The American Jockey Club Cup (
Japanese アメリカジョッキークラブカップ) is a
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horse race
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...
in for
Thoroughbred colts and
fillies aged four and over run over a distance of 2,200 metres at
Nakayama Racecourse. This races is for friendship between Japan Racing Association and
New York Jockey Club.
The race is run in late January and serves as a trial race for the spring edition of the
Tenno Sho.
It was first run in 1960 over 2000 metres before the distance was increased to 2600 metres in the following year. The distance was reduced to 2200 metres in 1962 before the returning to 2600 metres a year later. The distance of the race was reduced to 2500 metres in 1967 and then to 2400 metres in 1972 before returning to 2500 metres in 1980. The race was run over its current distance for the first time in 1984.
Among the winners of the race have been
Special Week,
Matsurida Gogh
Matsurida Gogh (foaled March 15, 2003) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2007 Arima Kinen.
Career
Matsurida Gogh's first race was on August 21, 2005, at Sapporo, where he came in first.
He won the Hidaka Tokubetsu o ...
,
Tosen Jordan,
Blast Onepiece
Blast Onepiece, ( ja, ブラストワンピース, link=no, foaled 2 April 2015) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. After winning his only start as a two-year-old he improved to become the best colt of his generation in Japan in the following ...
and
Rulership.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
* Speed Symboli – ''1967, 1970''
* Amber Shadai – ''1982, 1983''
* Never Bouchon – ''2009, 2010''
Winners since 1988
Earlier winners
* 1960 - Onward Bell
* 1961 - Yashima First
* 1962 - Takamagahara
* 1963 - Korehisa
* 1964 - Suzu Top Run
* 1965 - Asahoko
* 1966 - Haku Zuiko
* 1967 -
Speed Symboli
* 1968 - New Onward
* 1969 - Asaka O
* 1970 -
Speed Symboli
* 1971 - Akane Tenryu
* 1972 - Mejiro Asama
* 1973 - Onward Guy
* 1974 - Take Hope
* 1975 - Strong Eight
* 1976 - White Fontaine
* 1977 - Green Grass
* 1978 - Kashu Chikara
* 1979 - Sakura Shori
* 1980 - Kane Mikasa
* 1981 - Hoyo Boy
* 1982 - Amber Shadai
* 1983 - Amber Shadai
* 1984 - Shuzan King
* 1985 - Sakura Gaisen
* 1986 - Suda Hawk
* 1987 - Miho Shinzan
See also
*
Horse racing in Japan
*
List of Japanese flat horse races
References
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Turf races in Japan