The Keio Hai Nisai Stakes (Japanese 京王杯2歳ステークス) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for two-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1400 metres at Tokyo Racecourse in November.
The Keio Hai Nisai Stakes was first run in 1965 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It was usually run at Nakayama Racecourse until 1979 and made a one-off return to that venue in 2002. It serves as a trial race for the 1600-meter Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes, which is considered the de facto year-end championship for Japanese thoroughbred racing in the two-year-olds division.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 T M Southpaw Ryuji Wada Mitsuharu ShibataMasatsugu Takezono 1.22.3 2001 Siberian Meadow Hiroki Goto Masahiro HoriiYoshio Fujita 1:25.8 2002 Blue Concorde Hiroki Goto Toshiyuki HattoriOgifushi Racing Club 1.09.4 2003 Cosmo Sunbeam Yutaka Take Shuichi SasakiMisako Okada 1.21.8 2004 Skip Jack Masaki Katsuura Yutaka TakahashiDearest 1:22.1 2005 Denshamichi Yoshitomi Shibata Norihiro TanakaYuichi Odagiri 1:23.3 2006 Meiner Rainier Masami Matsuoka Masato NihizonoThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:22.6 2007 Apollo Dolce Hiroki Goto Masahiro HoriiApollo Thoroughbred Club 1:22.7 2008 Get Full Marks Hirofumi Shii Takaki IwatoK.J.R. 1:21.6 2009 Eishin Apollon Kenichi Ikezoe Inao OkadaToyomitsu Hirai 1:22.0 2010 Grand Prix Boss Mirco Demuro Yoshito YahagiGrand Prix 1:21.8 2011 Leo Active Norihiro Yokoyama Hiroaki SugiuraLeo 1:22.1 2012 A Shin Top Suguru Hamanaka Masato NihizonoEishindo 1:21.2 2013 Karada Legend Hironobu Tanabe Kazuyuki OgataYuki Koyasu 1:23.1 2014 Second Table Keita Tosaki Hiroki SakiyamaKazuyoshi Yamagami 1:21.5 2015 Ball Lightning Masayoshi Ebina Hiroshi MiyamotoGreen Farm 1:22.6 2016 Monde Can Know Christophe Lemaire Takayuki YasudaYour Story 1:21.9 2017 Tower of London Christophe Lemaire Kazuo FujisawaMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 1:21.9 2018 Fantasist Yutaka Take Tomoyuki UmedaToshihiro Hirosaki 1:24.7 2019 Taisei Vision Christophe Lemaire Masayuki NishimuraSeiho Tanaka 1:20.8 2020 Mondreise Christophe Lemaire Mikio MatsunagaCarrot Farm 1:21.8 2021 King Hermes Ryusei Sakai Yoshito YahagiHiroo Race 1:21.3 2022 Obamburumai Takeshi Yokoyama Keiji YoshimuraKoji Oka 1:20.9 2023 Corazon Beat Takeshi Yokoyama Shizuya KatoThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:20.62024Panja TowerKohei MatsuyamaShinsuke HashiguchiDeep Creek1:21.22025Diamond KnotChristophe LemaireYuichi FukunagaKaneko Makoto Holdings1:20.9
The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 1,200 metres.
Earlier winners
1965 - Hyades 1966 - Mejiro Flame 1967 - Yamato Dake 1968 - Shougekkou 1969 - Arrow Express 1970 - Suzuran Path 1971 - Toku Zakura 1972 - Mammy Blue 1973 - Colonel Symboli 1974 - Tesco Gaby 1975 - Fairsport 1976 - Seine Sport 1977 - Takeden 1978 - Jet Barge 1979 - Shadai Dancer 1980 - Takeno Dia 1981 - East Boy 1982 - Dokan Yashima 1983 - Hardy Vision 1984 - Dyna Shoot 1985 - Daishin Fubuki 1986 - Hokuto Helios 1987 - Shino Cross 1988 - Doctor Spurt 1989 - Sakura Saezuri 1990 - Big Fight 1991 - Yamanin Miracle 1992 - Meiner Castle 1993 - Yamanin Ability 1994 - Go Go Nakayama 1995 - Adjudicator 1996 - Meiner Max 1997 - Grass Wonder 1998 - Umeno Fiber 1999 - Daiwa Carson
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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