Aichi Hai Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Grade 3
Horse Race:Aichi Hai
愛知杯
Location:Chukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated:1963
Race Type:Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance:2000 metres
Track:Left-handed
Qualification:4-y-o+ fillies and mares
Weight:Handicap

The Aichi Hai (Japanese 愛知杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]

The Aichi Hai was first run in 1963 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The Aichi Hai was run in December until 2014 and was open to three-year-olds before being changed to its current date: the change meant that the race was not run in 2015. The race was open to both male and female horses up to 2003.[2]

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000Tunante5Hideaki MiyukiShoichi Matsumoto1:58.6
2001Grand Shinzan7Katsumi AndoMasayuki Sakata1:59.8
2002Tokai Pulsar6Minoru YoshidaShigeki Matsumoto2:00.3
2003Kazeni Fukarete4Minoru YoshidaShozo Sasaki1:59.7
2004Memory Keanu4Shinichiro AkiyamaSachio Yukubo2:00.6
2005Meine Sorceress4Yukio AbeShozo Sasaki2:01.3
2006Admire Kiss3Yutaka TakeHiroyoshi Matsuda1:58.6
2007Dia De La Novia5Christophe LemaireKatsuhiko Sumii1:58.9
2008Seraphic Romp4Hokuto MiyazakiYoshinori Muto1:59.2
2009Little Amapola4Eiji NakadateHiroyuki Nagahama1:59.7
2010*Seraphic Romp6Hokuto MiyazakiYoshinori Muto1:59.5
2011*Fumino Imagine5Keisuke DazaiMasaru Honda1:59.4
2012A Shin Memphis4Haruhiko KawasuKenji Nonaka2:03.6
2013Hula Bride4Manabu SakaiKazuyoshi Kihara2:02.1
2014Dia De La Madre4Kota FujiokaKatsuhiko Sumii2:04.4
2015no race
2016Bounce Shasse5Hironobu TanabeKazuo Fujisawa1:58.8
2017Maximum de Paris5Yasunari IwataShigeki Matsumo 2:01.4[3]
2018Eterna Minoru5Hirofumi ShiiMasaru Honda2:00.1[4]
2019One Breath Away6Akihide TsumuraMasaaki Koga2:00.0[5]
2020*Denko Ange7Yoshitomi ShibataYoshiyuki Arakawa2:01.1
2021Magic Castle4Keita TosakiSakae Kunieda1:58.7
2022Ruby Casablanca5Yutaka TakeNaosuke Sugai2:01.0
2023Art House4Yuga KawadaMitsumasa Nakauchida2:03.1
2024*Mikki Gorgeous4Yuga KawadaTakayuki Yasuda1:57.9
* Races were run at Kokura Racecourse.

Earlier winners

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aichi Hai. Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. Web site: 歴史・コース:愛知杯 今週の注目レース JRA . 2024-01-13 . jra.jp.
  3. Web site: 2017 result . Racing Post. 14 January 2017.
  4. Web site: 2018 result . Racing Post. 13 January 2018.
  5. Web site: 2019 result. Racing Post. 26 January 2016.
  6. Web site: 愛知杯 . Netkeiba.
  7. Web site: Aichi Hai . Netkeiba.