The Ban'ei Kinen (ばんえい記念) is a Grade 1 Ban'ei horse race, held in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan for four-year-olds and up. The full name is Nōrin Suisan Daijin Shōten Ban'ei Kinen (農林水産大臣賞典 ばんえい記念) (Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award, Ban'ei Kinen).
| Ban'ei Grade 1 race | |
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| Location | Obihiro Racecourse |
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| Inaugurated | 1968 |
| Race type | Banei |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 200 meters (About 1 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Ban'ei Track |
| Qualification | 4 years old or upper, Ban'ei |
| Weight | Weight-for-age (4yo or 5yo: 990kg, 6yo or upper: 1,000kg; -20kg for mare) |
| Purse | ¥10,000,000 (as of 2022) |
The race is the championship race held in the end of the season (March) with the highest weight and prize money among all ban'ei races .
Winners since 2001 edit
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Sakano Taison | Kazuo Okawara | Haruo Nishimura | 3:42.3 |
| 2002 | Sakano Taison | Takumi Fujimoto | Haruo Nishimura | 4:16.4 |
| 2003 | Super Pegasus | Toshiharu Iwamoto | Eito Otomo | 4:19.8 |
| 2004 | Super Pegasus | Toshiharu Iwamoto | Eito Otomo | 3:07.8 |
| 2005 | Super Pegasus | Shunichi Fujino | Eito Otomo | 3:15.3 |
| 2006 | Super Pegasus | Shunichi Fujino | Eito Otomo | 4:36.1 |
| 2007 | Tomoe Power | Toichi Sakamoto | Hirofumi Matsui | 4:50.6 |
| 2008 | Tomoe Power | Hiromi Nishi | Hirofumi Matsui | 5:35.8 |
| 2009 | Tomoe Power | Hiromi Nishi | Hirofumi Matsui | 4:50.8 |
| 2010 | Nishiki Daijin | Shunichi Fujino | Isamu Kaneta | 4:24.8 |
| 2011 | Kanesa Black | Michiaki Matsuda | Hirofumi Matsui | 4:07.7 |
| 2012 | Nishiki Daijin | Keisuke Suzuki | Shinichi Murakami | 2:34.0 |
| 2013 | Kanesa Black | Michiaki Matsuda | Hirofumi Matsui | 3:43.1 |
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