Kawasaki Kinen

The Kawasaki Kinen (Kawasaki Memorial) (川崎記念) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track for horses aged four years or older. It was graded as a domestic grade 1 race in 1998. It is held in January, so it is the first (domestic) grade 1 race in Japanese horseracing season. Its name “Kawasaki” comes from that of Kawasaki city in Kanagawa prefecture.

Kawasaki Kinen
Domestic Grade I (JpnⅠ) race
LocationKawasaki Racecourse, Kawasaki,Kanagawa
Inaugurated1951
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2,100 meters (About 10and1/2 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification4-y-o & Up
Weight4-y-o horses & geldings 56kg/mares 54kg/5-y-o & up horses & geldings 57kg / mares 55 kg
Purse¥102,000,000 (2012 Running)

This race is regarded as preparation for the Dubai World Cup, along with the February Stakes, although some past winners (such as Smart Falcon and Vermilion) ran the Dubai World Cup after winning this race.

Records

Most successful horses (3 wins):

  • Countess Up – 1985, 1986, 1987
  • Hokko Terumae – 2014, 2015, 2016

Other repeat winners (2 wins):

  • Ichi Kanto – 1958, 1959
  • Gold Spencer – 1980, 1981
  • Daring Grass – 1982, 1984
  • Hokuto Vega – 1996, 1997
  • Abukuma Poro – 1998, 1999
  • Vermilion – 2007, 2010

Winners since 2000
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2000 Intelli Power 5 Takashi Harita Shigemi Akiyama Iso-o Sahashi 2:14.5
2001 Regular Member 4 Mikio Matsunaga Yamamoto Syouji North Hills Ltd. 2:12.9
2002 Regent Bluff 4 Yutaka Yoshida Youkichi Okubo Akihiro Ohara 2:16.2
2003 Kanetsu Fleuve 6 Mikio Matsunaga Yamamoto Syouji Laurel Racing Co. 2:14.8
2004 Esprit-thes 5 Hiroshi Morishita Ei-ichi Takei Yasuo Yoda 2:12.8
2005 Time Paradox 7 Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi Matsuda Shadai Racing Ltd. 2:14.2
2006 Adjudi Mitsuo 5 Hiroyuki Uchida Masayuki Kawashima Masao Orudo 2:12.8
2007 Vermillion 5 Christophe Lemaire Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing Ltd. 2:12.9
2008 Fierld Rouge 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Masato Nishizono Katsumi Chida 2:13.1
2009 Kane Hekili 7 Christophe Lemaire Katsuhiko Sumii Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. 2:13.3
2010 Vermillion 8 Yutaka Take Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing Ltd. 2:12.7
2011 Furioso 7 Keita Tosaki Masayuki Kawashima Darley Japan K.K. 2:14.2
2012 Smart Falcon 7 Yutaka Take Ken Kozaki Touru Okawa 2:10.7
2013 Hatano Vainqueur 4 Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu Kon Good Luck Farm 2:15.4
2014 Hokko Tarumae 5 Hideaki Miyuki Katsuichi Nishiura Koichi Yabe 2:13.8
2015 Hokko Tarumae 6 Hideaki Miyuki Katsuichi Nishiura Michiaki Yabe 2:16.9
2016 Hokko Tarumae 7 Hideaki Miyuki Katsuichi Nishiura Michiaki Yabe 2:14.1
2017 All Blush 5 Christophe Lemaire Akira Murayama Shadai Racing Ltd. 2:14.6


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