The Queen Cup (Japanese クイーンカップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run in February over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.
The race was first run in 1966 and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1984. It was contested at a variety of venues but has been run over its current course and distance since 1981. The race serves as a trial race for the Oka Sho, run in early April, which it is the traditional start to the annual classic races for three-year-olds in Japan.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Future Sunday Norihiro Yokoyama Masanori ItoToshihiro Hirosaki 1:36.1 2001 Success Strain Hatsuhiro Kowata Ryuichi InabaYoshio Suzuki 1:34.7 2002 Shinin Ruby Yukio Okabe Kazuo FujisawaYoshimi Ichikawa 1:34.6 2003 Chunyi Hiroki Goto Nobuhiro SuzukiHiroyoshi Usuda 1:35.6 2004 Daiwa El Cielo Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide MatsudaDaiwa Co.,ltd 1:34.3 2005 Lailaps Yutaka Take Kunihide MatsudaSunday Racing 1:38.1 2006 Koiuta Christophe Lemaire Masashi OkuhiraMaekawa Kikaku 1:35.6 2007 Excuse Hiroshi Kitamura Yuichi ShikatoShigeyuki Okada 1:34.5 2008 Little Amapola Koshiro Take Hiroyuki NagahamaShadai Race Horse 1:35.5 2009 Dear Geena Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuhito TamuraDearest 1:35.7 2010 Apricot Fizz Masayoshi Ebina Futoshi KojimaShadai Race Horse 1:34.4 2011 Whale Capture Kenichi Ikezoe Kiyotaka TanakaMasaru Shimada 1:35.4 2012 Verxina Yasunari Iwata Yasuo TomomichiKazuhiro Sasaki 1:36.6 2013 Ukiyono Kaze William Buick Takanori KikuzawaJun Kokubun 1:34.6 2014 Forevermore Masayoshi Ebina Yuichi Shikato Sunday Racing 1:35.7 2015 Cat Coin Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitaka NinomiyaSunday Racing 1:34.0 2016 Major Emblem Christophe Lemaire Yasuhito TamuraSunday Racing 1:32.5 2017 Admire Miyabi Christophe Lemaire Yasuo TomomichiRiichi Kondo 1:33.2 2018 Tetradrachm Hironobu Tanabe Kazuo KonishiKatsumi Yoshida 1:33.7 2019 Chrono Genesis Yuichi Kitamura Takashi SaitoSunday Racing 1:34.2 2020 Miyamazakura Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki FujiwaraKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:34.0 2021 Akaitorino Musume Keita Tosaki Sakae KuniedaKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:33.3 2022 Presage Lift Keita Tosaki Tetsuya KimuraSunday Racing 1:34.1 2023 Harper Yuga Kawada Yasuo TomomichiM's Racing 1:33.12024Queen's WalkYuga KawadaMitsumasa NakauchidaSunday Racing1:33.12025EmbroideryChristophe LemaireKazutomo MoriSilk Racing1:32.22026Dream CoreChristophe LemaireKiyoshi HagiwaraKatsumi Yoshida1:32.6
Earlier winners
1966 - Mejiro Majorca 1967 - Ichiko 1968 - Black Vatout 1969 - Sceptre Ciro 1970 - Tamami 1971 - Yama Azuma 1972 - Takai Homa 1973 - Kikuno Tsubame 1974 - Lester Horse 1975 - Yone Minoru 1976 - Titania 1977 - Masaki Bizen 1978 - Kiku Kimiko 1979 - Sea Bird Park 1980 - Polly Tosho 1981 - Kabari Elie Ace 1982 - Victoria Crown 1983 - Das Genie 1984 - Aino Feather 1985 - Takara Steel 1986 - Super Shot 1987 - Nakami Julianne 1988 - Circle Showa 1989 - Cutting Edge 1990 - Sweet Mithuna 1991 - Scarlet Bouquet 1992 - Sanei Thank You 1993 - Mother Tosho 1994 - Hishi Amazon 1995 - Eishin Berlin 1996 - Ibuki Perceive 1997 - Orange Peel 1998 - Edai Queen 1999 - Umeno Fiber
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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