| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 3 |
| Horse Race: | Kokura Kinen 小倉記念 |
| Location: | Kokura Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 1965 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 2000 metres |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight: | Handicap |
The Kokura Kinen (Japanese 小倉記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Kokura Racecourse.[1]
The Kokura Kinen was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run over 1800 metres at Kyoto Racecourse in 1998.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Mikki Dance | 4 | Tetsuzo Sato | Toshiyuki Hattori | 1:59.7 | |
| 2001 | Rosado | 5 | Futoshi Komaki | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 2:00.2 | |
| 2002 | Aratama Indy | 5 | Yuji Iida | Megumu Shinkawa | 1:59.7 | |
| 2003 | Rosado | 7 | Koshiro Take | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 2:00.7 | |
| 2004 | Meisho Kaido | 5 | Yutaka Take | Masahiro Sakaguchi | 1:58.5 | |
| 2005 | Meisho Kaido | 6 | Yutaka Take | Masahiro Sakaguchi | 1:58.0 | |
| 2006 | Swift Current | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideyuki Mori | 1:57.8 | |
| 2007 | Sanrei Jasper | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shigetada Takahashi | 1:58.7 | |
| 2008 | Dream Journey | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:57.9 | |
| 2009 | Dance A Joy | 8 | Koichi Tsunoda | Masahiro Matsunaga | 1:58.3 | |
| 2010 | Nihonpillow Regalo | 7 | Manabu Sakai | Toshiyuki Hattori | 1:57.9 | |
| 2011 | Italian Red | 5 | Suguru Hamanaka | Sei Ishikaza | 1:57.3 | |
| 2012 | Expedition | 5 | Suguru Hamanaka | Sei Ishikaza | 1:57.3 | |
| 2013 | Meisho Naruto | 5 | Yutaka Take | Hiroshi Takeda | 1:57.1 | |
| 2014 | Satono Noblesse | 4 | Ryuji Wada | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:59.8 | |
| 2015 | Azuma Shuttle | 4 | Fuma Matsukawa | Tadashi Kayo | 1:58.0 | |
| 2016 | Crans Montana | 7 | Ryuji Wada | Hidetaka Otonashi | 2:00.0[2] | |
| 2017 | Tatsu Gogeki | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Ippo Sameshima | 1:57.6[3] | |
| 2018 | Triomphe | 4 | Yutaka Take | Naosuke Sugai | 1:56.9[4] | |
| 2019 | Mer de Glace | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Hisashi Shimizu | 1:58.8 | |
| 2020 | R Star | 5 | Yoshihito Nagaoka | Haruki Sugiyama | 1:57.5 | |
| 2021 | Mozu Nagareboshi | 4 | Kohei Matsuyama | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | 1:59.7 | |
| 2022 | Maria Elena | 4 | Kohei Matsuyama | Naohiro Yoshida | 1:57.4 | |
| 2023 | Echt | 6 | Yuga Kawada | Hideyuki Mori | 1:57.8 | |
| 2024 | Reframing | 6 | Yuga Kawada | Ippo Sameshima | 1:56.5 |