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Kyoto Kimpai

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Kyoto Kimpai
京都金杯
Grade 3 race
Win Full Bloom wins the 2015 Kyoto Kimpai
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated1963
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-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 Kyoto Kimpai (Japanese 京都金杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]

The Kyoto Kimpai was first run in 1963 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1980. It was contested over 2000 metres before being cut to 1600 metres in 2000.

Winners since 2000

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Kyoei March 6 Shinichiro Akiyama Akihiko Nomura 1:33.4
2001 Daitaku Riva 4 Mikio Matsunaga Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:33.4
2002 Daitaku Riva 5 Yutaka Take Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:33.8
2003 Sidewinder 5 Hirofumi Shii Shuji Kitahashi 1:33.7
2004 My Sole Sound 5 Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura 1:33.3
2005 Hat Trick 4 Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii 1:34.0
2006 Big Planet 4 Ryuji Wada Katsumi Minai 1:34.0
2007 Meiner Scherzi 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Ryuichi Inaba 1:33.9
2008 Eishin Deputy 6 Yasunari Iwata Akira Nomoto 1:33.6
2009 Tamamo Support 6 Akihide Tsumura Kenichi Fujioka 1:32.9
2010 Live Concert 6 Yasunari Iwata Toshiaki Shirai 1:34.1
2011 Silport 6 Futoshi Komaki Masato Nihizono 1:33.4
2012 Meiner Lacrima 6 Masami Matsuoka Hiryuki Uehara 1:32.9
2013 Danon Shark 5 Christophe Lemaire Ryuji Okubo 1:33.5
2014 Extra End 5 Christophe Lemaire Katsuhiko Sumii 1:32.5
2015 Win Full Bloom 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Hiroshi Miyamoto 1:32.8
2016 Win Primera 6 Yuga Kawada Ryuji Okubo 1:33.0
2017 Air Spinel 4 Yutaka Take Kazuhide Sasada 1:32.8[2]
2018 Black Moon 6 Yutaka Take Katsuichi Nishiura 1:34.3[3]
2019 Pax Americana 4 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida 1:34.9[4]
2020 Sound Chiara 5 Kohei Matsuyama Akio Adachi 1:34.0
2021[a] Cadence Call 5 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki Yasuda 1:33.1
2022[a] Zadar 6 Kohei Matsuyama Masahiro Otake 1:32.9
2023[a] Elusive Panther 5 Mirai Iwata Takashi Kubota 1:32.7
2024 Corepetiteur 4 Yasunari Iwata Kazuya Nakatake 1.33.8

a The 2020, 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

Earlier winners

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  • 1984 - Long Grace
  • 1985 - Mejiro Thomas
  • 1986 - Eiko French
  • 1987 - Dokan Yashima
  • 1988 - Tamamo Cross
  • 1989 - Katsu Tokushin
  • 1990 - Osaichi George
  • 1991 - Daiyusaku
  • 1992 - White Arrow
  • 1993 - El Casa River
  • 1994 - Eishin Tennessee
  • 1995 - Wako Chikako
  • 1996 - T M Jumbo
  • 1997 - Ishino Sunday
  • 1998 - Midnight Bet
  • 1999 - Hikari Cermet

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kyoto Kimpai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ "京都金杯". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Sports Nippon Sho Kyoto Kimpai". Netkeiba.