The Chunichi Shimbun Hai () is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in December over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.
It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was usually run over 1800 metres before being moved up to its current distance in 2006. It was run at Kokura Racecourse in 1991, 1993, 1994, 2010, and 2011.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Tosho Andre 4 Koichi Tsunoda Sakae WatanabeTosho Sangyo 1:46.4 2001 Grand Pas de Deux 4 Eiji Nakadate Hiroyuki NagahamaSunday Racing 1:48.0 2002 My Sole Sound 3 Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura Kiyoshi Sano 1:47.9 2003 Precise Machine 4 Hiroki Goto Kiyoshi HagiwaraSeiichi Iketani 1:47.6 2004 Precise Machine 5 Hiroki Goto Kiyoshi HagiwaraSeiichi Iketani 1:46.3 2005 Gran Rio 5 Yuichi Shibayama Takehisa SasakuraHareo Tanaka 1:46.4 2006 Toho Alan 3 Christophe Lemaire Hideaki FujiwaraToho Bussan 1:57.8 2007 Sunrise Max 3 Mirco Demuro Yutaka MasumotoTakao Matsuoka 1:58.5 2008 Yamanin Kingly 3 Mirco Demuro Hiroshi KawachiHajime Doi 1:59.5 2009 Earnestly 4 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo SasakiKoji Maeda 1:57.4 2010 To The Glory 3 Mirco Demuro Yasutoshi IkeeCarrot Farm 1:58.7 2011 Cosmo Phantom 4 Takuya Ono Toru MiyaBig Red Farm 1:59.6 2012 Smart Gear 7 Kohei Matsuyama Masaru SayamaToru Okawa 2:02.2 2013 Satono Apollo 5 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae KuniedaHajime Satomi 1:59.6 2014 Martinborough 5 Dario Vargiu Yasuo TomomichiKazumi Yoshida 2:01.7 2015 Decipher 6 Hirofumi Shii Futoshi KojimaH. H. Sheikh Mohammed 2:01.2 2016 Satono Noblesse 6 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi IkeeHajime Satomi 2:01.3 2017 Maitres d'Art 4 Cristian Demuro Hirofumi TodaCarrot Farm 1:59.3 2018 Gibeon 3 Cristian Demuro Hideaki FujiwaraShadai Race Horse 1:59.3 2019 Satono Garnet 4 Ryusei Sakai Yoshito YahagiSatomi Horse Company 1:59.2 2020 Boccherini 4 Kohei Matsuyama Yasutoshi IkeeKaneko Makoto Holdings 2:00.1 2021 Shonan Bardi 5 Yasunari Iwata Takeshi MatsushitaTetsuhide Kunimoto 1:59.8 2022 Killer Ability 3 Taisei Danno Takashi SaitoCarrot Farm 1:59.4 2023 Yamanin Salvum 4 Kousei Miura Naoya NakamuraHajime Doi 1:58.82024Desierto5Yasunari IwataShogo YasudaLa Mer1:58.42025Shake Your Heart5Yoshihiro FurukawaToru MiyaChizu Yoshida1:57.6
Earlier winners
1965 - Ballymoss Nisei 1966 - Aoba 1967 - Genkai 1968 - Tomi Masa 1969 - Haku Sensho 1970 - Speedy Wonder 1971 - Shadai Center 1972 - Nihon Pillow Moutiers 1973 - Kyoei Attack 1974 - Good Kirameki 1975 - Sanpo 1976 - Three York 1977 - King Lanark 1978 - Riki Taiko 1979 - Three Fire 1980 - Sun Rider 1981 - Western George 1982 - Tatsuyu Chikara 1983 - Fuji Madonna 1984 - Ascot Eight 1985 - Kikuno Pegasus 1986 - Hakuryo Bell 1987 - Windstoss 1988 - Tokino Orient 1989 - Tosho Arrow 1990 - Dokan Jo 1991 - Shori Tenyu 1992 - Fuiyama Kenzan 1993 - Arashi 1994 - Nehai Victory 1995 - Go Go Z 1996 - Foundry Shori 1997 - Foundry Shori 1998 - Tsurumaru Gaisen 1999 - Shin Kaiun
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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