Tokyo Daishōten

Tokyo Daishōten
International Grade I race
Location	Ōi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo
Inaugurated	1955
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2,000 meters (About 10 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o & Up
Weight	57kg, 3-y-o allowed 2kg, females allowed 2kg
Purse	170,000,000 JPY(as of 2023); 1st: 100,000,000 JPY

The Tokyo Daishōten (東京大賞典) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track for three years old and above. It is run over a distance of 2,000 meters (about 10 furlongs) at Ōi Racecourse in the Shinagawa, Tokyo in the end of the year.

It was first held in 1955, at that time named Aki-no-Kura (秋の鞍), meaning 'The Race of Autumn race meeting', with a distance of 2,600 meters. In 1966, its name was changed to Tokyo Daishōten. Since 2011, It has been held as international Grade 1 race (The only international race in Japan not organized by Japan Racing Association).

The race provides an alternative to the February Stakes and to the Dubai World Cup Night's meetings for Japanese horses.

Its distance has been changed three times. From 1962 to 1988, it was 3,000 meters long, from 1989 to 1997, 2,800 meters and after 1998, 2,000 meters.

Gold Allure, Vermilion, Kane Hekili, Hokko Tarumae, Copano Rickey won the race on the way to winning the JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse.

Records edit

Most successful horse (4 wins):

Omega Perfume – 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 - the first in Japan to win the same international Grade I race fourth times in a row.

Other multiple winners (2 wins):

Adjudi Mitsuo – 2004, 2005
Smart Falcon – 2010, 2011
Hokko Tarumae – 2013, 2014
Ushba Tesoro – 2022, 2023

Winners since 1990 edit

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Organization	Time
1990	Daiko Galdan	5	Shuji Hayata	Takashi Takaiwa	Nobushige Kumakubo	Ohi	3:02.2
1991	Bold Faith	3	Chiaki Hori	Sadaji Iino	Yoichi Masuda	Ohi	2:59.1
1992	Dollar Okan	5	Chiaki Hori	Kiyomatsu Akama	Mitsuaki Fuse	Ohi	3:02.3
1993	White Silver	3	Katsunori Arayama	Tokuichi Arayama	Goro Wakasa	Ohi	3:00.4
1994	Dolphin Boy	3	Hiromi Yamazaki	Kunihiro Sasaki	Seiichi Serizawa	Kawasaki	3:00.6
1995	Admire Bosatsu	5	Junichi Serizawa	Mitsuru Hashida	Riichi Kondo	JRA	3:01.7
1996	Kyoto City	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Kentaro Nakao	Yushun Horse Club Co.	JRA	3:01.2
1997	Toyo Seattle	4	Masahiro Matsunaga	Yoshiharu Matsunaga	Toyo Club Co.	JRA	3:00.4
1998	Abukuma Poro	6	Takayuki Ishizaki	Katsumi Degawa	Akinori Yarimizu	JRA	2:05.4
1999	World Cleek	4	Kazuhiro Kato	Hitoshi Arai	International Horse Co.	JRA	2:04.9
2000	Fast Friend	6	Masayoshi Ebina	Keiji Takaichi	Hiroaki Takezaki	JRA	2:04.9
2001	Toho Emperor	5	Isao Sugawara	Yotsumi Chiba	Toho Bussan Co.	Mizusawa	2:05.2
2002	Gold Allure	3	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	Shadai Racehorse Co.	JRA	2:05.6
2003	Star King Man	4	Yutaka Take	Hideyuki Mori	Gold Racing Co.	JRA	2:03.7
2004	Adjudi Mitsuo	3	Hiroyuki Uchida	Masayuki Kawashima	Masao Orido	Funabashi	2:02.6
2005	Adjudi Mitsuo	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Masayuki Kawashima	Masao Orido	Funabashi	2:03.1
2006	Blue Concorde	6	Hideaki Miyuki	Toshiyuki Hattori	Ogifushi Racing Club Co.	JRA	2:03.5
2007	Vermilion	5	Yutaka Take	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Co.	JRA	2:03.2
2008	Kane Hekili	6	Christophe Lemaire	Katsuhiko Sumii	Makoto Kaneko	JRA	2:04.5
2009	Success Brocken	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Hideaki Fujiwara	Tetsu Takashima	JRA	2:05.9
2010	Smart Falcon	5	Yutaka Take	Ken Kozaki	Toru Okawa	JRA	2:00.4
2011	Smart Falcon	6	Yutaka Take	Ken Kozaki	Toru Okawa	JRA	2:01.8
2012	Roman Legend	4	Yasunari Iwata	Hideaki Fujiwara	Yosimi Ota	JRA	2:05.9
2013	Hokko Tarumae	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Katsuichi Nishiura	Koichi Yabe	JRA	2:06.6
2014	Hokko Tarumae	5	Hideaki Miyuki	Katsuichi Nishiura	Michiaki Yabe	JRA	2:03.0
2015	Sound True	5	Takuya Ono	Noboru Takagi	Hiroshi Yamada	JRA	2:03.0
2016	Apollo Kentucky	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Kenji Yamauchi	Apollo Thoroughbred Club	JRA	2:05:8
2017	Copano Rickey	7	Hironobu Tanabe	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	JRA	2:04.2
2018	Omega Perfume	3	Mirco Demuro	Shogo Yasuda	Reiko Hara	JRA	2:05.9
2019	Omega Perfume	4	Mirco Demuro	Shogo Yasuda	Reiko Hara	JRA	2:04.9
2020	Omega Perfume	5	Mirco Demuro	Shogo Yasuda	Reiko Hara	JRA	2:06.9
2021^[1]	Omega Perfume	6	Mirco Demuro	Shogo Yasuda	Reiko Hara	JRA	2:04.1
2022	Ushba Tesoro	5	Kazuo Yokoyama	Noboru Takagi	Ryotokuji Kenji Holdings Co Ltd	JRA	2:05.0
2023	Ushba Tesoro	6	Yuga Kawada	Noboru Takagi	Ryotokuji Kenji Holdings Co Ltd	JRA	2:07.3