Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Sprint (ジャパンブリーディングファームズカップスプリント) is an annual race held on "JBC day", which is usually November 3, or the national holiday Culture Day. This race and the JBC Classic were started in 2001. These were established following the American Breeders' Cup.
| Domestic Grade I (JpnI) race | |
 2019 Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Sprint | |
| Location | Changes yearly |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2001 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | Changes yearly |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Qualification | 3-y-o & Up |
| Weight | 3-y-o horses & geldings 55kg/mares 53kg 4-y-o & up horses & geldings 57kg / mares 55 kg |
| Purse | ¥136,000,000 (as of 2023) 1st: ¥ 80,000,000 2nd: ¥ 28,000,000 3rd: ¥ 16,000,000 |
As of 2023, only four horses that have won the race belong to NAR, the organization supervising horseracing administrated by the local government. The rest of the winners belong to the JRA.
There is no other domestic or international grade 1 sprint race on dirt in Japan other than this race.
JBC races are held on various racetracks, so its distance is changed yearly like the rest of the races held in JBC day.
Winners edit
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Organization |
Time |
Racecourse |
Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Nobo Jack | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Hideyuki Mori | Ikehata Ltd. | JRA | 1:11.1 | Oi | 1,200 meters |
| 2002 | Starring Rose | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | Kyouei Ltd. | JRA | 1:11.4 | Morioka | 1,200 meters |
| 2003 | South Vigorous | 7 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshiyasu Takahashi | Hisashi Namba | JRA | 1:09.7 | Oi | 1,190 meters |
| 2004 | Meiner Select | 5 | Yutaka Take | Hitoshi Nakamura | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | JRA | 1:10.6 | Oi | 1,200 meters |
| 2005 | Blue Concord | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Toshiyuki Hattori | Ogifushi Racing Club. | JRA | 1:25.3 | Nagoya | 1,400 meters |
| 2006* | Blue Concord | 6 | Hideaki Miyuki | Toshiyuki Hattori | Ogifushi Racing Club. | JRA | 1:39.6 | Kawasaki | 1,600 meters |
| 2007 | Fujino Wave | 5 | Norifumi Mikamoto | Saburou Takahashi | Taishi Sogo Planning | Oi | 1:11.0 | Oi | 1,200 meters |
| 2008 | Bamboo Yell | 5 | Masami Matsuoka | Akio Adachi | Bamaoo Bokujyo Ltd. | JRA | 1:25.6 | Sonoda | 1,400 meters |
| 2009 | Suni | 3 | Yuga Kawada | Naohiro Yoshida | Kazumi Yoshida | JRA | 1:25.9 | Nagoya | 1,400 meters |
| 2010 | Summer Wind | 5 | Yusuke Fujioka | Yasushi Shono | Hidaka Breeders Union | JRA | 0:57.6 | Funabashi | 1,000 meters |
| 2011 | Suni | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Naohiro Yoshida | Kazumi Yoshida | JRA | 1:10.1 | Oi | 1,200 meters |
| 2012 | Taisei Legend | 5 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Yoshito Yahagi | Seihou Tanaka | JRA | 1:26.6 | Kawasaki | 1,400 meters |
| 2013 | Espoir City | 8 | Hiroki Goto | Akio Adachi | Yushun Horse Club | JRA | 1:27.1 | Kanazawa | 1,400 meters |
| 2014 | Dream Valentino | 7 | Yasunari Iwata | Tadashi Kayou | Saison Racehorse | JRA | 1:09.0 | Morioka | 1,200 meters |
| 2015 | Corin Berry | 4 | Kohei Matsuyama | Jiro Ono | Keiko Ito | JRA | 1:10.9 | Oi | 1,200 meters |
| 2016 | Danon Legend | 6 | Mirco Demuro | Akira Murayama | Danox | JRA | 1:27.2 | Kawasaki | 1,400 meters |
| 2017 | Nishiken Mononofu | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yasushi Shoji | Tsuru Nishimori | JRA | 1:11.4 | Oi | 1,200 meters |
| 2018 | Graceful Leap | 8 | Christophe Lemaire | Shinsuke Hashimoto | Shinji Maeda | JRA | 1:10.4 | Kyoto | 1,200 meters |
| 2019 | Bulldog Boss | 7 | Norifumi Mikamoto | Satoshi Kokubo | Him Rock Racing Holdings Co., Ltd. | Urawa | 1:24.9 | Urawa | 1,400 meters |
| 2020 | Sabuno Junior | 6 | Takayuki Yano | Chiaki Hori | Saburo Nakagawa | Oi | 1:10.7 | Oi | 1,200 meters |
| 2021 | Red le Zele | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Takayuki Yasuda | TokyoHorseRacing Co. Ltd | JRA | 1:24.6 | Kanazawa | 1,400 meters |
| 2022 | Dancing Prince | 5 | Kousei Miura | Keisuke Miyata | Chizu Yoshida | JRA | 1:09.1 | Morioka | 1,200 meters |
| 2023 | Igniter | 5 | Tsubasa Sasagawa | Masashi Atarashi | Yoshiki Noda | Hyogo | 1:12.0 | Oi | 1,200 meters |
- This race was held as JBC Mile.
References edit
- Netkeiba:[1]
- ^ "JBCスプリント". Netkeiba.
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