Keio Hai Nisai Stakes Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Grade 2
Horse Race:Keio Hai Nisai Stakes
京王杯2歳ステークス
Location:Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated:1965
Race Type:Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance:1400 metres
Track:Left-handed
Qualification:2-y-o colts and fillies
Weight:55kg, fillies allowed 1kg
Purse:¥81,880,000 (total)
¥38,000,000 (winner)

The Keio Hai Nisai Stakes (Japanese 京王杯2歳ステークス) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for two-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1400 metres at Tokyo Racecourse in November.[1]

The Keio Hai Nisai Stakes was first run in 1965 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It was usually run at Nakayama Racecourse until 1979 and made a one-off return to that venue in 2002. It serves as a trial race for the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000T M SouthpawRyuji WadaMitsuharu Shibata1.22.3
2001Siberian MeadowHiroki GotoMasahiro Horii1:25.8
2002Blue Concorde Hiroki GotoToshiyuki Hattori1.09.4
2003Cosmo SunbeamYutaka TakeShuichi Sasaki1.21.8
2004Skip JackMasaki KatsuuraYutaka Takahashi1:22.1
2005DenshamichiYoshitomi ShibataNorihiro Tanaka1:23.3
2006Meiner RainierMasami MatsuokaMasato Nihizono1:22.6
2007Apollo DolceHiroki GotoMasahiro Horii1:22.7
2008Get Full MarksHirofumi ShiiTakaki Iwato1:21.6
2009Eishin ApollonKenichi IkezoeInao Okada1:22.0
2010Grand Prix BossMirco DemuroYoshito Yahagi1:21.8
2011Leo ActiveNorihiro YokoyamaHiroaki Sugiura1:22.1
2012A Shin TopSuguru HamanakaMasato Nihizono1:21.2
2013Karada LegendHironobu TanabeKazuyuki Ogata1:23.1
2014Second TableKeito TosakiHiroki Sakiyama1:21.5
2015Ball LightningMasayoshi EbinaHiroshi Miyamoto1:22.6
2016Monde Can KnowChristophe LemaireTakayuki Yasuda1:21.9[2]
2017Tower of LondonChristophe LemaireKazuo Fujisawa1:21.9[3]
2018FantasistYutaka TakeTomoyuki Umeda1:24.7[4]
2019Taisei VisionChristophe LemaireMasayuki Nishimura1:20.8
2020MondreiseChristophe LemaireMikio Matsunaga1:21.8
2021King HermesRyusei SakaiYoshito Yahagi1:21.3
2022ObamburumaiTakeshi YokoyamaKeiji Yoshimura1:20.9
2023Corazon BeatTakeshi YokoyamaShizuya Kato1:20.6

The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 1,200 metres.

Earlier winners

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keio Hai Nisai Stakes. Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. Web site: 2017 result . Racing Post. 5 November 2016.
  3. Web site: 2017 result . Racing Post. 4 November 2017.
  4. Web site: 2018 result . Racing Post. 3 November 2018.
  5. Web site: 京王杯2歳S . Netkeiba.
  6. Web site: Keio Hai Nisai Stakes . Netkeiba.