Nippon TV Hai explained

Surface:	Dirt
Class:	Domestic Grade II (JpnII)
Horse Race:	Nippon TV Hai 日本テレビ盃
Location:	Funabashi Racecourse
Inaugurated:	1954
Race Type:	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance:	1,800 meters
Track:	Left-handed
Qualification:	Three-year-olds and up
Weight:	Special Weight
Purse:	1st: ¥35,000,000

The Nippon TV Hai (in Japanese: 日本テレビ盃), is a horse race for three-year-olds and up at Funabashi Racecourse.

Race details

The first edition of the race took place on August 4, 1954.

The race is usually held in the fall with no set month.

The race is named after the Japanese television station, Nippon TV.

Winners since 2015

Winners since 2015 include:^{[1] [2]}

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2015	Sound True^[3]	Takuya Oono	Noboru Takagi	1:50.2
2016	Awardee^[4]	Yutaka Take	Mikio Matsunaga	1:52.0
2017	Apollo Kentucky^[5]	Hiroyuki Uchida	Kenji Yamauchi	1:52.9
2018	K T Brave^[6]	Yuichi Fukunaga	Haruki Sugiyama	1:52.5
2019	Chrysoberyl	Yuga Kawada	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:52.1
2020	Lord Bless	Kousei Miura	Yutaka Okumura	1:50.5
2021	Salsa Dione	Takayuki Yano	Chiaki Hori	1:53.5
2022	Field Sense	Kouta Motohashi	Takayuki Yamashita	1:53.0
2023	Ushba Tesoro^[7]	Yuga Kawada	Noboru Takagi	1:51.7

Past winners

Past winners include:

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1954: My Moon 1955: Kiyo Strong^[8] 1956: Homare O^[9] 1957: Ratsky Mami 1958: Daini Kotobuki 1959: O Tajima ^[10] 1960: Fusaryu 1961: Tosaboshi 1962: Harrow More 1963: Chest O 1964: Royal Knight 1965: Kotobukino Ni 1966: Kotobukino Ni

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1967: Higashi Jo O 1968: Tsuru Hagoromo 1969: China Cap 1970: Maruyama Okan 1971: Owner's Taifu 1972: Mitsuru O 1973: Meiji Midori 1974: Askit 1975: Todoroki Musashi 1976: Fine Port

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1977: Die Hard Kotobuki 1978: Edo Noboru 1979: Gold Lark 1980: Gold Spencer 1981: Star Reich 1982: Hiryu Shinzan 1983: Tagawa Ryu O 1984: Tom Count 1985: Brand Oscar 1986: Fujimi Power 1987: Shinano George 1988: Happy Chateau 1989: Honin Megohime

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1990: Iioka Swallow 1991: Hikari Little 1992: King Eagle 1993: Hana Sale 1994: Allez Azuma 1995: K.F. Neptune 1996: Amazon Opera 1997: C.B. Daikoku 1998: Abukuma Poro

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1999: Snow Endeavor 2000: Surprise Power 2001: Agnes Digital 2002: Makiba Sniper 2003: Star King Man 2004: Nike a Delight 2005: Saqalat 2006: Seeking the Dia 2007: Nike a Delight 2008: Bonneville Record 2009: Makoto Sparviero 2010: Furioso 2011: Smart Falcon 2012: Solitary King 2013: Wonder Acute 2014: Chrysolite

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

• Netkeiba:^[11]
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Notes and References

1. Web site: NTV Samurai race winner horse distance 1,800m. 11 August 2019. en.
2. Web site: Nippon TV. 11 August 2019. en.
3. Web site: Sound True. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
4. Web site: Awardee. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
5. Web site: Apollo Kentucky. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
6. Web site: K T Brave. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
7. Web site: 2023-09-27 . 【船橋・日本テレビ盃】ウシュバテソーロが完勝！ＢＣクラシックへ向け好発進 川田「ここでは負けてはいけないという思いでした」 . 2023-09-28 . 東スポ競馬 . . ja.
8. Web site: Kiyo Strong. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
9. Web site: Homare O. JBIS. 11 August 2019. en.
10. Web site: O Tajima. Ahonoora. 11 August 2019. en.
11. Web site: 日本テレビ盃 . Netkeiba.