Derby Grand Prix Explained

Surface:Dirt
Horse Race:Derby Grand Prix
Location:Mizusawa Racecourse
Inaugurated:1986[1]
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance:2,000 meters
Qualification:Three-years-old[2]
Purse:¥40,000,000
1st: ¥ 10,000,000

The Derby Grand Prix (in Japanese: ダービーグランプリ), is a race for three-year-olds in the Iwate Prefecture Horse Racing Association.

Race details

The race was established in 1986. It was for 4-year-olds, but changed to 3-year-olds in 2001.

The race was graded as a Grade-1 race in 1997 and was then moved down to Grade-M1 in 2016.

The race took place at Morioka Racecourse from 1996-2011.

Winners since 2014

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2014 Dragon Ear[3] Hiroto YoshiharaKenichi Takatsuki2:07.4
2015 Studium[4] Satoshi IshizakiYoshiyuki Kano2:07.5
2016Trovao[5] Daisuke MijimaKatsunori Arayama2:08.0
2017 Superstition[6] Ryu AbeHideki Kadokawa2:08.2
2018 Chaiyaphum[7] Shinobu MurakamiYuki Chiba2:12.2

Past winners

Past winners include:[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Derby Grand Prix. Ahonoora. 8 August 2019. en.
  2. Web site: Derby Grand Prix. Oddspark. 8 August 2019. en.
  3. Web site: Tokai Derby. Keiba.go.jp. 23 November 2019. en.
  4. Web site: Studium. JBIS. 23 November 2019. en.
  5. Web site: Trovao. JBIS. 23 November 2019. en.
  6. Web site: Superstition. JBIS. 23 November 2019. en.
  7. Web site: Chaiyaphum. JBIS. 23 November 2019. en.
  8. Web site: Derby Grand Prix. IwateKeiba. 23 November 2019. en.