| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 2 |
| Horse Race: | Sapporo Kinen 札幌記念 |
| Location: | Sapporo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 1965 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 2000 metres |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o + |
| Weight: | 4-y-o+ 58 kg, 3-y-o 55 kg Allowance: Fillies & Mares 2 kg |
The Sapporo Kinen (Japanese 札幌記念) is a Grade 2 Handicap horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over run in August over a distance of 2,000 metres at Sapporo Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1965 and was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 1997. The race serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Daiwa Caerleon | 7 | Hiroki Tanaka | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | 1:59.9 | |
| 2001 | Air Eminem | 3 | Masayoshi Ebina | Yuji Ito | 2:00.1 | |
| 2002 | T M Ocean | 4 | Masaru Honda | Katsuichi Nishiura | 1:59.5 | |
| 2003 | Sakura President | 3 | Yutaka Take | Futoshi Kojima | 2:00.3 | |
| 2004 | Fine Motion | 5 | Yutaka Take | Yuji Ito | 2:00.4 | |
| 2005 | Heavenly Romance | 5 | Mikio Matsunaga | Shoji Yamamoto | 2:01.1 | |
| 2006 | Admire Moon | 3 | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 2:00.3 | |
| 2007 | Fusaichi Pandora | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Toshiaki Shirai | 2:00.1 | |
| 2008 | Tascata Sorte | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Higeaki Fuiwara | 1:58.6 | |
| 2009 | Yamanin Kingly | 4 | Yuichi Shibayama | Hiroshi Kawachi | 2:00.7 | |
| 2010 | Earnestly | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | 1:59.4 | |
| 2011 | Tosen Jordan | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:00.4 | |
| 2012 | Fumino Imagine | 6 | Keisuke Dazai | Masaru Honda | 1:58.7 | |
| 2013 | Tokai Halo | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hisashi Shimizu | 2:06.5 | |
| 2014 | Harp Star | 3 | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:59.1 | |
| 2015 | Decipher | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Futoshi Kojima | 1:59.0 | |
| 2016 | Neorealism | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Nobuyuki Hori | 2:01.7[2] | |
| 2017 | Sakura Empereur | 6 | Masayoshi Ebina | Takashi Kanari | 2:00.4[3] | |
| 2018 | Sungrazer | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hidekazu Asami | 2:01.1[4] | |
| 2019 | Blast Onepiece | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Masahiro Otake | 2:00.1 | |
| 2020 | Normcore | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1:59.4 | |
| 2021 | Sodashi | 3 | Hayato Yoshida | Naosuke Sugai | 1:59.5 | |
| 2022 | Jack d'Or | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kenichi Fujioka | 2:01.2 | |
| 2023 | Prognosis | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 2:01.5 | |
| 2024 | North Bridge | 6 | Yasunari Iwata | Takeshi Okumura | 1:59.6 |
The 2013 race took place at Hakodate Racecourse.