Nakayama Kimpai

The Nakayama Himpai (Japanese 中山金杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over run in January over a distance of 2000 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]

Nakayama Himpai

Grade 3 race
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	1952
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o +
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

The race was first run in 1952 and was promoted to Grade 3 level in 1984. The race was initially contested over 2600 metres before being moved down to 2000 metres in 1961.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Jo Big Bang	5		Masanao Tsubo	2:01.4
2001	Charisma Sun Opera	4		Hiroki Sakiyama	2:01.2
2002	Big Gold	4		Tadashi Nakao	1:59.0 ^[1]
2003	Toho Shiden	6	Katsuharu Tanaka	Kiyotaka Tanaka	2:00.0
2004	Asaka Defeat	6		Akio Tsurudome	1:59.2
2005	Craft Work	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yohiyuki Goto	1:59.0
2006	Vita Rosa	6		Kojiro Hahiguchi	1:59.4
2007	Shadow Gate	5	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yukihiro Kato	2:02.4
2008	Admire Fuji	6	Yuga Kawada	Mitsuru Hashida	2:00.7
2009	Admire Fuji	7	Yuga Kawada	Mitsuru Hashida	1:58.5
2010	Axion	7	Shinji Fujita	Yohitaka Ninomiya	2:00.8
2011	Cosmo Phantom	4	Masami Matsuoka	Toru Miya	1:59.8
2012	Federalist	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Tsuyoshi Tanaka	1:59.4
2013	Touch Me Not	7	Norihiro Yokoyama	Isamu Shibasaki	1:59.85
2014	Ocean Blue	6	Fran Berry	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:00.1
2015	Lovely Day	5	Fran Berry	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:57.8
2016	Yamakatsu Ace	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	2:01.2
2017	Tsukuba Azuma O	6	Yutaka Yoshida	Mitsuhiro Ogata	2:00.6[2]
2018	Seda Brillantes	4	Keita Tosaki	Takahisa Tezuka	1:59.8[3]
2019	Win Bright	5	Masami Matsuoka	Yoshihiro Hatakeyama	1:59.2[4]
2020	Triomphe	6	Mirco Demuro	Naosuke Sugai	1:59.5

¹ The 2002 race took place at Tokyo Racecourse.

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Dokan Yashima
• 1985 - Suzu Parade
• 1986 - Kushiro King
• 1987 - Tochino Nishiki
• 1988 - Iron Ciro
• 1989 - Nishino Mirror
• 1990 - Mejiro Monterey
• 1991 - Carib Song
• 1992 - Tosho Falco
• 1993 - Sekitai Ryu O
• 1994 - Hidaka Hayato
• 1995 - Sakura Laurel
• 1996 - Best Tie Up
• 1997 - Best Tie Up
• 1998 - Gourmet Frontier
• 1999 - Silent Hunter

See also

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

References

1. "Nakayama Himpai". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2017.
3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 January 2018.
4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2018.