Kyōto Daishōten

Kyōto Daishōten

Grade 2 race
Kyoto Racecourse
Location	Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Inaugurated	1966
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
Weight	3-y-o 53kg, 4-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥65,000,000 (winner) ¥135,000,000 (total)

The Kyōto Daishōten is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.

The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.

It was first run in 1966. Among the winners of the race have been Mejiro McQueen, Marvelous Crown, T M Opera O, Tap Dance City, Rose Kingdom and Lovely Day.

Records

Speed record:

• 2:22.9 Hit The Target

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Tanino Chikara – 1973, 1974
• Yamano Shiragiku – 1983, 1985
• Suzuka Koban – 1984, 1986
• Super Creek – 1979, 1980
• Mejiro McQueen – 1991, 1993
• T M Opera O – 2000, 2001

Winners since 1995

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1995	Hishi Amazon	4	Eiji Nakdate	Takao Nakano	2:25.3
1996	Marvelous Sunday	4	Yutaka Take	Makoto Osawa	2:25.1
1997	Silk Justice	3	Fujita Shinji	M Okubo	2:26.2
1998	Seiun Sky	3	Norihiro Yokoyma	Kazutaka Yasuda	2:25.6
1999	Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi	4	Fujita Shinji	Nibun Hisao	2:24.3
2000	T M Opera O	4	Ryuji Wada	Ichizo Iwamoto	2:26.0
2001	T M Opera O	5	Ryuji Wada	Ichizo Iwamoto	2:25.0
2002	Narita Top Road	6	Shii Hirofumi	Yoshio Oki	2:23.6
2003	Tap Dance City	6	Tetsuzo Sato	Shozo Sasaki	2:26.6
2004	Narita Century	5	Hirokazu Tajima	Norio Fujisawa	2:25.2
2005	Lincoln	5	Yutaka Take	Hidetaka Otonashi	2:25.4
2006	Sweep Tosho	5	Kenichi Ikezoe	Akio Tsurudome	2:31.5
2007	Inti Raimi	5	Tetsuzo Sato	Shozo Sasaki	2:24.8
2008	Toho Alan	5	Ryota Sameshima	Hideaki Fujiwara	2:26.9
2009	Oken Bruce Lee	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Hidetaka Otonashi	2:24.3
2010	Meisho Beluga	5	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	2:25.0
2011	Rose Kingdom	4	Hiroki Goto	Kojiro Hashiguchi	2:24.1
2012	Meisho Kampaku	5	Kenichi Ikezoe	Yoshiyuki Arakawa	2:23.4
2013	Hit The Target	5	Yuichi Kitamura	Keiji Kato	2:22.9
2014	Last Impact	4	Yuga Kawada	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	2:24.2
2015	Lovely Day	5	Yuga Kawada	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:23.6

Earlier winners

• 1966 - Kyoei Hikari
• 1967 - Shibafuji
• 1968 - Marchs
• 1969 - Finis
• 1970 - New Kiminonawa
• 1971 - Mejiro Asama
• 1972 - Kimusu Vimy
• 1973 - Tanino Chikara
• 1974 - Tanino Chikara
• 1975 - Ishino Masaru
• 1976 - Passing Venture
• 1977 - Ten Point
• 1978 - Ryu Kiko
• 1979 - Tenmei
• 1980 - Silksky
• 1981 - Inado Kotobuki
• 1982 - Mejiro Chara
• 1983 - Yamano Shiragiku
• 1984 - Suzuka Koban
• 1985 - Yamano Shiragiku
• 1986 - Suzuka Koban
• 1987 - Tokai Roman
• 1988 - Meisho Eikan
• 1989 - Super Creek
• 1990 - Super Creek
• 1991 - Mejiro McQueen
• 1992 - Osumi Roch
• 1993 - Mejiro McQueen
• 1994 - Marvelous Crown