The Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (Japanese 東京スポーツ杯2歳ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds in Japan, run in November over a distance of 1800 metres at the Tokyo Racecourse.
The race was first run in 1966 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1996. It was run at Nakayama Racecourse in 2002. Past winners have included Bubble Gum Fellow, Nakayama Festa, Rose Kingdom, Deep Brillante, Isla Bonita, Satono Crown and Wagnerian. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 2021.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Tagano Teio Shinji Fujita Hiroshi MatsudaRyoji Yagi 1:48.5 2001 Admire Max Yuichi Fukunaga Mitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo 1:48.2 2002 Blue Eleven Yutaka Take Katsuhiko SumiiMakoto Kaneko 1:50.2 2003 Admire Big Yutaka Take Mitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo 1:48.9 2004 Smooth Baritone Masayoshi Ebina Sakae KuniedaMakoto Kaneko 1:48.2 2005 Fusaichi Richard Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide MatsudaFusao Sekiguchi 1:46.9 2006 Fusaichi Ho O Katsumi Ando Kunihide MatsudaFusao Sekiguchi 1:48.7 2007 Fusaichi Assort Norihiro Yokoyama Takaki IwatoFusao Sekiguchi 1:47.4 2008 Nakayama Festa Masayoshi Ebina Yoshitaka NinomiyaNobuko Izumi 1:47.7 2009 Rose Kingdom Futoshi Komaki Kojiro HashiguchiSunday Racing 1:48.2 2010 Sadamu Patek Christophe Soumillon Masato NishizonoSada Onishi 1:47.3 2011 Deep Brillante Yasunari Iwata Yoshito YahagiSunday Racing 1:52.7 2012 Codino Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo FujisawaSunday Racing 1:46.0 2013 Isla Bonita Masayoshi Ebina Hironori KuritaShadai Race Horse 1:45.9 2014 Satono Crown Ryan Moore Noriyuki HoriHajime Satomi 1:47.9 2015 Smart Odin Yutaka Take Kunihide MatsudaToru Okawa 1:49.5 2016 Bless Journey Yoshitomi Shibata Shinobu HonmaTakaya Shimakawa 1:48.3 2017 Wagnerian Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:46.6 2018 Nishino Daisy Masaki Katsuura Noboru TakagiShigeyuki Nishiyama 1:46.6 2019 Contrail Ryan Moore Yoshito YahagiShinji Maeda 1:44.5 2020 Danon The Kid Yuga Kawada Takayuki YasudaDanox 1:47.5 2021 Equinox Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya KimuraSilk Racing 1:46.2 2022 Gastrique Kosei Miura Hiroyuki UeharaKoji Maeda 1:45.8 2023 Strauss Joao Moreira Ryo TakeiCarrot Farm 1:46.52024Croix du NordYuichi KitamuraTakashi SaitoSunday Racing1:46.82025Peintre NaifChristophe LemaireTetsuya KimuraCarrot Farm1:46.0
Earlier winners
1966 - Yamanin Cup 1967 - No Race 1968 - Suzu Sayaka 1969 - Suinoosa 1970 - Yashima Raiden 1971 - Suzu Boxer 1972 - Nasuno Chigusa 1973 - Kane Mikuni 1974 - Chateau de Symboli 1975 - Spirit Swaps 1976 - Maruzensky 1977 - Race Cancelled 1978 - Sea Bird Park 1979 - Liquid Wave 1980 - Hazel Blonde 1981 - Tosho Pegasus 1982 - Daring Power 1983 - Konrad Symboli 1984 - Sirius Symboli 1985 - Sweet Nadia 1986 - Sakura Rotary 1987 - Kokusai Triple 1988 - Sakura Hokuto O 1989 - Asahi Pasion 1990 - Sakura Yamato O 1991 - Matikanetannhauser 1992 - Surely Win 1993 - Ines Souther 1994 - Hokkai Rousseau 1995 - Bubble Gum Fellow 1996 - Godspeed 1997 - King Halo 1998 - Admire Cozzene 1999 - Joten Brave
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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