Hakodate Kinen

The Hakodate Kinen (Japanese 函館記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hakodate Racecourse.[1]

Hakodate Kinen

Grade 3 race
Location	Hakodate Racecourse
Inaugurated	1965
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run over 2400 metres until 1967.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1984	Windsor Knot	4	Masato Shibata	Kunio Takamatsu	1:56.6
1985	Windsor Knot	5	Masato Shibata	Kunio Takamatsu	1:59.2
1986	Nippo Teio	3	Hiroyuki Gohara	Kubota Kinzo	1:58.6
1987	Windstoss	4	Kazuhiro Kato	Toshio Nihonyanagi	2:00.2
1988	Soccer Boy	3	Hiroshi Kawachi	Yukiharu Ono	1:57.8
1989	Speak Reason	3	Tomio Yasuda	Mitsuhiro Ogata	2:00.2
1990	Lucky Guerlain	4	Koichi Uchida	Yasuo Ikee	1:59.5
1991	Mejiro Marsyas	6	Seiki Tabara	Yasuo Ikee	1:59.1
1992	Higashi Mallorca	4	Hitoshi Matoba	Mitsuhiro Ogata	2:00.6
1993	Golden Eye	5	Shinji Fujita	Takashi Tsukazaki	2:04.6
1994	Wako Chikako	4	Shinji Fujita	Yuji Ito	2:01.6
1995	Inter My Way	5	Shinji Fujita	Mitsuo Ogino	2:02.4
1996	Bright Sunday	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Mitsuo Ogino	1:59.8
1997	Aloha Dream	4	Kazuhiro Kato	Hirotoshi Iwaki	1:59.3
1998	Pal Bright	6	Hatsuhiro Kowata	Hirotoshi Iwaki	2:00.4
1999	Jo Big Bang	4	Hiromasa Tamogi	Makoto Tsubo	2:02.0
2000	Craftsmanship	5	Masaki Katsuura	Yoshiyuki Goto	2:02.7
2001	Lord Platimum	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Yuji Ito	2:02.4
2002	Yamanin Respect	5	Yohsikazu Yokoyama	Hideshi Asami	2:05.1
2003	Air Eminem	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Yuji Ito	1:59.9
2004	Craft Work	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yoshiyuki Goto	2:00.6
2005	Erimo Harrier	5	Kohei Kitamura	Hidetaka Tadokoro	2:00.7
2006	Erimo Harrier	6	Katsumi Ando	Hidetaka Tadokoro	2:05.1
2007	Erimo Harrier	7	Koshiro Take	Hidetaka Tadokoro	2:02.8
2008	Tosen Captain	4	Yusuke Fujioka	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:00.3
2009	Sakura Orion	7	Shinichiro Akiyama	Yasuo Ikee	2:00.6
2010	Meiner Starry	5	Douglas Whyte	Tadashi Kayo	1:58.5
2011	King Top Gun	8	Norihiro Yokoyama	Ippo Sameshima	2:00.3
2012	Transwarp	7	Takuya Ono	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	2:00.4
2013	Tokei Halo	4	Yutaka Take	Hisashi Shimizu	1:58.6
2014	Love Is Boo Shet	5	Yoshihiro Furukawa	Akira Murayama	2:00.1
2015	Derby Fizz	5	Yasunari Iwata	Futoshi Kojima	1:59.1
2016	Meiner Milano	6	Yuji Tannai	Ikuo Aizawa	1:59.0[2]
2017	Luminous Warrior	6	Yuichi Shibayama	Shoichiro Wada	2:01.2[3]
2018	Air Anthem	7	Yusuke Fujioka	Keiji Yoshimura	1:59.8[4]
2019	My Style	5	Katsuharu Tanaka	Mitsugu Kon	1:59.6
2020	Admire Justa	4	Hayato Yoshida	Naosuke Sugai	1:59.7

See also

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

References

1. "Hakodate Kinen". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 17 July 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 16 July 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 15 July 2018.