| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 2 |
| Horse Race: | New Zealand Trophy ニュージーランドトロフィー |
| Location: | Nakayama Racecourse |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 1600 metres |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o |
| Weight: | 57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
The New Zealand Trophy (Japanese ニュージーランドトロフィー) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1600 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in April.[1]
The New Zealand Trophy was first run in 1983, where it was held at Tokyo Racecourse, and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1984 before being promoted to Grade 2 in 1987. From 1996, the race serves as a trial race for the NHK Mile Cup. Following the inauguration of the NHK Mile Cup in 1996, the race was moved to Nakayama and was shortened to 1400 meters, before returning to 1600m in 2000.[2]
Among the winners of the race have been Oguri Cap, Eishin Preston and El Condor Pasa.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Upsetter | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Tanaka | Horseman | 1:37.0 | |
| 1984 | Nippo Swallow | Nobuhiro Ebina | Kubota Kinzo | Yuichi Yamaishi | 1:37.8 | |
| 1985 | Maruyo Plaid | Seiji Sakuta | Kohei Take | Haruyuki Nomura | 1:38.6 | |
| 1986 | Nippo Teio | Hiroyuki Gohara | Kubota Kinzo | Yuichi Yamaishi | 1:36.8 | |
| 1987 | Yuwa James | Tomio Yasuda | Kohei Take | Yuwa | 1:35.2 | |
| 1988 | Oguri Cap | Hiroshi Kawachi | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Isoo Sahashi | 1:34.0 | |
| 1989 | Aquavit | Masato Shibata | Isao Shimada | Nasuno Bokujo | 1:35.1 | |
| 1990 | Music Time | Yukio Okabe | Yasuhisa Matsuyama | Zenya Yoshida | 1:34.9 | |
| 1991 | Weiss Cedar | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yutaka Masumoto | Hideo Sugiura | 1:35.3 | |
| 1992 | Shinko Lovely | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | Osamu Yasuda | 1:34.9 | |
| 1993 | Toyo Lyphard | Masahiro Matsunaga | Yoshiharu Matsunaga | Toyo Club | 1:34.6 | |
| 1994 | Hishi Amazon | Eiji Nakadate | Takao Nakano | Masaichiro Abe | 1:35.8 | |
| 1995 | Shake Hand | Junichi Serizawa | Yoshio Oki | Maeko Farm | 1:35.3 | |
| 1996 | Fabulous La Fouine | Shinji Fujita | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Kazuko Yoshida | 1:22.4 | |
| 1997 | Seeking The Pearl | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Tomoko Uenaka | 1:21.1 | |
| 1998 | El Condor Pasa | Hitoshi Matoba | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Takashi Watanabe | 1:22.2 | |
| 1999 | Zachariah | Hitoshi Matoba | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Hidekazu Date | 1:23.4 | |
| 2000 | Eishin Preston | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:34.4 | |
| 2001 | Kitasan Channel | Ryo Takahashi | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Ono Shoji | 1:35.7 | |
| 2002 | Taiki Lion | Yoshitomi Shibata | Kiyotaka Tanaka | Taiki Farm | 1:32.1 | |
| 2003 | Eishin Tsurugizan | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hideaki Fujiwara | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:34.6 | |
| 2004 | Seeking The Dia | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Yoichi Aoyama | 1:33.5 | |
| 2005 | Meiner Hearty | Hiroyuki Uchida | Hitoshi Nakamura | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:33.4 | |
| 2006 | Meiner Scherzi | Yoshitomi Shibata | Ryuichi Inaba | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:33.5 | |
| 2007 | Toho Racer | Hiroki Goto | Yoshihiko Kawamura | Toho Bussan | 1:33.9 | |
| 2008 | Satono Progress | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | Hajime Satomi | 1:35.0 | |
| 2009 | San Carlo | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | Shadai Race Horse | 1:33.8 | |
| 2010 | Sunrise Prince | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | Takao Matsuoka | 1:32.9 | |
| 2011 | Eishin Osman | Hideaki Miyuki | Masahiro Matsuaga | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:34.5 | |
| 2012 | Curren Black Hill | Shinichiro Akiyama | Osamu Hirata | Takashi Suzuki | 1:33.2 | |
| 2013 | A Shin Top | Hiroyuki Uchida | Masato Nishizono | Eishindo | 1:34.8 | |
| 2014 | Shonan Achieve | Hiroki Goto | Sakae Kunieda | Tetsuhide Kunimoto | 1:33.3 | |
| 2015 | Yamakatsu Ace | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | Kazuo Yamada | 1:34.8 | |
| 2016 | Dantsu Prius | Genki Maruyama | Kenji Yamauchi | Tetsuji Yamamoto | 1:33.9[3] | |
| 2017 | Jo Strictly | Andrasch Starke | Hisashi Shimizu | Keiko Ueda | 1:36.0[4] | |
| 2018 | Katsuji | Kohei Matsuyama | Kaneo Ikezoe | Kanayama Holdings | 1:34.2[5] | |
| 2019 | Wide Pharaoh | Hiroyuki Uchida | Katsuhiko Sumii | Masanobu Habata | 1:34.2 | |
| 2020 | Luftstrom | Shu Ishibashi | Noriyuki Hori | Sunday Racing | 1:33.0 | |
| 2021 | Bathrat Leon | Yusuke Fujioka | Yoshito Yahagi | Hiroo Race | 1:33.1 | |
| 2022 | Jean Gros | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Shin Fujita | 1:33.5 | |
| 2023 | Eeyan | Mirco Demuro | Daishi Ito | Nisshin Industry | 1:33.7 | |
| 2024 | Ecoro Bloom | Takeshi Yokoyama | Yukihiro Kato | Masatoshi Haramura | 1:34.4 |
The 2011 race took place at Hanshin Racecourse.