The Kobe Shimbun Hai (Japanese 神戸新聞杯) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2400 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo, in September, but was contested over 2000 metres until 2006.
The Kobe Shimbun Hai was first run in 1953 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It serves as a trial race for the Kikuka Sho. Winners of the race have included Deep Impact, Zenno Rob Roy, Orfevre, Gold Ship, and Contrail.
Winners since 2000
Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Fusaichi Sonic Hirofumi Shii Kunihide MatsudaFusao Sekiguchi 2:01.6 2001 Air Eminem Mikio Matsunaga Yuji ItoLucky Field 1:59.5 2002 Symboli Kris S Yukio Okabe Kazuo FujisawaSymboli Stud 1:59.1 2003 Zenno Rob Roy Kent Desormeaux Kazuo FujisawaShinobu Osako 1:59.5 2004 King Kamehameha Katsumi Ando Kunihide MatsudaMakoto Kaneko 1:59.0 2005 Deep Impact Yutaka Take Yasuo IkeeMakoto Kaneko 1:58.4 2006 Dream Passport Jun Takada Hiroyoshi MatsudaJoy Horse Racing 1:58.1 2007 Dream Journey Yutaka Take Yasutoshi IkeeSunday Racing 2:24.7 2008 Deep Sky Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu KonToshio Fukami 2:25.3 2009 I Ko Piko Hirofumi Shii Masato NishizonoNishikioka Farm 2:24.2 2010 Rose Kingdom Yutaka Take Kojiro HashiguchiSunday Racing 2:25.9 2011 Orfevre Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi IkeeSunday Racing 2:28.3 2012 Gold Ship Hiroyuki Uchida Naosuke SugaiEiichi Kobayashi 2:25.2 2013 Epiphaneia Yuichi Fukunaga Katsuhiko SumiiCarrot Farm 2:24.8 2014 One And Only Norihiro Yokoyama Kojiro HashiguchiKoji Maeda 2:24.4 2015 Lia Fail Christophe Lemaire Hidetaka OtonashiCarrot Farm 2:26.7 2016 Satono Diamond Christophe Lemaire Yasutoshi IkeeHajime Satomi 2:25.7 2017 Rey de Oro Christophe Lemaire Kazuo FujisawaCarrot Farm 2:24.6 2018 Wagnerian Kota Fujioka Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 2:25.6 2019 Saturnalia Christophe Lemaire Katsuhiko SumiiCarrot Farm 2:26.8 2020 Contrail Yuichi Fukunaga Yoshito YahagiShinji Maeda 2:12.5 2021 Stella Veloce Hayato Yoshida Naosuke SugaiTsuyoshi Ono 2:18.0 2022 Justin Palace Katsuma Sameshima Haruki SugiyamaMasahiro Miki 2:11.1 2023 Satono Glanz Yuga Kawada Yasuo TomomichiHajime Satomi 2:23.52024Meisho Tabaru Suguru HamanakaMamoru IshibashiYoshio Matsumoto2:11.82025Eri KingYuga KawadaMitsumasa NakauchidaSusumu Fujita2:26.42026LovcenKohei MatsuyamaHaruki SugiyamaForest Racing2:25.9
Races from 2020, 2022 and 2024 took place at Chukyo Racecourse over 2200 metres.
Earlier winners
1953 - Wakakusa 1954 - Dainana Hoshu 1955 - Ken Shiyun 1956 - Tosamore 1957 - Miss Onward 1958 - Takaharu 1959 - Hatsurai 1960 - Queen Onward 1961 - Sugihime 1962 - Ryu Forel 1963 - Kouraio 1964 - Onward Second 1965 - Dai Koter 1966 - Hard It 1967 - Fuji Ace 1968 - Daiichi O 1969 - Uchuu O 1970 - New Pegasus 1971 - Nihon Pillow Moutiers 1972 - Tai Tehm 1973 - Hoshu Rich 1974 - Kitano Kachidoki 1975 - Tofuku Hope 1976 - Tosho Boy 1977 - Aino Crespin 1978 - Bambton Court 1979 - Nehi Jet 1980 - North Gust 1981 - Agnes Tesco 1982 - Hagino Kamuio 1983 - Suzuka Koban 1984 - Daizen Silver 1985 - Speed Hero 1986 - Takeno Komayoshi 1987 - Max Beauty 1988 - Yaeno Dia 1989 - Osaichi George 1990 - Center Shokatsu 1991 - Long Title 1992 - Kyoei Bowgun 1993 - Biwa Hayahide 1994 - Star Man 1995 - Tanino Create 1996 - Shirokita Cross 1997 - Matikanefukukitaru 1998 - Kenetoshi Governor 1999 - Osumi Bright
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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