Tokyo Daishōten
International Grade I race
LocationŌi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo
Inaugurated1955
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2,000 meters (About 10 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o & Up
Weight57kg, 3-y-o allowed 2kg, females allowed 2kg
Purse170,000,000 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

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

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2021 Tokyo Daishōten Grade 1 - (race 9)". JBIS. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "東京大賞典". Netkeiba.
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