The Kokura Daishoten (Japanese 小倉大賞典) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1800 metres on turf at Kokura Racecourse.
The Kokura Daishoten was first run in 1967 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1969 and 1982 and at Chukyo Racecourse in 1998, 1999 and 2010.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 2000 Jo Big Bang 5 Yamada Kazuhiro Noriaki Tsubo 1:48.0 2001 Misuzu Chardon 6 Mirco Demuro Keiji Kato 1:49.5 2002 Tamamo Hibiki 6 Yoshiyuki Obara Isami Obara 1:48.0 2003 Meiner Blau 6 Shinji Kawashima Masatoshi Ando 1:49.1 2004 Meisho Battler 4 Shinji Fujita Shigetada Takahashi 1:49.1 2005 Meisho Kaido 6 Yutaka Take Masahiro Sakaguchi 1:46.4 2006 Mejiro Meyer 7 Yuga Kawada Yohiyasu Tajima 1:47.22007 Asaka Defeat 9 Futoshi Komaki Akio Tsurudome 1:46.8 2008 Asaka Defeat 10 Eiji Nakadate Akio Tsurudome 1:47.7 2009 Sunrise Max 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Yasuda Masumoto 1:44.9 2010 Osumi Spark 5 Kota Fujioka Katsumi Minai 1:47.2 2011 Sunrise Vega 7 Shinichiro Akiyama Hidetaka Otonashi 1:45.3 2012 A Shin G Line 7 Haruhiko Kawasu Masanori Sakaguchi 1:46.3 2013 Hit The Target 5 Takuya Ono Keiji Kato 1:46.4 2014 Last Impact 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:45.3 2015 Curren Black Hill 6 Shinichiro Akiyama Osamu Hirata 1:48.3 2016 Albert Dock 4 Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:46.7 2017 Maltese Apogee 5 Tomoharu Bushizawa Masahiro Horii 1:45.8 2018 Triomphe 4 Yuga Kawada Naosuke Sugai 1:46.1 2019 Stiffelio 5 Genki Maruyama Hidetaka Otonashi 1:46.7 2020 Cadenas 6 Katsuma Sameshima Kazuya Nakatake 1:48.3 2021 Territorial 7 Yukito Ishikawa Katsuichi Nishiura 1:45.5 2022 Arrivo 4 Kazuo Yokoyama Haruki Sugiyama 1:49.2 2023 Hindu Times 7 Bauyrzhan Murzabayev Takashi Saito 1:49.72024Epiphany5Makoto SugiharaKeisuke Miyata1:45.12025Long Run7Yuji TannaiYusuke Wada1:46.12026Tagano Dude5Yoshihiro FurukawaRyoji Yagi1:45.2
Earlier winners
1967 - Kuribatsuku 1968 - Atlas 1969 - Dai Ichi O 1970 - Uchu O 1971 - BT Eight 1972 - Fellow Speed 1973 - Shibatake 1974 - Noboru Toko 1975 - Rokko Ichi 1976 - Great Fighter 1977 - Aranjuez 1978 - Miyaji Marengo 1979 - Agnes Press 1980 - Green Dash 1981 - Rovel Gifts 1982 - Nishino Chenille 1983 - Snark Arrow 1984 - Yamano Shiragiko 1985 - Global Dyna 1986 - Machikane Ishin 1987 - Tosho Leo 1988 - Tosho Leo 1989 - Daikatsu Kenzan 1990 - Mr Yamano 1991 - Let's Go Tarquin 1992 - Wide Battle 1993 - One More Love Way 1994 - Meisho Marine 1995 - Meisho Regnum 1996 - Aratami Wonder 1997 - Osumi Max 1998 - Silence Suzuka 1999 - Suehiro Commander
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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