The Fukushima Kinen (Japanese 福島記念) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Fukushima Racecourse.
It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Niigata Racecourse in 1995, 1996 and 2011.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 2000 Going Suzuka 7 Junichi Serizawa Mitsuru Hashida 2:04.1 2001 Miyagi Rodrigo 7 Naohiro Onishi Keiji Takaichi 1:59.0 2002 Win Blaze 5 Hatsuhiro Kowata Yoshitada Munakata 2:01.2 2003 Meisho Domenica 6 Hatsuhiro Kowata Shigetada Takahashi 1:58.6 2004 Safety Emperor 5 Kodai Hasegawa Yukiharu Ono 2:00.3 2005 Grass Bomber 5 Masaki Katsuura Mitsuhiro Ogata 2:01.2 2006 San Valentin 5 Hiroki Goto Shozo Sasaki 2:03.9 2007 Arco Senora 3 Eiji Nakadate Shigenori Hatakeyama 2:00.6 2008 Manhattan Sky 4 Junichi Serizawa Hidekazu Asami 2:00.1 2009 Sunny Sunday 3 Hayato Yoshida Yoshiaki Tanihara 1:58.6 2010 Dance In The More 8 Kyosuke Maruta Ikuo Aizawa 1:58.9 2011 Admire Cosmos 4 Hiroyuki Uemura Mitsuru Hashida 1:59.1 2012 Daiwa Falcon 5 Haruhiko Kawasu Hiroyuki Uehara 1:59.5 2013 Daiwa Falcon 6 Haruhiko Kawasu Hiroyuki Uehara 1:57.3 2014 Mitra 6 Mickael Barzalona Kiyoshi Hagiwara 1:58.1 2015 Yamakatsu Ace 3 Akihide Tsumura Kaneo Ikezoe 2:02.5 2016 Maltese Apogee 4 Tomoharu Bushizawa Masahiro Horii 2:00.8 2017 Win Bright 3 Masami Matsuoka Yoshihiro Hatakeyama 2:00.2 2018 Stiffelio 4 Genki Maruyama Hidetaka Otonashi 1:58.3 2019 Crescendo Love 5 Hiroyuki Uchida Toru Hayashi 1:59.5 2020 Bio Spark 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Tamio Hamada 1:59.6 2021 Panthalassa 4 Yuji Hishida Yoshito Yahagi 1:59.2 2022 Unicorn Lion 6 Yusaku Kokubun Yoshito Yahagi 2:00.2 2023 Ho O Emmy's 6 Hironobu Tanabe Masakazu Ikegami 2:00.92024Arata7Takuya OnoYusuke Wada2:00.72025Nishino Ti Amo4Akihide TsumuraYuki Uehara1:59.9
Earlier winners
1965 - Wisteria 1966 - Theftway 1967 - Native Runner 1968 - Haku Sensho 1969 - Suijin 1970 - Suijin 1971 - Dash Ryu 1972 - Kikuno Happy 1973 - Okazakijo 1974 - Noboru Toko 1975 - Czar Turf 1976 - Western Bird 1977 - Diamante 1978 - Schlander 1979 - Funny Bird; My Elf (tied) 1980 - Hawaiian Image 1981 - Fuji Madonna 1982 - Neo Keystone 1983 - Sweet Carson 1984 - Suzu Parade 1985 - Blacksky 1986 - Running Free 1987 - Mr Brandy 1988 - Lake Black 1989 - Mr Brandy 1990 - Hashino Kenshiro 1991 - Yagura Stella 1992 - Arashi 1993 - Pegasus 1994 - Silk Greyish 1995 - Meiner Bridge 1996 - Maillot Jaune 1997 - T M Oarashi 1998 - Over The Wall 1999 - Port Brians
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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