Kinpai (race) explained

Surface:	Dirt
Class:	South Kanto Grade II (SII)
Horse Race:	Kinpai 金盃
Location:	Ohi Racecourse
Inaugurated:	September 13, 1956
Race Type:	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance:	2,600 meters
Track:	Right-handed
Qualification:	Four-year-olds
Weight:	52kg-56kg
Purse:	1st: ¥22,000,000 (as of 2023)

The Kinpai (in Japanese: 金盃), is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds open only to horses from South Kanto at Ohi Racecourse. It is graded as a South Kanto Grade II. It is run over a distance of 2600 meters (about 13 furlongs) at Ohi Racecourse in Shinagawa, Tokyo in February.

Race details

It is held at Ohi Racecourse and is 2,600 meters in length on a dirt track.^[1]

The race is usually run in February.^[2]

Winners since 2010

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Organization	Time
2010	Muzzle Blast	Keita Tosaki	Masayuki Kawashima	Teruya Yoshida	Funabashi	2:06.1
2011	Super Power	Daisuke Mashima	Hiroshi Takami	Grand Bokujo Co. Ltd.	Ohi	2:03.1
2012	Tosen Luce	Takashi Harita	Shoichi Kawashima	Takaya Shimakawa	Funabashi	2:05.9
2013	Tosen Luce	Takashi Harita	Shoichi Kawashima	Takaya Shimakawa	Funabashi	2:07.4
2014	Fortified	Keita Tosaki	Teronobu Fujita	Katsumi Yoshida	Ohi	2:06.5
2015	Outgeneral^[3]	Norifumi Mikamoto	Teronobu Fujita	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	Ohi	2:48.6
2016	Giardino^[4]	Daisuke Mashima	Katsunori Arayama	Masashi Yoshida	Ohi	2:50.2
2017	Euro Beat^[5]	Hiroto Yoshihara	Kazuo Watanabe	Kazumi Yoshida	Ohi	2:51.6
2018	Courage d'Or^[6]	Taito Mori	Shoichi Kawashima	Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd.	Funabashi	2:50.3
2019	Sound True^[7] ^[8]	Norifumi Mikamoto	Yuta Sato	Hiroshi Yamada	Funabashi	2:49.8
2020	Sound True	Taito Mori	Yuta Sato	Hiroshi Yamada	Funabashi	2:49.2
2021	Mangan^[9]	Hiroto Yoshihara	Juichi Tajima	Oguri Yoshikazu	Kawasaki	2:46.1
2022	Freccia Bianca^[10]	Norifumi Mikamoto	Shoichi Kawashima	Kazuo Okubo	Funabashi	2:47.1
2023	Kile	Norifumi Mikamoto	Satoshi Kokubo	Takaya Shimakawa	Urawa	2:49.2

Past winners

Past winners include:

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1956: Nancy Shine 1957: Ichi Kanto 1958: Yoshifusa 1959: Yusei 1960: Dancer 1961: Oyuki 1962: Hajimeo 1963: Sakimidori 1964: Kokuyu 1965: Shiyun Yu 1966: Scarlet 1967: Wealth One 1968: Ichi Wells 1969: Yoshimi Junior 1970: Apo Speed 1971: Hidaka Suzuran 1972: Sano Hikari

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1973: Maruichi King 1974: Juraku 1975: Maruichi Daio 1976: Chuo Captain 1977: Kane Oe 1978: No race 1979: Hatsu Mamoru 1980: Tagawa King 1981: Azuma King 1982: Silver Moriyuki 1983: Seiko Reman 1984: Chuo Regal 1985: Rocky Tiger 1986: Countess Up 1987: Mihama Shark

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1988: Champion Star 1989: Super Mist 1990: Daiko Galdan 1991: Ciro Land 1992: Goal Self 1993: Suruga Spain 1994: Tsukino Ichiban 1995: Amazon Opera 1996: Concert Boy 1997: Tetsuno Sengoku O 1998: Grand Prix Kun

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1999: Minamino Jack 2000: Inari Concorde 2001: Intelli Power 2002: Intelli Power 2003: Coreless Hunter 2004: Coreless Hunter 2005: Brown Chatelet 2006: Maple Eight 2007: Bonneville Record 2008: Loose Limbed 2009: Bagpipe Wind

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races
• National Association of Racing

References

• Netkeiba:^[11]
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Race 11: KIM PAI . netkeiba.com. 1 April 2019. en.
2. Web site: The 67th Kinpai (SII) . 24 July 2022 . TokyoCityKeiba . en.
3. Web site: Outgeneral. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
4. Web site: Giardino. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
5. Web site: Euro Beat. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
6. Web site: Courage d'Or. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
7. Web site: Sound True. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
8. Web site: Sound True. Ahonoora. 11 August 2019. en.
9. Web site: Mangan. JBIS. 24 July 2022. en.
10. Web site: Freccia Bianca. JBIS. 24 July 2022. en.
11. Web site: 金盃 . Netkeiba.