Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes

The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (朝日杯フューチュリティステークス) is a one mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred colts two years old. It is considered the de facto year-end championship for Japanese thoroughbred racing in the two-year-olds division.

Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes

Grade 1 race
The 63rd (2011) winner Alfredo
Location	Hanshin Racecourse Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan
Inaugurated	1949
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs / one mile)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed (outer course)
Qualification	Two-y-o, Colts & Fillies
Weight	Colt 55 kg, Filly 54 kg
Purse	¥ 134,000,000 (as of 2017) 1st: ¥ 70,000,000

This race had been held in Nakayama Racecourse. From 2014, the race is moved to Hanshin Racecourse near Osaka.[1]

Winners since 1984

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1984	Scrum Dyna[2]	Masato Shibata	Susumu Yano	Shadai Race Horse co	1:35.0
1985	Daishin Fubuki	Yasuo Sugawara	Hiroshi Shibata	Kinji Takahashi	1:35.4
1986	Merry Nice	Yasuhiro Nemoto	Teruo Hashimoto	Fusako Ura	1:35.6
1987	Sakura Chiyono O	Futoshi Kojima	Katsutaro Sakai	Sakura Commers	1:35.6
1988	Sakura Hokuto O	Futoshi Kojima	Katsutaro Sakai	Sakura Commers	1:35.5
1989	Ines Fujin	Eiji Nakano	Shuho Kato	Masaaki Kobayashi	1:34.4
1990	Lindo Shaver[3]	Hitoshi Matoba	Takaaki Motoishi	Der Mar Club	1:34.0
1991	Mihono Bourbon	Sadahiro Kojima	Tameo Toyama	Mihono International	1:34.5
1992	L-Way Win[4]	Katsumi Minai	Noriaki Tsubo	Takao Zako	1:35.5
1993	Narita Brian	Katsumi Minai	Masaharu Okubo	Hidenori Yamaji	1:34.4
1994	Fuji Kiseki	Koichi Tsunoda	Sakae Watanabe	Yomoji Saito	1:34.7
1995	Bubble Gum Fellow	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shadai Race Horse co	1:34.2
1996	Meiner Max	Tetsuzo Sato	Hitoshi Nakamura	Thoroughbred Club Ruffian	1:36.3
1997	Grass Wonder	Hitoshi Matoba	Mitsuhiro Ogata	Hanzawa	1:33.6
1998	Admire Cozzene	Michael Roberts	Mitsuro Hashida	Riichi Kondo	1:35.3
1999	Eishin Preston	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	Toyomitsu Hirai	1:34.7
2000	Mejiro Bailey	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kunihiko Take	Mejiro Stud	1:34.5
2001	Admire Don	Shinji Fujita	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Riichi Kondo	1:33.8
2002	Eishin Champ	Yuichi Fukunaga	Tsutomi Setogushi	Toyomitsu Hirai	1:33.5
2003	Cosmo Sunbeam	Dario Vargiu	Shozo Sasaki	Misako Okada	1:33.7
2004	Meiner Recolte	Hiroki Goto	Masahiro Horii	Thoroughbred Club Ruffian	1:33.4
2005	Fusaichi Richard	Yuichi Fukunaga	Kunihide Matsuda	Fusao Sekiguchi	1:33.7
2006	Dream Journey	Masayoshi Ebina	Yasutoshi Ikee	Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.	1:34.4
2007	Goshawk Ken	Masaki Katsuura	Makoto Saito	Yoshio Fujita	1:33.5
2008	Seiun Wonder	Yasunari Iwata	Masazo Ryoke	Takao Otani	1:35.1
2009	Rose Kingdom	Futoshi Komaki	Kojiro Hashiguchi	Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.	1:34.0
2010	Grand Prix Boss	Mirco Demuro	Yoshito Yahagi	Grand Prix Co., Ltd.	1:33.9
2011	Alfredo	Craig Williams	Takahisa Tezuka	U Carrot Farm	1:33.4
2012	Logotype	Mirco Demuro	Tsuyoshi Tanaka	Teruya Yoshida	1:33.4
2013	Asia Express	Ryan Moore	Takahisa Tezuka	Yukio Baba	1:34.7
2014	Danon Platina	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	Danox Co Ltd	1:35.9
2015	Leontes	Mirco Demuro	Katsuhiko Sumii	U Carrot Farm	1:34.4
2016	Satono Ares	Hirofumi Shii	Kazuo Fujisawa	Hajime Satomi	1:35.4
2017	Danon Premium	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	Danox Co Ltd	1:33.3
2018	Admire Mars	Mirco Demuro	Yasuo Tomomichi	Riichi Kondo	1:33.9
2019	Salios	Ryan Moore	Noriyuki Hori	Silk Racing	1:33.0

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
  • 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • 2016

1. 平成26年度の重賞競走の主な変更点について (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. 20 November 2013. Archived from the original (pdf) on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
2. JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
3. JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
4. JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)

External links

• Horse Racing in Japan