| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 3 |
| Horse Race: | Hakodate Kinen 函館記念 |
| Location: | Hakodate Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 1965 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 2000 metres |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight: | Handicap |
The Hakodate Kinen (Japanese 函館記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hakodate Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run over 2400 metres until 1967.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Windsor Knot | 4 | Masato Shibata | Kunio Takamatsu | 1:56.6 | |
| 1985 | Windsor Knot | 5 | Masato Shibata | Kunio Takamatsu | 1:59.2 | |
| 1986 | Nippo Teio | 3 | Hiroyuki Gohara | Kubota Kinzo | 1:58.6 | |
| 1987 | Windstoss | 4 | Kazuhiro Kato | Toshio Nihonyanagi | 2:00.2 | |
| 1988 | Soccer Boy | 3 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Yukiharu Ono | 1:57.8 | |
| 1989 | Speak Reason | 3 | Tomio Yasuda | Mitsuhiro Ogata | 2:00.2 | |
| 1990 | Lucky Guerlain | 4 | Koichi Uchida | Yasuo Ikee | 1:59.5 | |
| 1991 | Mejiro Marsyas | 6 | Seiki Tabara | Yasuo Ikee | 1:59.1 | |
| 1992 | Higashi Mallorca | 4 | Hitoshi Matoba | Mitsuhiro Ogata | 2:00.6 | |
| 1993 | Golden Eye | 5 | Shinji Fujita | Takashi Tsukazaki | 2:04.6 | |
| 1994 | Wako Chikako | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Yuji Ito | 2:01.6 | |
| 1995 | Inter My Way | 5 | Shinji Fujita | Mitsuo Ogino | 2:02.4 | |
| 1996 | Bright Sunday | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsuo Ogino | 1:59.8 | |
| 1997 | Aloha Dream | 4 | Kazuhiro Kato | Hirotoshi Iwaki | 1:59.3 | |
| 1998 | Pal Bright | 6 | Hatsuhiro Kowata | Hirotoshi Iwaki | 2:00.4 | |
| 1999 | Jo Big Bang | 4 | Hiromasa Tamogi | Makoto Tsubo | 2:02.0 | |
| 2000 | Craftsmanship | 5 | Masaki Katsuura | Yoshiyuki Goto | 2:02.7 | |
| 2001 | Lord Platimum | 5 | Mikio Matsunaga | Yuji Ito | 2:02.4 | |
| 2002 | Yamanin Respect | 5 | Yohsikazu Yokoyama | Hideshi Asami | 2:05.1 | |
| 2003 | Air Eminem | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Yuji Ito | 1:59.9 | |
| 2004 | Craft Work | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yoshiyuki Goto | 2:00.6 | |
| 2005 | Erimo Harrier | 5 | Kohei Kitamura | Hidetaka Tadokoro | 2:00.7 | |
| 2006 | Erimo Harrier | 6 | Katsumi Ando | Hidetaka Tadokoro | 2:05.1 | |
| 2007 | Erimo Harrier | 7 | Koshiro Take | Hidetaka Tadokoro | 2:02.8 | |
| 2008 | Tosen Captain | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Katsuhiko Sumii | 2:00.3 | |
| 2009 | Sakura Orion | 7 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Yasuo Ikee | 2:00.6 | |
| 2010 | Meiner Starry | 5 | Douglas Whyte | Tadashi Kayo | 1:58.5 | |
| 2011 | King Top Gun | 8 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Ippo Sameshima | 2:00.3 | |
| 2012 | Transwarp | 7 | Takuya Ono | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 2:00.4 | |
| 2013 | Tokei Halo | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hisashi Shimizu | 1:58.6 | |
| 2014 | Love Is Boo Shet | 5 | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Akira Murayama | 2:00.1 | |
| 2015 | Derby Fizz | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Futoshi Kojima | 1:59.1 | |
| 2016 | Meiner Milano | 6 | Yuji Tannai | Ikuo Aizawa | 1:59.0[2] | |
| 2017 | Luminous Warrior | 6 | Yuichi Shibayama | Shoichiro Wada | 2:01.2[3] | |
| 2018 | Air Anthem | 7 | Yusuke Fujioka | Keiji Yoshimura | 1:59.8[4] | |
| 2019 | My Style | 5 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Mitsugu Kon | 1:59.6 | |
| 2020 | Admire Justa | 4 | Hayato Yoshida | Naosuke Sugai | 1:59.7 | |
| 2021 | Tosen Surya | 6 | Kazuo Yokoyama | Jiro Ono | 1:58.7 | |
| 2022 | Hayayakko | 6 | Suguru Hamanaka | Sakae Kunieda | 2:03.6 | |
| 2023 | Rousham Park | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Hiroyasu Tanaka | 2:01.4 | |
| 2024 | Ho O Biscuits | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Takeshi Okumura | 1:59.2 |