The Chukyo Kinen () is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.
It was first run in 1953 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was usually run over 2000 metres before being reduced to its current distance in 2012. It was run at Kokura Racecourse in 1991, 1993, 1994, 2011, 2021, 2022, and 2024. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 2020 as well.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Meisho Doto 4 Yasuhiko Yasuda Isao YasudaYoshio Matsumoto 1:59.1 2001 Lord Cronos 6 Yukio Okabe Kazuo FujisawaLord Horse Club 1:59.7 2002 Tsurumaru Boy 4 Hiroshi Kawachi Kojiro HashiguchiTakao Tsuruta 1:59.4 2003 Tagano My Bach 4 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi MatsudaRyoji Yagi 2:00.1 2004 Meisho Kio 7 Shinichiro Akiyama Masaru FukushimaYoshio Matsumoto 1:58.6 2005 Mega Stardom 6 Mikio Matsunaga Shoji YamamotoNorth Hills Management 1:59.5 2006 Machikane Aura 4 Yuga Kawada Yuji ItoMasuo Hosokawa 1:58.2 2007 Rosenkreuz 5 Yusuke Fujioka Kojiro HashiguchiSunday Racing 1:56.9 2008 Tascata Sorte 4 Eiji Nakadate Hideaki FujiwaraShadai Race Horse 1:58.4 2009 Sakura Orion 7 Shinichiro Akiyama Yasuo IkeeSakura Commerce 2:00.4 2010 Shadow Gate 8 Katsuharu Tanaka Yukihiro KatoTomokazu Iizuka 2:02.0 2011 Narita Crystal 5 Yutaka Take Kazuyoshi KiharaOsumi 2:00.0 2012 Fragarach 5 Ryo Takakura Mikio MatsunagaCarrot Farm 1:35.1 2013 Fragarach 6 Ryo Takakura Mikio MatsunagaCarrot Farm 1:33.5 2014 Sadamu Patek 6 Katsuharu Tanaka Masato NishizonoSadamu Onishi 1:37.1 2015 Smart Orion 5 Mirco Demuro Yūichi ShikatoToru Okawa 1:33.4 2016 Garibaldi 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki FujiwaraShadai Race Horse 1:33.6 2017 Win Gagnant 5 Akihide Tsumura Masato NishizonoWIN 1:33.2 2018 Greater London 6 Hironobu Tanabe Masahiro OtakeYoshiro Kubota 1:32.3 2019 Groove It 3 Kohei Matsuyama Mikio MatsunagaCarrot Farm 1:33.6 2020 Meikei Die Hard 5 Manabu Sakai Kazuya NakatakeNagoya Horse Racing 1:32.7 2021 Andraste 5 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaShadai Race Horse 1:46.2 2022 Belenus 5 Atsuya Nishimura Haruki SugiyamaCarrot Farm 1:45.9 2023 Selberg 4 Kohei Matsuyama Takashi SuzukiNatsumi Kuwabata 1:33.02024Al Naseem5Norihiro YokoyamaShinsuke HashiguchiLion Race Horse1:47.22025Ma Puce3Takeshi YokoyamaYusuke WadaYuji Yoshimoto1:32.32026Lavanda5Mirai IwataNaoya NakamuraSatoshi Morinaga1:31.1
Earlier winners
1953 - Leda 1954 - Meiji Homare 1955 - Rairyu 1956 - Hiyaki Organ 1957 - Cattle 1958 - Blessing 1959 - Katsura Shuho 1960 - Homare Hero 1961 - Caesar 1962 - Kusanagi 1963 - Haru Hikari 1964 - Tetsuno O 1965 - Passport 1966 - Aoba 1967 - Epsom 1968 - Satohikaru 1969 - Tanino Harromore 1970 - Z Arrow 1971 - Daihogetsu 1972 - Erimo Cup 1973 - Naoki 1974 - Yamabuki O 1975 - Naoki 1976 - Road Cup 1977 - Horsemen Hope 1978 - King Lanark 1979 - Mejiro Hawk 1980 - Ascot Royal 1981 - Kei Kiroku 1982 - Kunino Kachidoki 1983 - Arrow Bohemian 1984 – Hashi Rody 1985 – Power Cedar 1986 – Shining Ruby 1987 – Tosho Leo 1988 – Topcoat 1989 – Inter Animato 1990 – Osaichi George 1991 – Lets Go Tarquin 1992 – Movie Star 1993 – Arashi 1994 – Shimano Yamahime 1995 – Chokai Carol 1996 – Inazuma Takao 1997 – Aloha Dream 1998 – Toyo Rainbow 1999 – Erimo Excel
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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