Hankyu Hai
Horse race
Hankyu Hai 阪急杯|
Majin Prosper wins the 2012 Hankyu Hai | Location | Hanshin Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1957 |
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Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
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Distance | 1400 metres |
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Surface | Turf |
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Track | Right-handed |
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Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
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Weight | 56 kg |
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Purse | ¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 43,000,000 2nd: ¥ 17,000,000 3rd: ¥ 11,000,000 |
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The Hankyu Hai (Japanese 阪急杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.[1] The race serves as a trial for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.
The Hankyu Hai was first run in 1957 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1959, 1966, 1969, 1991 and 1995. It was run over a variety of distances before being run over 1400 metres for the first time in 1981: it was run over 1200 metres from 1996 to 2005.
Winners since 2000
Year
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Winner
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Age
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Jockey
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Trainer
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Time
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2000
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Black Hawk
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6
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Norihiro Yokoyama
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Sakae Kunieda
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1:08.7
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2001
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Daitaku Yamato
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7
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Mirco Demuro
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Sei Ishizaka
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1:08.7
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2002
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Admire Cozzene
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6
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Hiroki Goto
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Mitsuru Hashida
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1:07.9
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2003
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Shonan Kampf
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5
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Shinji Fujita
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Yokichi Okubo
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1:08.5
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2004
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Sunningdale
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5
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Minoru Yoshida
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Tsutomu Setoguchi
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1:08.5
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2005
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Keeneland Swan
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6
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Hirofumi Shii
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Hideyuki Mori
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1:08.5
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2006
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Blue Shotgun
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7
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Mikio Matsunaga
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Kohei Take
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1:22.5
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2007
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Precise Machine (DH)
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8
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Katsumi Ando
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Kiyoshi Hagiwara
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1:20.5
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Eishin Dover (DH)
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5
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Hideaki Miyuki
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Ken Kozaki
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2008
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Laurel Guerreiro
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4
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Hirofumi Shii
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Mitsugu Kon
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1:20.7
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2009
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B B Guldan
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5
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Katsumi Ando
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Masazo Ryoke
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1:21.1
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2010
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A Shin Forward
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5
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Yasunari Iwata
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Masato Nihizono
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1:21.4
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2011
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San Carlo
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5
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Yutaka Yoshida
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Yokichi Okubo
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1:20.1
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2012
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Majin Prosper
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5
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Suguru Hamanaka
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Hidemasa Nakao
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1:22.0
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2013
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Lord Kanaloa
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5
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Yasunari Iwata
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Takayuki Yasuda
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1:21.0
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2014
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Copano Richard
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4
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Suguru Hamanaka
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Toru Miya
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1:20.7
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2015
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Daiwa Maggiore
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6
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Mirco Demuro
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Yoshito Yahagi
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1:23.8
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2016
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Mikki Isle
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5
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Kohei Matsuyama
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Hidetaka Otonashi
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1:19.9
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2017
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Talking Drum
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7
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Hideaki Miyuki
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Makoto Saito
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1:21.4[2]
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2018
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Diana Halo
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5
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Yutaka Take
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Nobuharu Fukushima
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1:20.1[3]
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2019
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Smart Odin
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6
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Yusuke Fujioka
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Yasutoshi Ikee
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1:20.3[4]
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2020
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Best Actor
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6
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Suguru Hamanaka
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Yuichi Shikato
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1:20.3
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2021
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Resistencia
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4
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Yuichi Kitamura
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Takeshi Matsushita
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1:19.2
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2022
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Diatonic
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7
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Yasunari Iwata
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Takayuki Yasuda
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1:19.9
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2023
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Aguri
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4
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Kazuo Yokoyama
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Takayuki Yasuda
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1:19.5
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2024
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Win Marvel
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5
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Kohei Matsuyama
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Masashi Fukayama
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1:21.2
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Earlier winners
- 1984 - Gouache Out
- 1985 - Shadai Sophia
- 1986 - Long Hayabusa
- 1987 - St Caesar
- 1988 - Sankin Hayate
- 1989 - Horino Raiden
- 1990 - Senryo Yakusha
- 1991 - Jo Roaring
- 1992 - Hokusei Ciboulette
- 1993 - Legacy Field
- 1994 - Gold Mountain
- 1995 - Bodyguard
- 1996 - Towa Winner
- 1997 - Shinko Forest
- 1998 - Masa Lucky
- 1999 - Kyoei March
See also
References
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