The Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap (Japanese 京成杯オータムハンデキャップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in September over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]
| Grade 3 race | |
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1956 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner) |
It was first run in 1956 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was switched back and forth between Nakayama and Tokyo and run over several different distances in its early years before settling at its current venue and distance in 1984. The 1988 edition however took place at Niigata Racecourse.
Winners since 2000 edit
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Symboli Indy | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:34.5 |
| 2001 | Zenno El Cid | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:31.5 |
| 2002 | Breaktime | 5 | Mikio Matsunaga | Shoji Yamamoto | 1:31.9 |
| 2003 | Breaktime | 5 | Mikio Matsunaga | Shoji Yamamoto | 1:33.9 |
| 2004 | Meiner Morgen | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Masahiro Horii | 1:32.8 |
| 2005 | Meiner Morgen | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masahiro Horii | 1:33.3 |
| 2006 | Suteki Shinsukekun | 3 | Hiroki Goto | Hideyuki Mori | 1:32.0 |
| 2007 | Kings Trail | 5 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:32.6 |
| 2008 | Kiss To Heaven | 5 | Shinji Fujita | Hirofumi Toda | 1:32.1 |
| 2009 | Zarema | 5 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Hidetaka Otonahi | 1:32.1 |
| 2010 | Fireflaught | 4 | Akihide Tsumura | Michihiro Ogasa | 1:32.8 |
| 2011 | Fifth Petal | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yukihiro Kato | 1:31.9 |
| 2012 | Leo Active | 3 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hiroaki Sugiura | 1:30.7 |
| 2013 | Excellente Cave | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Noriyuki Hori | 1:31.8 |
| 2014 | Clarente | 5 | Hironobu Tanabe | Kojiro Hahiguchi | 1:33.3 |
| 2015 | Fra Angelico | 7 | Hironobu Tanabe | Makoto Saito | 1:33.3 |
| 2016 | Lord Quest | 3 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Shigeyuki Kojima | 1:33.0[2] |
| 2017 | Grand Silk | 5 | Hironobu Tanabe | Hirofumi Toda | 1:31.6[3] |
| 2018 | Mikki Glory | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | 1:32.4[4] |
| 2019 | Trois Etoiles | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:30.3 |
| 2020 | Trois Etoiles | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:33.9 |
| 2021 | Catedral | 5 | Keita Tosaki | Manabu Ikezoe | 1:32.0 |
| 2022 | Falconia | 5 | Hayato Yoshida | Tomokazu Takano | 1:33.6 |
| 2023 | Soul Rush | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:31.6 |
Earlier winners edit
- 1984 - Yoshido Eden
- 1985 - Erebus
- 1986 - Island Goddess
- 1987 - Dyna Gulliver
- 1988 - Hokuto Helios
- 1989 - Material
- 1990 - Oratorio
- 1991 - Valiente
- 1992 - Toshi Green
- 1993 - Meistersinger
- 1994 - Sakura Chitose O
- 1995 - Dojima Muteki
- 1996 - Crown City
- 1997 - Kurokami
- 1998 - Shinko Splendor
- 1999 - Sunrise Atlas
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 11 September 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 20 September 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 9 September 2018.
- ^ "京成杯AH". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap". Netkeiba.