The Niigata Kinen (Japanese 新潟記念) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in late August or early September over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.
The Niigata Kinen was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. It was run at Nakayama Racecourse in 1996 and 2000.
Weight 54 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above
Allowances:
2 kg for fillies / mares 2 kg for southern hemisphere-bred three-year-olds
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 (no penalty for fillies / mares) 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 (no penalty for fillies / mares)
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Daiwa Texas 7 Hiroshi Kitamura Sueo MasuzawaDaiwa Shoji 2:00.2 2001 Sun Place 6 Shigefumi Kumazawa Yasuo IkeeShadai Race Horse 1:57.0 2002 Towa Treasure 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Mitsuru HashidaSuzu Saito 1:58.0 2003 Derby Regno 5 Hideaki Miyuki Shigetada TakahashiDerby Corporation 1:58.7 2004 Super Gene 6 Eiji Nakadate Masanori SakaguchiShigeko Hasatani 1:57.7 2005 Yamanin Alabaster 4 Teruo Eda Shinobu HoshinoHajime Doi 2:00.1 2006 Top Gun Joe 4 Hiroki Goto Masamichi WadaTakao Kawauchi 1:57.2 2007 Yumeno Shirushi 5 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi OkuboTeruya Yoshida 1:57.8 2008 Arco Senora 4 Tomoharu Bushizawa Shigenori HatakeyamaMasakatsu Nakamura 1:57.5 2009 Hokko Pas de Chat 7 Teruo Eda Akira MurayamaKoichi Yabe 1:59.6 2010 Narita Crystal 4 Hideaki Miyuki Kazuyoshi KiharaOsumi 1:58.4 2011 Narita Crystal 5 Yutaka Take Kazuyoshi KiharaOsumi 1:59.1 2012 Transwarp 7 Takuya Ono Kiyoshi HagiwaraCarrot Farm 1:57.6 2013 Cosmo Nemo Shin 6 Masami Matsuoka Hidekatsu ShimizuBig Red Farm 1:58.9 2014 Martinborough 5 Nash Rawiller Yasuo TomomichiKazumi Yoshida 1:58.3 2015 Passion Dance 7 Mirco Demuro Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:58.2 2016 A Day In The Life 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Kiyoshi HagiwaraSeiichi Iketani 1:57.5 2017 Tatsu Gogeki 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Ippo SameshimaTakayuki Suzuki 1:57.9 2018 Blast Onepiece 3 Kenichi Ikezoe Masahiro OtakeSilk Racing 1:57.5 2019 You Can Smile 4 Yasunari Iwata Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:57.5 2020 Bravas 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo TomomichiKazuhiro Sasaki 1:59.9 2021 Meiner Fanrong 6 Mirco Demuro Takahisa TezukaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:58.4 2022 Karate 6 Akira Sugawara Yasuyuki TsujinoHikaru Odagiri 1:58.9 2023 Nocking Point 3 Hiroshi Kitamura Tetsuya KimuraSunday Racing 1:59.02024Shinryokuka4Hatsuya KowataMasahiro TakeuchiKentaro Yui1:58.02025Shirankedo5Ryusei SakaiMitsunori MakiuraToshihiko Tabata1:58.02026Zoroastro3Mirai IwataKeisuke MiyataSunday Racing1:59.6
Earlier winners
1965 - Umeno Chikara 1966 - Schutzlos Berger 1967 - Marufubuki 1968 - Haku Sensho 1969 - Amanogawa 1970 - Suijin 1971 - Tokino Shin O 1972 - Passing Goal 1973 - Yama Tesco 1974 - Nasuno Chigusa 1975 - Hase Masaru 1976 - Takeden Jaguar 1977 - Mitomo O 1978 - Lucky West 1979 - Hookano 1980 - Nakami Sapphire 1981 - Hase Shinobu 1982 - Meiji Tiger 1983 - Upsetter 1984 - Dyna Mine 1985 - Russian Blue 1986 - Blacksky 1987 - Dyna Fairy 1988 - Dyna Orange 1989 - Hardy God 1990 - Safari Olive 1991 - Sengoku Hisei 1992 - Tanino Bolero 1993 - Brown Beetle 1994 - Inter Spur 1995 - Irish Dance 1996 - Tokai Taro 1997 - Pal Bright 1998 - Offside Trap 1999 - Brilliant Road
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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