Mainichi Ōkan

The Mainichi Ōkan is a Grade 2 horse race in for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 1,800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.

Mainichi Ōkan

Grade 2 race
Aerial Photo at the Tokyo Racecourse
Location	Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū
Inaugurated	1950
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
Weight	3-y-o 54kg, 4-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥67,000,000 (winner) ¥145,120,000 (total)

The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.[1]

It was first run in 1950 over 2500 metres. The distance was reduced to 2300 metres in 1959 and to 2000 metres in 1962 before the race was run over its current distance for the first time in 1984. From 2014, winner is received priority ballot for Tenno Sho (Autumn).

Among the winners of the race have been Katsuragi Ace, Oguri Cap, Bubble Gum Fellow, Silence Suzuka, Grass Wonder, Eishin Preston, Daiwa Major and A Shin Hikari

Records

Speed record:

• 1:44.2 Chosan 2007

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Oguri Cap – 1988, 1989

Winners since 1994

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1994	Nehai Caesar	4	Katsumi Shiomura	Tadashi Fuse	1:44.6
1995	Sugano Oji	4	Tomio Yasuda	Hiroyuki Uehara	1:48.4
1996	Annus Mirabilis	4	Darryll Holland	Saeed bin Suroor	1:45.8
1997	Bubble Gum Fellow	4	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:46.1
1998	Silence Suzuka	4	Yutaka Take	Mituru Hashida	1:44.9
1999	Grass Wonder	4	Hitoshi Matoba	Mitsuhiro Ogata	1:45.8
2000	Tunante	5	Hideaki Miyuki	Shoichi Matsumoto	1:46.1
2001	Eishin Preston	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	1:45.3
2002	Magnaten	6	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:46.1
2003	Balance of Game	4	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yoshitada Munakata	1:45.7
2004	Telegnosis	5	Masaki Katsuura	Hiroaki Sugiura	1:46.0
2005	Sunrise Pegasus	7	Hiroshi Goto	Sei Ishizaka	1:46.5
2006	Daiwa Major	5	Katsumi Ando	Hiroyuki Uehara	1:45.5
2007	Chosan	5	Masami Matsuoka	Toshiaki Shimizu	1:44.2
2008	Super Hornet	5	Yusuke Fujioka	Yoshito Yahagi	1:44.6
2009	Company	8	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hideuki Otonashi	1:45.3
2010	Aliseo	3	Yuichi Fukunaga	Noriyuki Hori	1:46.4
2011	Dark Shadow	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Noriyuki Hori	1:46.7
2012	Curren Black Hill	3	Shinichiro Akiyama	Osamu Hirata	1:45.0
2013	Eishin Flash	6	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hideaki Fujiwara	1:46.7
2014	Air Saumur	5	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:45.2
2015	A Shin Hikari	4	Yutaka Take	Masanori Sakaguchi	1:45.6
2016	Rouge Buck	4	Keita Tosaki	Masahiro Otake	1:46.6
2017	Real Steel	5	Mirco Demuro	Yoshito Yahagi	1:45.6
2018	Aerolithe	4	Joao Moreira	Takanori Kikuzawa	1:44.5
2019	Danon Kingly	3	Keita Tosaki	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	1:44.4

Earlier winners

• 1950 - Hatakaze
• 1952 - Mitsuhata
• 1952 - New Moana
• 1953 - Track O
• 1954 - Hakuryo
• 1955 - Susquehanna
• 1956 - Fair Manna
• 1957 - Hakuchikara
• 1958 - Hishi Maaru
• 1959 - Kuripero
• 1960 - Unebi Hikari
• 1961 - Harrow More
• 1962 - Emroan
• 1963 - Yamano O
• 1964 - Toast
• 1965 - Umeno Chikara
• 1966 - Theftway
• 1967 - Tama Queen
• 1968 - Shesky
• 1969 - Takeshiba O
• 1970 - Kurishiba
• 1971 - Tokino Shin O
• 1972 - Hustler
• 1973 - Takuma O
• 1974 - Takekuma Hikaru
• 1975 - White Fontaine
• 1976 - Harbor Young
• 1977 - C B Queen
• 1978 - Press Toko
• 1979 - C B Cross
• 1980 - Kane Minobu
• 1981 - Juji Arrow
• 1982 - Kyoei Promise
• 1983 - Takara Tenryu
• 1984 - Katsuragi Ace
• 1985 - Gold Way
• 1986 - Sakura Yutaka O
• 1987 - Dyna Actress
• 1988 - Oguri Cap
• 1989 - Oguri Cap
• 1990 - Lucky Guerlain
• 1991 - Prekrasnie
• 1992 - Daitako Helios
• 1993 - Shinko Lovely

See also

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

References

1. "Mainichi Okan (G2)". japanracing.jp.