The Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (Japanese ダービー卿チャレンジトロフィー) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. Organized by Japan Racing Association, it is run in March over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.
It was first run in 1969 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse until 1980 and was run over 1800 metres until 1979.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Fusaichi Airedale 4 Yutaka Take Kunihide MatsudaFusao Sekiguchi 1:33.0 2001 Check Mate 6 Shinji Fujita Kenji YamauchiTomiro Fukami 1:35.2 2002 Grass World 6 Shinji Fujita Katsumi SuzukiHanzawa 1:32.4 2003 Dantsu Judge 4 Ryuji Wada Kenji YamauchiTetsuji Yamamoto 1:33.9 2004 Meiner Morgen 4 Hiroki Goto Masahiro HoriiThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:33.4 2005 Daiwa Major 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Hiroyuki UeharaKeizo Oshiro 1:32.3 2006 Great Journey 5 Tetsuzo Sato Yasuo IkeeNorth Hills Management 1:32.4 2007 Picaresque Coat 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Yasutoshi IkeeKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:33.1 2008 Silent Pride 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Sakae KuniedaShadai Race Horse 1:34.2 2009 Take Mikazuchi 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Satoshi OeharaShadai Race Horse 1:33.7 2010 Showa Modern 6 Hiroki Goto Hiroaki SugiuraKeiichi Yamagishi 1:34.3 2011 Blitzen 5 Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitaka NinomiyaHiroo Race 1:33.3 2012 Garbo 5 Shu Ishibashi Hidekatsu ShimizuKazuyoshi Ishikawa 1:33.5 2013 Tokei Halo 4 Masami Matsuoka Hisashi ShimizuNobuhiko Kimura 1:32.6 2014 Curren Black Hill 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Osamu HirataTakashi Suzuki 1:34.6 2015 Maurice 4 Keita Tosaki Noriyuki HoriKazumi Yoshida 1:32.2 2016 Magic Time 5 Andrasch Starke Tadanari NakagawaSunday Racing 1:32.8 2017 Logi Chalice 5 Hiroyuki Uchida Sakae KuniedaMasaaki Kumeta 1:34.7 2018 He's In Love 5 Kota Fujioka Kenichi FujiokaSilk Racing 1:32.2 2019 Fiano Romano 5 Yuga Kawada Tomokazu TakanoKazumi Yoshida 1:31.7 2020 Kluger 8 Shu Ishibashi Tomokazu TakanoCarrot Farm 1:32.8 2021 Terzetto 4 Mirco Demuro Shoichiro WadaSilk Racing 1:32.6 2022 Time To Heaven 4 Takuya Ono Hirofumi TodaDMM Dream Club 1:32.3 2023 Industria 4 Keita Tosaki Keisuke MiyataSunday Racing 1:33.22024Parallel Vision5Keita TosakiSakae KuniedaCarrot Farm1:32.92025Trovatore4João MoreiraYuichi ShikatoSunday Racing1:32.42026Suzu Khalom6Takashi FujikakeKazuya MakitaTatsuro Mori1:33.4
Earlier winners
1969 - Suzuno Tsubasa 1970 - Kurishiba 1971 - Josetsu 1972 - Toku Zakura 1973 - Yushio 1974 - Zao Ryujin 1975 - Yamabuki O 1976 - Merci Shadai 1977 - Great Seikan 1978 - Model Sport 1979 - Mark Hiryu 1980 - Nichido Arashi 1981 - Takeno Happy 1982 - Tosho God 1983 - Tudenham King 1984 - Tosho Pegasus 1985 - Suzu Parade 1986 - Suzu Parade 1987 - Windstoss 1988 - Windstoss 1989 - Ivy Toko 1990 - Yamano Tampopo 1991 - Nice Power 1992 - Tomoe Regent 1993 - Tomoe Regent 1994 - Sakura Bakushin O 1995 - Ogi Tiffany 1996 - Fujino Makken O 1997 - Royal Suzuka 1998 - Black Hawk 1999 - Keiwan Viking
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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