The Mainichi Hai (Japanese 毎日杯) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in March over a distance of 1800 metres at Hanshin Racecourse.
The race was first run in 1954 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. It was initially run over 2000 metres before being cut to its current distance in 2007. Past winners of the race have included Oguri Cap, T. M. Opera O, King Kamehameha, Kizuna and Blast Onepiece.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Silver Cockpit Yutaka Take Takayuki YasudaMakoto Kaneko 2:03.6 2001 Kurofune Hirofumi Shii Kunihide MatsudaMakoto Kaneko 1:58.6 2002 Cheers Stark Shinji Fujita Kenji YamauchiKiyoko Kitamura 2:02.2 2003 Takara Shaadi Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiAkitsugu Ito 1:59.9 2004 King Kamehameha Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide MatsudaMakoto Kaneko 2:01.2 2005 Rosenkreuz Katsumi Ando Kojiro HashiguchiSunday Racing 2:02.2 2006 Admire Main Yuichi Fukunaga Mitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo 2:00.5 2007 Namura Mars Yusuke Fujioka Nobuharu FukushimaNobushige Namura 1:48.0 2008 Deep Sky Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu KonToshio Fukami 1:46.0 2009 Iron Look Futoshi Komaki Kojiro HashiguchiKazuma Ikegami 1:48.0 2010 Danon Chantilly Katsumi Ando Kunihide MatsudaDanox 1:49.3 2011 Red Davis Suguru Hamanaka Hidetaka OtonashiTokyo Horse Racing 1:47.1 2012 Historical Katsumi Ando Hidetaka Otonashi Hideko Kondo 1:49.6 2013 Kizuna Yutaka Take Shozo SasakiShinji Maeda 1:46.2 2014 Meiner Frost Daichi Shibata Noboru TakagiThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:46.7 2015 Musee Alien Yuga Kawada Yoichi KuroiwaHitoshi Takahashi 1:47.2 2016 Smart Odin Keita Tosaki Kunihide Matsuda Tohru Okawa 1:47.3 2017 Al Ain Kohei Matsuyama Yasutoshi IkeeSunday Racing 1:46.5 2018 Blast Onepiece Kenichi Ikezoe Masahiro OtakeSilk Racing 1:46.5 2019 Lance of Puraana Kohei Matsuyama Masaru HondaYoshinori Itsukage 1:47.2 2020 Satono Impresa Yutaka Take Yoshito YahagiSatomi Horse Company 1:47.9 2021 Shahryar Yuga Kawada Hideaki FujiwaraSunday Racing 1:43.9 2022 Piece of Eight Yusuke Fujioka Yutaka OkumuraSilk Racing 1:47.5 2023 Season Rich Taiga Tsunoda Takashi KubotaYutaka Uda 1:46.62024Meisho TabaruRyusei SakaiMamoru IshibashiYoshio Matsumoto1:46.02025FandomHiroshi KitamuraTetsuhide TsujiCarrot Farm1:45.92026AltramuzMirai IwataKenji NonakaShadai Race Horse Co.,Ltd.1:45.1
Earlier winners
1954 - Minemasa 1955 - Yasaka 1956 - Kiyatsusuru 1957 - Shin Sekaiichi 1958 - Takaharu 1959 - Hatsurai 1960 - Tygon O 1961 - Yamasakae 1962 - Golden Star 1963 - Passport 1964 - Onward Second 1965 - Tanino Rising 1966 - Apo Onward 1967 - Satohikaru 1968 - Date Horai 1969 - Masa Fighter 1970 - Date Tenryu 1971 - Nihon Pillow Moutiers 1972 - Yu Mond 1973 - Houshu Eight 1974 - Erimo Marchs 1975 - Fusatoro Quinault 1976 - Erimo Father 1977 - Hard Berge 1978 - Agnes Hope 1979 - Hashi Hermit 1980 - Red Jaguar 1981 - Hirono Wakakoma 1982 - Erimo Roller 1983 - Takeno Hien 1984 - Marubutsu Sir Pen 1985 - New Fun Fun 1986 - Fresh Voice 1987 - Daigo Alpha 1988 - Oguri Cap 1989 - Star Sunshine 1990 - Key Minobu 1991 - Iide Satan 1992 - Hishi Masaru 1993 - Cyclennon Sheriff 1994 - Merci Stage 1995 - Daitaku Teio 1996 - Taiki Fortune 1997 - T M Top Dan 1998 - Miracle Time 1999 - T. M. Opera O
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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