The Sapporo Kinen (Japanese 札幌記念) is a Grade 2 Handicap horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged three and above run in August over a distance of 2,000 metres at Sapporo Racecourse.
It was first run in 1965 and was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 1997. The race serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Daiwa Caerleon 7 Hiroki Tanaka Yoshitaka NinomiyaDaiwa Shoji 1:59.9 2001 Air Eminem 3 Masayoshi Ebina Yuji ItoLucky Field 2:00.1 2002 T. M. Ocean 4 Masaru Honda Katsuichi NishiuraMasatsugu Takezono 1:59.5 2003 Sakura President 3 Yutaka Take Futoshi KojimaSakura Commerce 2:00.3 2004 Fine Motion 5 Yutaka Take Yuji ItoTatsuo Fushikida 2:00.4 2005 Heavenly Romance 5 Mikio Matsunaga Shoji YamamotoNorth Hills Management 2:01.1 2006 Admire Moon 3 Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi MatsudaRiichi Kondo 2:00.3 2007 Fusaichi Pandora 4 Shinji Fujita Toshiaki ShiraiFusao Sekiguchi 2:00.1 2008 Tascata Sorte 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Hideaki FuiwaraShadai Race Horse 1:58.6 2009 Yamanin Kingly 4 Yuichi Shibayama Hiroshi KawachiHajime Doi 2:00.7 2010 Earnestly 5 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiKoji Maeda 1:59.4 2011 Tosen Jordan 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasutoshi IkeeTakaya Shimakawa 2:00.4 2012 Fumino Imagine 6 Keisuke Dazai Masaru HondaTsuzuku Tani 1:58.7 2013 Tokei Halo 4 Yutaka Take Hisashi ShimizuNobuhiko Kimura 2:06.5 2014 Harp Star 3 Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi MatsudaCarrot Farm 1:59.1 2015 Decipher 6 Hirofumi Shii Futoshi KojimaH. H. Sheikh Mohammed 1:59.0 2016 Neorealism 5 Christophe Lemaire Nobuyuki HoriCarrot Farm 2:01.7 2017 Sakura Empereur 6 Masayoshi Ebina Takashi KanariSakura Commerce 2:00.4 2018 Sungrazer 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Hidekazu AsamiG1 Racing 2:01.1 2019 Blast Onepiece 4 Yuga Kawada Masahiro OtakeSilk Racing 2:00.1 2020 Normcore 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Kiyoshi HagiwaraSeiichi Iketani 1:59.4 2021 Sodashi 3 Hayato Yoshida Naosuke SugaiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:59.5 2022 Jack d'Or 4 Yusuke Fujioka Kenichi FujiokaToshiyuki Maehara 2:01.2 2023 Prognosis 5 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaShadai Race Horse 2:01.52024North Bridge6Yasunari IwataTakeshi OkumuraNoboru Iyama1:59.62025Top Knife5Norihiro YokoyamaMitsugu KonKoji Yasuhara2:01.52026Shake Your Heart6Yoshihiro FurukawaToru MiyaChizu Yoshida1:58.2
The 2013 race took place at Hakodate Racecourse.
Earlier winners
1965 - Hatsurai O 1966 - Tamshi Yusho 1967 - Apo Onward 1968 - Martis 1969 - Martis 1970 - Hide Kabuto 1971 - Apo Speed 1972 - Cinema Ghost 1973 - Haku Hosho 1974 - Elimo Martis 1975 - Tsukisamu Homare 1976 - Great Seikan 1977 - Lancelot 1978 - Taihou Hero 1979 - Terno Eight 1980 - Mercury Silver 1981 - Kitano Rikio 1982 - Over Rainbow 1983 - Over Rainbow 1984 - Roller King 1985 - Rikisan Power 1986 - Life Tateyama 1987 - Foster Musashi 1988 - Kobano Rich 1989 - Dyna Letter 1990 - Great Monte 1991 - Mejiro Palmer 1992 - Sanei Thank You 1993 - Narita Chikara 1994 - Hokuto Vega 1995 - Super Play 1996 - Marvelous Sunday 1997 - Air Groove 1998 - Air Groove 1999 - Seiun Sky
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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