The Flower Cup (Japanese フラワーカップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies organized by Japan Racing Association (JRA). It is run in March over a distance of 1800 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.
The race was first run in 1987 and has been run at Grade 3 level ever since.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Maltese Superb Yoshitomi Shibata Masahiro HoriiYoshio Fujita 1:50.8 2001 Time Fair Lady Masayoshi Ebina Eiji NakanoTakao Tokizaki 1:50.3 2002 Smile Tomorrow Yukio Okabe Kazuhiro SeishiMasatsune Iida 1:49.1 2003 Meine Nouvelle Norihiro Yokoyama Ryuichi InabaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:49.5 2004 Dance in the Mood Yutaka Take Kazuo FujisawaShadai Race Horse 1:50.9 2005 Cesario Yuichi Fukunaga Katsuhiko SumiiCarrot Farm 1:49.0 2006 Kiss To Heaven Norihiro Yokoyama Hirofumi TodaKazuko Yoshida 1:48.9 2007 Shonan Talent Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitaka NinomiyaShonan 1:49.6 2008 Black Emblem Masami Matsuoka Shigeyuki KojimaKunio Tabara 1:49.5 2009 Viva Vodka Issei Murata Kazuhiro Seishi Seiichi Serizawa 1:49.3 2010 Oken Sakura Hiroki Goto Hidetaka OtonashiAkira Fukui 1:50.3 2011 Trend Hunter Yasunari Iwata Hiroyoshi MatsudaMasatsune Iida 1:47.0 2012 Omega Heartland Shu Ishibashi Noriyuki HoriReiko Hara 1:53.3 2013 Sakura Plaisir Norihiro Yokoyama Tomohito Ozeki Sakura Commerce 1:50.0 2014 Bounce Shasse Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo FujisawaCarrot Farm 1:51.3 2015 Albiano Yuichi Shibayama Tetsuya KimuraKazumi Yoshida 1:49.4 2016 Angel Face Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki FujiwaraLord Horse Club 1:49.3 2017 Fan Dii Na Yasunari Iwata Tomokazu TakanoTurf Sport 1:48.7 2018 Cantabile Mirco Demuro Katsuhiko SumiiTatsue Ishikawa 1:49.2 2019 Contra Check Genki Maruyama Kazuo FujisawaCarrot Farm 1:47.4 2020 Ablaze Kanichiro Fujii Yasutoshi IkeeKoki Maeda 1:48.2 2021 Ho O Ixelles Kyosuke Maruta Mizuki TakayanagiYoshihisa Ozaki 1:49.2 2022 Stunning Rose Yuga Kawada Tomokazu TakanoSunday Racing 1:48.5 2023 Emu Mirco Demuro Shoichiro WadaNorth Hills 1:53.22024Mi AnheloAkihide TsumuraToru HayashiSilk Racing1:48.02025LesedramaKeita TosakiYasuyuki TsujinoShadai Race Horse1:47.82026Smart PriereYusuke HaraRyuji OkuboToru Okawa1:48.3
The 2011 running took place at Hanshin Racecourse.
Earlier winners
1987 - Hase Vertex 1988 - Free Talk 1989 - Real Sapphire 1990 - Yukino Surprise 1991 - Flash Shower 1992 - Brand Art 1993 - Hokuto Vega 1994 - Onward Noble 1995 - Ibuki New Star 1996 - Hishi Batalie 1997 - Seeking the Pearl 1998 - Sugino Cutie 1999 - Sayaki
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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