The Ibis Summer Dash (Japanese アイビスサマーダッシュ) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 1000 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.[1]
| Grade 3 race | |
 K T Love wins the 2010 Summer Dash | |
| Location | Niigata Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2001 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Straight |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | 4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 53 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner) |
The race was first run in 2001 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. As of 2022, it is the only Graded Race in Japan with only the straight line course.
Winners since 2001 edit
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Mejiro Darling | 5 | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | 0:53.9 |
| 2002 | Calstone Light O | 4 | Naohiro Onishi | Hiroyuki Oneda | 0:53.7 |
| 2003 | Il Bacio | 6 | Seiji Shimohama | Satoru Kobiyama | 0:54.2 |
| 2004 | Calstone Light O | 6 | Naohiro Onishi | Hiroyuki Oneda | 0:53.9 |
| 2005 | T M Churasan | 3 | Sho Tajima | Sadahiro Kojima | 0:54.0 |
| 2006 | Sachino Sweetie | 3 | Naoto Suzuki | Yuji Hirai | 0:55.7 |
| 2007 | Sans Adieu | 5 | Issei Murata | Hidetaka Otonashi | 0:55.1 |
| 2008 | Kanoya Zakura | 4 | Futoshi Komaki | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 0:54.2 |
| 2009 | Kanoya Zakura | 5 | Futoshi Komaki | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 0:56.2 |
| 2010 | K T Love | 6 | Yuichiro Nishida | Akira Nomoto | 0:53.9 |
| 2011 | A Shin Virgo | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Ken Kozaki | 0:53.8 |
| 2012 | Pas de Trois | 5 | Katsumi Ando | Ippo Sameshima | 0:54.2 |
| 2013 | Hakusan Moon | 4 | Manabu Sakai | Masato Nishizono | 0:54.2 |
| 2014 | Seiko Raiko | 7 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yasuhiro Suzuki | 0:54.3 |
| 2015 | Bel Canto | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Koichi Tsunoda | 0:54.1 |
| 2016 | Bel Canto | 5 | Mirco Demuro | Koichi Tsunoda | 0:54.1[2] |
| 2017 | Rhein Meteor | 7 | Yuichiro Nishida | Takahiro Mizuno | 0:54.2[3] |
| 2018 | Daimei Princess | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Naoyuki Morita | 0:53.8[4] |
| 2019 | Lion Boss | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Shoichiro Wada | 0:55.1 |
| 2020 | Jo Kana Chan | 5 | Yuji Hishida | Takeshi Matsushita | 0:54.5 |
| 2021 | All At Once | 3 | Yukito Ishikawa | Eiji Nakadate | 0:54.2 |
| 2022 | Believer | 7 | Makoto Sugihara | Yoshihiko Ishige | 0:54.4 |
| 2023 | All At Once | 5 | Yukito Ishikawa | Eiji Nakadate | 0:54.9 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Ibis Summer Dash". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 31 July 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 30 July 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 29 July 2018.
- ^ "アイビスSD". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Ibis Summer Dash". Netkeiba.