The Hakodate Kinen (Japanese 函館記念) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over. It is run in July every year over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hakodate Racecourse in Hakodate, Japan.
It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run over 2400 metres until 1967.
Winners since 1984 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 1984 Windsor Knot 4 Masato Shibata Kunio TakamatsuHorseman 1:59.6 1985 Windsor Knot 5 Masato Shibata Kunio TakamatsuHorseman 1:59.2 1986 Nippo Teio 3 Hiroyuki Gohara Kinzo KubotaYuichi Yamaishi 1:58.6 1987 Windstoss 4 Kazuhiro Kato Toshio NihonyanagiTokusuke Fukushima 2:00.2 1988 Soccer Boy 3 Hiroshi Kawachi Yukiharu OnoShadai Race Horse 1:57.8 1989 Speak Reason 3 Tomio Yasuda Mitsuhiro OgataMitsuru Takesaki 2:00.2 1990 Lucky Guerlain 4 Koichi Uchida Yasuo IkeeRoyal Farm 1:59.5 1991 Mejiro Marsyas 6 Seiki Tabara Yasuo IkeeMejiro Shoji 1:59.1 1992 Higashi Mallorca 4 Hitoshi Matoba Mitsuhiro OgataYanagawa Farm 2:00.6 1993 Golden Eye 5 Shinji Fujita Takashi TsukazakiKenichi Takahashi 2:04.6 1994 Wako Chikako 4 Shinji Fujita Yuji ItoTakao Ishida 2:01.6 1995 Inter My Way 5 Shinji Fujita Mitsuo OginoTomee Matsuoka 2:02.4 1996 Bright Sunday 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Mitsuo OginoKazuo Nakamura 1:59.8 1997 Aloha Dream 4 Kazuhiro Kato Hirotoshi IwakiKeisho Kida 1:59.3 1998 Pal Bright 6 Hatsuhiro Kowata Hirotoshi IwakiIwao Kinami 2:00.4 1999 Jo Big Bang 4 Hiromasa Tamogi Makoto TsuboKeiko Ueda 2:02.0 2000 Craftsmanship 5 Masaki Katsuura Yoshiyuki GotoSunday Racing 2:02.7 2001 Lord Platinum 5 Mikio Matsunaga Yuji ItoLord Horse Club 2:02.4 2002 Yamanin Respect 5 Yohsikazu Yokoyama Hideshi AsamiKaoru Doi 2:05.1 2003 Air Eminem 5 Masayoshi Ebina Yuji ItoLucky Field 1:59.9 2004 Craft Work 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Yoshiyuki GotoSunday Racing 2:00.6 2005 Erimo Harrier 5 Kohei Kitamura Hidetaka TadokoroToshiharu Yamamoto 2:00.7 2006 Erimo Harrier 6 Katsumi Ando Hidetaka TadokoroToshiharu Yamamoto 2:05.1 2007 Erimo Harrier 7 Koshiro Take Hidetaka TadokoroToshiharu Yamamoto 2:02.8 2008 Tosen Captain 4 Yusuke Fujioka Katsuhiko SumiiTakaya Shimakawa 2:00.3 2009 Sakura Orion 7 Shinichiro Akiyama Yasuo IkeeSakura Commerce 2:00.6 2010 Meiner Starry 5 Douglas Whyte Tadashi KayoThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:58.5 2011 King Top Gun 8 Norihiro Yokoyama Ippo SameshimaToyoji Ikeda 2:00.3 2012 Transwarp 7 Takuya Ono Kiyoshi HagiwaraCarrot Farm 2:00.4 2013 Tokei Halo 4 Yutaka Take Hisashi ShimizuNobuhiko Kimura 1:58.6 2014 Love Is Boo Shet 5 Yoshihiro Furukawa Akira MurayamaSachiaki Kobayashi 2:00.1 2015 Derby Fizz 5 Yasunari Iwata Futoshi KojimaShadai Race Horse 1:59.1 2016 Meiner Milano 6 Yuji Tannai Ikuo AizawaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:59.0 2017 Luminous Warrior 6 Yuichi Shibayama Shoichiro WadaSunday Racing 2:01.2 2018 Air Anthem 7 Yusuke Fujioka Keiji YoshimuraLucky Field 1:59.8 2019 My Style 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Mitsugu KonChiyono Terada 1:59.6 2020 Admire Justa 4 Hayato Yoshida Naosuke SugaiJunko Kondo 1:59.7 2021 Tosen Surya 6 Kazuo Yokoyama Jiro OnoTakaya Shimakawa 1:58.7 2022 Hayayakko 6 Suguru Hamanaka Sakae KuniedaKaneko Makoto Holdings 2:03.6 2023 Rousham Park 4 Christophe Lemaire Hiroyasu TanakaSunday Racing 2:01.42024Ho O Biscuits4Yasunari IwataTakeshi OkumuraYoshihisa Ozasa1:59.22025Veloce Era4Daisuke SasakiNaosuke SugaiTO Racing1:57.62026Faust Rasen4Miku KobayashiNaosuke SugaiToshiya Miyazaki1:57.7
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See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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