The Niigata Daishoten (Japanese 新潟大賞典) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in late April or early May over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.[1]

Niigata Daishoten
新潟大賞典
Grade 3 race
Niigata Racecourse from the stands
LocationNiigata Racecourse
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 43,000,000
2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

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

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Tayasu Meadow 5 Yukihiro Dohi Keiji Kato 2:01.0
2001 Silent Hunter 8 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo 1:59.5
2002 King Fidelia 4 Hideaki Miyuki Hiroshi Takeda 1:58.8
2003 Dantsu Flame 5 Masaru Honda Kenji Yamauchi 1:58.3
2004 Meiner Amundsen 5 Naohiro Onishi Kiyotaka Tanaka 2:00.5
2005 Air Selecao 5 Shinji Fujita Yuji Ito 1:58.9
2006 Osumi Grass One 4 Hirofumi Shii Masatoshi Ando 1:59.1
2007 Bright Tomorrow 5 Hatsuhiro Kowata Sei Ishikaza 1:57.7
2008 Osumi Grass One 6 Yuga Kawada Yoshiyuki Arakawa 1:58.5
2009 Shingen 6 Shinji Fujita Hirofumi Toda 1:56.9
2010 Golden Dahlia 6 Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitaka Ninomiya 1:57.7
2011 Sacred Valley 5 Genki Maruyama Yutaka Takahashi 1:58.4
2012 Hit The Target 4 Yoshihiro Furukawa Keiji Kato 1:59.0
2013 Passion Dance 5 Kota Fukioka Yasuo Tomomichi 1:56.9
2014 Yule Singing 4 Hayato Yoshida Kazuhiro Seishi 1:59.2
2015 D'Accord 7 Futoshi Komaki Kazuya Nakatake 1:59.6
2016 Passion Dance 8 Akihide Tsumura Yasuo Tomomichi 1:57.8
2017 Sunday Wizard 5 Shu Ishibashi Ryuji Okubo 1:58.6[2]
2018 Suzuka Devious 7 Kousei Miura Mitsuru Hashida 2:00.0[3]
2019 Mer de Glace 4 Damian Lane Hisashi Shimizu 1:58.6[4]
2020 Tosen Surya 5 Kazuo Yokoyama Jiro Ono 1:58.6
2021 Sanrei Pocket 6 Katsuma Sameshima Yoshitada Takahashi 1:59.3
2022 Red Galant 7 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki Yasuda 1:57.7
2023 Karate 7 Akira Sugawara Yasuyuki Tsujino 2:03.8
2024 Yamanin Salvum 5 Arata Saito Naoya Nakamura 2:00.1

Earlier winners

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Niigata Daishoten". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 7 May 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 29 April 2019.
  5. ^ "新潟大賞典". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Niigata Daishoten". Netkeiba.