The Arima Kinen (有馬記念) is a Grade I flat

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s which are three-years-old or above and the world's largest betting horserace. The Arima Kinen - The World's Biggest Betting Race
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, and it takes place annually in late December. It is one of the two "All-Star" races in Japanese horse racing; the other is the

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in late June. The event was first run in 1956, and it was initially titled the ''Nakayama Grand Prix'' (中山グランプリ). The following year it was renamed in memory of

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(1884–1957), the founder of the race. The distance was originally set at 2,600 metres, and it was shortened to the present length, 2,500 metres, in 1966. The majority of the runners (10 out of 16) in the field are selected by a vote from racing fans, which must be a

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horse. If at least one horse in top 10 decided not to participate in the race, the void will be filled with next available horse until 10 available runners are filled. The remainder of 6 (including

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(NAR) and foreign-based horses) are determined by the amount of prize money won. Until 1999 the Arima Kinen was open to Japanese trained horses only. However, the

introduced a new condition in 2000 which allowed for the participation of a foreign trained horse, if it had won that year's

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(though, no horse eligible has ended up participating this race). The Arima Kinen was classed as a Domestic Grade I until 2006, and it was then promoted to an International Grade I in 2007. Consequently, it is now possible for more foreign trained horses to compete in the race. The maximum number of these was set at four in 2007, and this increased to six for the 2008 running.

Records

Speed record: * 2:29.5 – Zenno Rob Roy (2004) Most wins: * 2 – Speed Symboli (1969, 1970) * 2 –

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(1984, 1985) * 2 –

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Winners since 1988

Vote Leaders since 1998

In 2004 vote, Zenno Rob Roy was estimated to have received fewer votes than

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(Deduced from the official result of Internet vote). However, as Cosmo Bulk was not a Japan Racing Association horse (but belonged to Hokkaido Keiba from NAR) all votes cast for him were invalid.
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Earlier winners

* 1956 - Meiji Hikari * 1957 - Hakuchikara * 1958 - Onward There * 1959 - Garnet * 1960 - Star Roch * 1961 - Homareboshi * 1962 - Onslaught * 1963 - Ryu Forel * 1964 - Yamato Kyodai * 1965 -

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* 1966 - Korehide * 1967 - Kabuto Ciro * 1968 - Ryuzuki * 1969 - Speed Symboli * 1970 - Speed Symboli * 1971 - Tomei * 1972 - Ishino Hikaru * 1973 - Strong Eight * 1974 - Tanino Chikara * 1975 - Ishino Arashi * 1976 - Tosho Boy * 1977 - Ten Point * 1978 - Kane Minobu * 1979 - Green Grass * 1980 - Hoyo Boy * 1981 - Amber Shadai * 1982 - Hikari Duel * 1983 - Lead Hoyu * 1984 -

* 1985 - Symboli Rudolf * 1986 - Dyna Gulliver * 1987 - Mejiro Durren

References

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Records

Winners since 1988

Vote Leaders since 1998

Earlier winners

See also

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