St Lite Kinen

The St Lite Kinen is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,200 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in September and serves as the main trial race for the Kikuka Sho.[1]

St Lite Kinen

Grade 2 race
Nakayama Racecourse
Location	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated	1947
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2200 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o Colts & Fillies
Weight	56kg, Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥52,000,000 (winner) ¥108,360,000 (total)

It was first run in 1947 and was named in honour of the Japanese Triple Crown St Lite. Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Rudolf, Legacy World and Nakayama Festa.

The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse from 1947 until 1956 and in 1966, 1968, 1974, and 1976–1979. The 2014 running took place at Niigata Racecourse.

Winners since 1995

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1995	Sunday Well	Eiji Nakadate	Hideyuki Mori	2:13.6
1996	Rosen Kavalier	Shibata Yoshitomi	Yasuhiro Suzuki	2:20.1
1997	Shako Tesco	Seiji Ebisawa	Yuji Nodai	2:16.9
1998	Leo Ryuho	Teruo Eda	Sugiura Hiroaki	2:17.9
1999	Black Tuxedo	Matobi Hitoshi	Mitsuru Hashida	2:13.7
2000	Admire Boss	Hiroki Goto	Mitsuru Hashida	2:16.9
2001	Shinko Calido	Tanaka Katsuhara	Munakata Yoshitada	2:13.1
2002	Balance of Game	Tanaka Katsuhara	Munakata Yoshitada	2:12.9
2003	Vita Rosa	Yuichi Shibayama	Noboyuki Hori	2:24.5
2004	Cosmo Bulk	Furuka Igarashi	Kazunori Tabe	2:10.1
2005	Kings Trail	Hiroshi Kitamura	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:11.8
2006	Tosen Shana O	Leith Innes	Hideyuki Mori	2:13.1
2007	Roc de Cambes	Yuichi Shibayama	Noriyuki Hori	2:12.0
2008	Daiwa Wild Boar	Hiroshi Kitamura	Hiroyuki Uehara	2:14.6
2009	Nakayama Festa	Masayoshi Ebina	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	2:12.0
2010	Quark Star	Yusuke Fujioka	Nobuyuki Hori	2:10.9
2011	Fateful War	Katsuharu Tanaka	Shinichi Ito	2:10.3
2012	Fenomeno	Masayoshi Ebina	Hirofumi Toda	2:10.8
2013	Yule Singing	Hiroshi Kitamura	Kazuhiro Seishi	2:13.5
2014	Isla Bonita	Masayoshi Ebina	Hironori Kurita	2:11.7
2015	Kitasan Black	Hiroshi Kitamura	Hisashi Shimizu	2:13.8
2016	Dee Majesty	Masayoshi Ebina	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	2:13.1
2017	Mikki Swallow	Norihiro Yokoyama	Takanori Kikuzawa	2:12.7
2018	Generale Uno	Hironobu Tanabe	Eiichi Yano	2:12.1
2019	Lion Lion	Norihiro Yokoyama	Mikio Matsunaga	2:11.5

Earlier winners

• 1947 - East Parade
• 1948 - Kiyomasu
• 1949 - Tosa Midori
• 1950 - Wizard
• 1951 - Mitsuhata
• 1952 - Masamune
• 1953 - Lucky Takayohi
• 1954 - Homare O
• 1955 - Takahagi
• 1956 - Kitano O
• 1957 - Seiyu
• 1958 - Hishi Masaru
• 1959 - Haku Kurama
• 1960 - Kitano Oza
• 1961 - Kenruko O
• 1962 - Ryu Musashi
• 1963 - Great Yoruka
• 1964 - Umeno Chikara
• 1965 - Kikuna Suzuran
• 1966 - Hiro Isami
• 1967 - Monta Son
• 1968 - Asaka O
• 1969 - Akane Tenryu
• 1970 - Kurishiba
• 1971 - Bel Wide
• 1972 - Taiho Ciro
• 1973 - Nuage Turf
• 1974 - Suruga Sumpujo
• 1975 - Ishino Arashi
• 1976 - Nippo King
• 1977 - Press Toko
• 1978 - Sakura Shori
• 1979 - Bingo Karoo
• 1980 - Monte Prince
• 1981 - Mejiro Titan
• 1982 - Hospitality
• 1983 - Mejiro Heine
• 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
• 1985 - Tiger Boy
• 1986 - Legend Teio
• 1987 - Merry Nice
• 1988 - Daigo Sur
• 1989 - Sakura Hokuto O
• 1990 - White Stone
• 1991 - Strong Kaiser
• 1992 - Legacy World
• 1993 - Rugger Champion
• 1994 - Wind Fields

See also

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

References

1. "ST LITE KINEN (G2)". japanracing.jp.