The Niigata Daishoten (Japanese 新潟大賞典) is a Grade 3 horse race organized by Japan Racing Association (JRA) for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. It is run in late April or early May over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.
The Niigata Daishoten was first run in its current form in 1979 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Fukushima Racecourse in 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2001. It was run over 2200 metres in 1984, from 1986 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1994.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Tayasu Meadow 5 Yukihiro Dohi Keiji KatoKanichi Yokose 2:01.0 2001 Silent Hunter 8 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi OkuboHiroyoshi Usuda 1:59.5 2002 King Fidelia 4 Hideaki Miyuki Hiroshi TakedaMamoru Kato 1:58.8 2003 Dantsu Flame 5 Masaru Honda Kenji YamauchiTetsuji Yamamoto 1:58.3 2004 Meiner Amundsen 5 Naohiro Onishi Kiyotaka TanakaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 2:00.5 2005 Air Selecao 5 Shinji Fujita Yuji ItoLucky Field 1:58.9 2006 Osumi Grass One 4 Hirofumi Shii Masatoshi AndoOsumi 1:59.1 2007 Bright Tomorrow 5 Hatsuhiro Kowata Sei IshikazaSunday Racing 1:57.7 2008 Osumi Grass One 6 Yuga Kawada Yoshiyuki ArakawaOsumi 1:58.5 2009 Shingen 6 Shinji Fujita Hirofumi TodaTeruhito Hanaki 1:56.9 2010 Golden Dahlia 6 Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitaka NinomiyaHachiro Tanaka 1:57.7 2011 Sacred Valley 5 Genki Maruyama Yutaka TakahashiKatsumi Yoshida 1:58.4 2012 Hit The Target 4 Yoshihiro Furukawa Keiji KatoShinji Maeda 1:59.0 2013 Passion Dance 5 Kota Fukioka Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:56.9 2014 Yule Singing 4 Hayato Yoshida Kazuhiro SeishiShadai Race Horse 1:59.2 2015 D'Accord 7 Futoshi Komaki Kazuya NakatakeNorth Hills 1:59.6 2016 Passion Dance 8 Akihide Tsumura Yasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:57.8 2017 Sunday Wizard 5 Shu Ishibashi Ryuji OkuboYuko Tatsumi 1:58.6 2018 Suzuka Devious 7 Kousei Miura Mitsuru HashidaKeiji Nagai 2:00.0 2019 Mer de Glace 4 Damian Lane Hisashi ShimizuCarrot Farm 1:58.6 2020 Tosen Surya 5 Kazuo Yokoyama Jiro OnoTakaya Shimakawa 1:58.6 2021 Sanrei Pocket 6 Katsuma Sameshima Yoshitada TakahashiKeiji Nagai 1:59.3 2022 Red Galant 7 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki YasudaTokyo Horse Racing 1:57.7 2023 Karate 7 Akira Sugawara Yasuyuki TsujinoHikaru Odagiri 2:03.8 2024 Yamanin Salvum 5 Arata Saito Naoya NakamuraHajime Doi 2:00.12025Sirius Colt4Yoshihiro FurukawaKatsuharu TanakaMasatake Iida2:00.52026Gran Dia7Atsuya NishimuraMitsumasa NakauchidaCarrot Farm1:58.9
Earlier winners
1979 - Cherry Ryu 1980 - Fast Amon 1981 - Juji Arrow 1982 - Hase Shinobu 1983 - Kiyo Hidaka 1984 - Micron Tenro 1985 - Kane Kuroshio 1986 - Super Gura Third 1987 - Sette Juno 1988 - Make A Smart 1989 - Memory Vica 1990 - Yuwa Forte 1991 - Tosho Balkan 1992 - Mejiro Palmer 1993 - Hashino Kenshiro 1994 - Golden Hour 1995 - Irish Dance 1996 - Maillot Jaune 1997 - Maillot Jaune 1998 - Silent Hunter 1999 - Brilliant Road
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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