Takarazuka Kinen

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Takarazuka Kinen
宝塚記念
Grade 1 race
Titleholder Takarazuka Kinen 2022(IMG1).jpg
2022 Takarazuka Kinen winner Titleholder
Location Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Inaugurated1960
Race typeThoroughbred
Website japanracing.jp/
Race information
Distance2200 meters
(About 11 furlongs / 1+3⁄8 miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed (inner course)
Qualification3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight3-y-o 53 kg \ 4-y-o & up 58 kg
Allowance : Fillies & Mares 2 kg
Purse ¥ 475,200,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 220,000,000
2nd: ¥ 88,000,000
3rd: ¥ 55,000,000
BonusesWinner of Osaka Hai, Tenno Sho (Spring), Takarazuka Kinen [1]
Domestic: ¥ 200,000,000
International: ¥ 100,000,000

The Takarazuka Kinen (宝塚記念) is a Grade I flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds where they run over a distance of 2,200 metres (approximately 1+3⁄8 miles) at Hanshin Racecourse (阪神競馬場) in late June. It is one of the two "All-Star" races in Japanese horse racing; the other being the Arima Kinen (the Grand Prix) held in late December.

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It was first run in 1960 with a distance of 1,800 metres. From 1961 to 1965 the race was run over 2,000 metres and since 1966 it has been run over its present distance.

The race is run on the turf and is named after the city of Takarazuka, Hyōgo, the location of Hanshin Racecourse, which is the venue of the race.

As with the Arima Kinen, the majority of the runners in the field are selected by a vote from racing fans, while the remainder are determined by the amount of prize money won.

Winners since 1984

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
1984 Katsuragi Ace 4Katsuichi NishiuraKazumi DomonIchizo Node2:12.4
1985Suzuka Koban5Yoshiyuki MuramotoMinoru KobayashiEiichi Nagai2:15.9
1986Persian Boy4Masato ShibataKunio TakamatsuHidekazu Date2:14.4
1987Suzu Parade6Seiji EbisawaRokuro TomitaYoshio Koshiki2:12.3
1988 Tamamo Cross 4Katsumi MinaiIsami ObaraTamamo Stable2:13.2
1989 Inari One 5 Yutaka Take Kiyoshi SuzukiHiroki Hotehama2:14.0
1990Osaichi George4Katsuhide MaruyamaKazumi DomonChoichi Node2:14.0
1991 [a] Mejiro Ryan4 Norihiro Yokoyama Shinji OkuhiraMejiro Farm2:13.6
1992Mejiro Palmer5Taisei YamadaMasaaki OkuboMejiro Farm2:18.6
1993 Mejiro McQueen 6 Yutaka Take Yasuo IkeeMejiro Farm2:17.7
1994 Biwa Hayahide 4 Yukio Okabe Mitsumasa HamadaBiwa Co Ltd2:11.2
1995 [a] Dantsu Seattle 5Yoshiyuki MuramotoKenji YamauchiTetsuji Yamamoto2:10.2
1996 Mayano Top Gun 4Seiki TabaraMasahiro SakaguchiYuu Tadokoro2:12.0
1997 Marvelous Sunday 5Yutaka TakeMakoto OsawaSadao Sasahara2:11.9
1998 Silence Suzuka 4Katsumi MinaiMitsuru HashidaKeiji Nagai2:11.9
1999 Grass Wonder 4Hitoshi MatobaMitsuhiro OgataY. Hanzawa2:12.1
2000 T M Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo IwamotoMasatsugu Takezono2:13.8
2001 Meisho Doto 5 Yasuhiko Yasuda Isao Yasuda Yoshio Matsumoto 2:11.7
2002 Dantsu Flame 4 Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi Tetsuji Yamamoto 2:12.9
2003 Hishi Miracle 4 Koichi Tsunoda Masaru Sayama Masaichiro Abe 2:12.0
2004 Tap Dance City 7 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki Yushun Horse Club2:11.1
2005 Sweep Tosho 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome Tosho Sangyo2:11.5
2006 [a] Deep Impact 4Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Kaneko Makoto Holdings 2:13.0
2007 Admire Moon 4 Yasunari Iwata Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo 2:12.4
2008 Eishin Deputy 6 Hiroyuki Uchida Akira Nomoto Toyomitsu Hirai 2:15.3
2009 Dream Journey 5Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing 2:11.3
2010 Nakayama Festa 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitaka Ninomiya Shinichi Izumi 2:13.0
2011 Earnestly 6Tetsuzo SatoShozo SasakiKoji Maeda2:10.1
2012 Orfevre 4Kenichi IkezoeYasutoshi IkeeSunday Racing2:10.9
2013 Gold Ship 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Naosuke Sugai Eiichi Kobayashi 2:13.2
2014Gold Ship5 Norihiro Yokoyama Naosuke SugaiEiichi Kobayashi2:13.9
2015 Lovely Day 5 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi IkeeKaneko Makoto Holdings2:14.4
2016 Marialite 5 Masayoshi Ebina Takashi KubotaU.Carrot Farm2:12.8
2017 Satono Crown 5 Mirco Demuro Noriyuki HoriHajime Satomi2:11.4
2018Mikki Rocket5Ryuji WadaHidetaka OtonashiMizuki Noda2:11.6
2019 Lys Gracieux 5 Damian Lane Yoshito Yahagi U Carrot Farm2:10.8
2020 Chrono Genesis 4Yuichi KitamuraTakashi SaitoSunday Racing2:13.5
2021Chrono Genesis5 Christophe Lemaire Takashi SaitoSunday Racing2:10.9
2022 Titleholder 4 Kazuo Yokoyama Toru KuritaHiroshi Yamada2:09.7 [b]
2023 Equinox 4 Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya KimuraSilk Racing Co., Ltd.2:11.2
2024 [a] Blow the Horn5Akira SugawaraTatsuya YoshiokaMakio Okada2:12.0
  1. 1 2 3 4 The race took place at Kyoto Racecourse
  2. ↑ Set the current stakes record

Earlier winners

Vote leaders since 2004

YearLeaderAgeVotes ReceivedRace Result
2004 [2] Lincoln460,8653rd
2005 [3] Zenno Rob Roy 567,6673rd
2006 [4] Deep Impact 489,864Winner
2007 [5] Meisho Samson 476,9322nd
2008 [6] Vodka 475,594Not in race
2009 [7] Vodka5139,507Not in race
2010 [8] Buena Vista 492,0242nd
2011 [9] Buena Vista597,4292nd
2012 [10] Orfevre 472,253Winner
2013 [11] Orfevre570,519Not in race
2014 [12] Gold Ship 551,366Winner
2015 [13] Gold Ship666,12315th
2016 [14] Kitasan Black 482,1213rd
2017 [15] Kitasan Black5101,6219th
2018 [16] Satono Diamond 563,5996th
2019 [17] Almond Eye 478,778Not in race
2020 [18] Almond Eye5111,842Not in race
2021 [19] Chrono Genesis 5137,448Winner
2022 [20] Titleholder 4191,394Winner
2023 [21] Equinox 4216,379Winner
2024 [22] Do Deuce 5238,3676th

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