Tokyo Shimbun Hai

The Tokyo Shimbun Hai (Japanese 東京新聞杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

Tokyo Shimbun Hai

Grade 3 race
Location	Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1951
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	56 kg, fillies and mares allowed 2 kg
Purse	¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner)

The Tokyo Shimbun Hai was first run in 1951 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was originally run over 2400 metres but the distance was cut to 2200 metres in 1968, 2100 metres in 1969, 2000 metres in 1971 and to 1600 metres in 1984. It was run at Nakayama Racecourse in 1965, 1968 and 2003.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Daiwa Caerleon	7	Hiroshi Kitamura	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	1:33.6
2001	Checkmate	6	Shinji Fujita	Kenji Yamauchi	1:34.2
2002	Admire Cozzene	6	Hiroki Goto	Mitsuru Hashida	1:37.7
2003	Bold Brian	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:32.3
2004	Win Radius	6	Katsuharu Tanaka	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:33.0
2005	Hat Trick	4	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:33.7
2006	Fuji Silence	6	Teruo Eda	Fuyuki Tako	1:33.7
2007	Suzuka Phoenix	5	Yutaka Take	Mitsuru Hashida	1:32.7
2008	Laurel Guerreiro	4	Shinji Fujita	Mitsugu Kon	1:32.8
2009	Absolute	5	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yoshitada Munakata	1:36.9
2010	Red Spada	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:32.1
2011	Smile Jack	6	Kosei Miura	Satoru Kobiyama	1:32.5
2012	Garbo	5	Shu Ishibashi	Hidekatsu Shimizu	1:32.8
2013	Clarente	4	Yasunari Iwata	Kojiro Hashiguchi	1:32.9
2014	Whale Capture	6	Masayoshi Ebina	Kiyotaka Tanaka	1:33.2
2015	Vincennes	6	Yuichi Fukunaga	Mikio Matsunaga	1:35.7
2016	Smart Layer	6	Hayato Yoshida	Ryuji Okubo	1:34.1
2017	Black Spinel	4	Mirco Demuro	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:34.9[2]
2018	Lys Gracieux	4	Yutaka Take	Yoshito Yahagi	1:34.1[3]
2019	Indy Champ	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:31.9[4]
2020	Primo Scene	5	Mirco Demuro	Tetsuya Kimura	1:33.0

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Symboli York
• 1985 - Dokan Yashima
• 1986 - Gallop Dyna
• 1987 - Ebisu George
• 1988 - Kailos Amon
• 1989 - Tosho Mario
• 1990 - Houkuto Helios
• 1991 - Horino Winner
• 1992 - Narcisse Noir
• 1993 - Kyowa Hoseki
• 1994 - Sekitei Ryo O
• 1995 - Golden Eye
• 1996 - Trot Thunder
• 1997 - Best Tie Up
• 1998 - Big Sunday
• 1999 - King Halo

See also

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

References

1. "Tokyo Shimbun Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 February 2017.
3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 4 February 2018.
4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 3 February 2019.