maeda 2:13.0 2010 Gestalt Kenichi Ikezoe Hiroyuki NagahamaHiroshi Hatasa 2:12.8 2011 Cresco Grand Yutaka Take Sei IshikazaSaburo Horikawa 2:13.5 2012 Tosen Homareboshi Craig Williams Yasutoshi IkeeTakaya Shimakawa 2:10.0 2013 Kizuna Yutaka Take Shozo SasakiShinji Maeda 2:12.3 2014 Hagino Hybrid Shinichiro Akiyama Kunihide MatsudaKokichi Hikuma 2:11.0 2015 Satono Rasen Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi IkeeHajime Satomi 2:11.3 2016 Smart Odin Keita Tosaki Kunihide MatsudaTohru Okawa 2:12.6 2017 Platinum Bullet Suguru Hamanaka Hiroshi KawachiNormandy Thoroughbred Racing 2:15.2 2018 Stay Foolish Yusuke Fujioka Yoshito YahagiShadai Race Horse 2:11.0 2019 Red Genial Manabu Sakai Yoshitada TakahashiTokyo Horse Racing 2:11.9 2020 Deep Bond Ryuji Wada Ryuji OkuboShinji Maeda 2:11.7 2021 Red Genesis Yuga Kawada Yasuo TomomichiTokyo Horse Racing 2:11.2 2022 Ask Wild More Mirai Iwata Hideaki FujiwaraToshihiro Hirosaki 2:09.5 2023 Satono Glanz Yuga Kawada Yasuo TomomichiHajime Satomi 2:14.12024June TakeYusuke FujiokaHidenori TakeJun Yoshikawa2:11.22025ShoheiYuga KawadaYasuo TomomichiTatsue Ishikawa2:14.72026CongestusAtsuya NishimuraTomokazu TakanoSilk Racing2:09.9 The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.
Earlier winners
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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