The Nakayama Kinen is a Japanese
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flat
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horse race
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in
Japan
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for
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...
s aged four and older run over a distance of 1,800 metres at the
Nakayama Racecourse
is located in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 165,676. It was built in 1990.
Physical attributes
Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course, and a jump course.
The turf's measures 1840 ...
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Funabashi
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city (after p ...
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Chiba
Chiba may refer to:
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* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
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* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
** Chiba Station, a train station
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. The race is run in late February or early March.
The race was first run in 1937. It was originally run twice a year, in spring and autumn, before a single annual race was established in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been
Silence Suzuka
Silence Suzuka (Japanese : サイレンススズカ, (May 1, 1994 - November 1, 1998) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Grade I Takarazuka Kinen in 1998. In the same year, his career and life were cut short by an injury suffered du ...
,
Victoire Pisa
Victoire Pisa ( ja, ヴィクトワールピサ, link=no) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. After winning three of his four starts as a juvenile, the colt won the Satsuki Shō at Nakayama Racecourse in April 2010. Afte ...
and
Just A Way
Just A Way (Japanese ジャスタウェイ, foaled 8 March 2009) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. After showing useful, but unexceptional form in his early career he emerged as a major talent with a win in the 2013 Autumn edition of the Te ...
.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
* Kane Mikasa – ''1978, 1979''
* Eighty Tosho – ''1982, 1983''
* Lohengrin – ''2003, 2007''
* Balance of Game – ''2005, 2006''
* Company – ''2008, 2009''
* Win Bright – ''2018, 2019''
Winners since 1990
Earlier winners
* 1952 - Kiyo Strong
* 1953 - Brulette
* 1954 - Cheerio
* 1955 - Takagiku
* 1956 - Hide Homare
* 1957 - My Way
* 1958 - Mitsuru
* 1959 - Fillie
* 1960 - Harrow More
* 1961 - Onward Stan
* 1962 - Gin Toshi
* 1963 - Nasuno Midori
* 1964 - Toast
* 1965 - Sweet Lapel
* 1966 - Fuji Isami
* 1967 - Onward Hill
* 1968 - Shesky
* 1969 - Meiji Shiro
* 1970 - Akatsuki Teru
* 1971 - Hida President
* 1972 - Tosho Pit
* 1973 - Jinden
* 1974 -
Haiseko
* 1975 - Hikaru Jinden
* 1976 - Yamabuki O
* 1977 - Eyeful
* 1978 - Kane Mikasa
* 1979 - Kane Mikasa
* 1980 - Yoshinosky
* 1981 - Kitano Riki O
* 1982 - Eighty Tosho
* 1983 - Eighty Tosho
* 1984 - Tudenham King
* 1985 - Tosho Pegasus
* 1986 - Kushiro King
* 1987 - Suzu Parade
* 1988 - Mogami Yashima
* 1989 - Kosei
See also
*
Horse racing in Japan
; Horse racing in Japan is a popular equestrian sport, with more than 21,000 horse races held each year. There are three types of racing that take place in Japan - flat racing, jump racing, and Ban'ei Racing (also called Draft Racing).
In Japa ...
*
List of Japanese flat horse races
A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Japan. Except for the Tokyo Daishoten, all graded races are operated Japan Racing Association, including all conditions races which currently hold Grade 1
First grade (also called ...
References
{{Japanese Grade II horse races
Turf races in Japan