Hankyu Hai Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Grade 3
Horse Race:Hankyu Hai
阪急杯
Location:Hanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated:1957
Race Type:Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance:1400 metres
Track:Right-handed
Qualification:4-y-o+
Weight:56 kg

The Hankyu Hai (Japanese 阪急杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.[1] The race serves as a trial for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.

The Hankyu Hai was first run in 1957 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1959, 1966, 1969, 1991 and 1995. It was run over a variety of distances before being run over 1400 metres for the first time in 1981: it was run over 1200 metres from 1996 to 2005.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000Black Hawk6Norihiro YokoyamaSakae Kunieda1:08.7
2001Daitaku Yamato7Mirco DemuroSei Ishizaka1:08.7
2002Admire Cozzene6Hiroki GotoMitsuru Hashida1:07.9
2003Shonan Kampf5Shinji FujitaYokichi Okubo1:08.5
2004Sunningdale5Minoru YoshidaTsutomu Setoguchi1:08.5
2005Keeneland Swan6Hirofumi ShiiHideyuki Mori1:08.5
2006Blue Shotgun7Mikio MatsunagaKohei Take1:22.5
2007Precise Machine (DH)8Katsumi AndoKiyoshi Hagiwara1:20.5
Eishin Dover (DH)5Hideaki MiyukiKen Kozaki
2008Laurel Guerreiro4Hirofumi ShiiMitsugu Kon1:20.7
2009B B Guldan5Katsumi AndoMasazo Ryoke1:21.1
2010A Shin Forward5Yasunari IwataMasato Nihizono1:21.4
2011San Carlo5Yutaka YoshidaYokichi Okubo1:20.1
2012Majin Prosper5Suguru HamanakaHidemasa Nakao1:22.0
2013Lord Kanaloa5Yasunari IwataTakayuki Yasuda1:21.0
2014Copano Richard4Suguru HamanakaToru Miya1:20.7
2015Daiwa Maggiore6Mirco DemuroYoshito Yahagi1:23.8
2016Mikki Isle5Kohei MatsuyamaHidetaka Otonashi1:19.9
2017Talking Drum7Hideaki MiyukiMakoto Saito1:21.4[2]
2018Diana Halo5Yutaka TakeNobuharu Fukushima1:20.1[3]
2019Smart Odin6Yusuke FujiokaYasutoshi Ikee1:20.3[4]
2020Best Actor6Suguru HamanakaYuichi Shikato1:20.3
2021Resistencia4Yuichi KitamuraTakeshi Matsushita1:19.2
2022Diatonic7Yasunari IwataTakayuki Yasuda1:19.9
2023Aguri4Kazuo YokoyamaTakayuki Yasuda1:19.5
2024Win Marvel5Kohei MatsuyamaMasashi Fukayama1:21.2

Earlier winners

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hankyu Hai. Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. Web site: 2017 result . Racing Post. 26 February 2017.
  3. Web site: 2018 result . Racing Post. 25 February 2018.
  4. Web site: 2019 result . Racing Post. 24 February 2019.
  5. Web site: 阪急杯 . Netkeiba.
  6. Web site: Hankyu Hai . Netkeiba.