The Sekiya Kinen (Japanese 関屋記念) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over. It is run in August over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse, in Kita-ku, Niigata.
The name "Sekiya" is taken from the district the old Niigata Racecourse was located, prior to being relocated to its current location in 1965.
The Sekiya Kinen was first run in 1966 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race distance was 2000 metres before being reduced to 1800 metres in 1970 and to 1600 metres in 1975. The race was run twice at Fukushima Racecourse, over 1200 metres in 1988 and 1700 metres in 2000.
Weight 54 kg for three-year-old, 57 kg for four-year-old and above.
Allowances:
2 kg for fillies / mares 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-old
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
If a graded stakes race has been won within a year: 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares) 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares) 1 kg for a grade 3 win If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year: 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares) 1 kg for a grade 2 win
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Daiwa Texas 7 Hiroshi Kitamura Sueo MasuzawaDaiwa Co., ltd 1:43.5 2001 Magnaten 5 Yukio Okabe Kazuo FujisawaTakao Komai 1:31.8 2002 Magnaten 6 Yukio Okabe Kazuo FujisawaTakao Komai 1:31.8 2003 Osumi Cosmo 4 Katsuyoshi Tsuneishi Tadashi NakaoHidenori Yamaji 1:31.8 2004 Blue Eleven 4 Minoru Yoshida Katsuhiko SumiiMakoto Kaneko 1:32.3 2005 Sidewinder 7 Yuichi Fukunaga Shuji KitahashiKyoei Co., Ltd 1:32.3 2006 Camphor Best 7 Teruo Eda Yoshikatsu SatoKiyoharu Okumura 1:32.5 2007 Company 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Hideataka OtonashiHideko Kondo 1:31.8 2008 Maruka Shenck 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Hiroshi KawachiKawacho Sangyo 1:32.8 2009 Smile Jack 4 Kosei Miura Satoru KobiyamaYomoji Saito 1:32.7 2010 Lets Go Kirishima 5 Hiroshi Kitamura Shoichi TenmaShinichiro Nishimura 1:32.9 2011 Rainbow Pegasus 6 Katsumi Ando Ippo SameshimaToshiharu Yoshimura 1:32.6 2012 Donau Blue 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Sei IshizakaSunday Racing 1:31.5 2013 Red Spada 7 Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo FujisawaTokyo Horse Racing 1:32.5 2014 Clarente 5 Hironobu Tanabe Kojiro HahiguchiShinji Maeda 1:32.5 2015 Red Arion 5 Haruhiko Kawasu Kojiro HahiguchiTokyo Horse Racing 1:32.6 2016 Young Man Power 4 Keita Tosaki Takahisa TezukaJuichi Hoshino 1:31.8 2017 Maltese Apogee 5 Tomoharu Bushizawa Masahiro HoriiNagako Fujita 1:32.2 2018 Primo Scene 3 Hiroshi Kitamura Tetsuya KimuraSilk Racing 1:31.6 2019 Mikki Glory 6 Christophe Lemaire Sakae KuniedaMizuki Noda 1:32.1 2020 Satono Arthur 6 Keita Tosaki Yasutoshi IkeeSatomi Horse Company 1:33.1 2021 Lotus Land 4 Hironobu Tanabe Yasuyuki TsujinoKobayashi Eiichi Holdings 1:32.7 2022 Win Carnelian 5 Kosei Miura Yuichi ShikatoWin 1:33.3 2023 Avverare 5 Keita Tosaki Tetsuya KimuraSilk Racing 1:32.12024Tudo de Bom5Kohei MatsuyamaHirofumi ShiiYoichi Aoyama1:32.92025Kana Tape6Rachel KingNoriyuki HoriCharles Fipke1:31.02026Ampadu5Mirai IwataTetsuya KimuraGodolphin1:32.4
Earlier winners
1966 - Seechiyou 1967 - Tama Queen 1968 - Suzu Hayate 1969 - Amanogawa 1970 - Higashi Light 1971 - Tosho Pit 1972 - Passing Goal 1973 - San Yoko 1974 - Noboru Toko 1975 - Five One 1976 - Nishiki Ace 1977 - Ishino Okan 1978 - Bellona Sport 1979 - Suzu Hope 1980 - Sea Bird Park 1981 - Bravi O 1982 - Meiji Tiger 1983 - World King 1984 - Hayate Mig 1985 - Takara Steel 1986 - Island Goddess 1987 - Cool Heart 1988 - Hishino Lypheor 1989 - Mr Brandy 1990 - Makiba Cyclone 1991 - Nifty Niece 1992 - Sprite Passer 1993 - Meiteringer 1994 - My Superman 1995 - Festive King 1996 - Eishin Guymon 1997 - Eishin Guymon 1998 - Daiwa Texas 1999 - Reward Ninfa
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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