Aichi Hai
Hula Bride wins the 2013 Aichi Hai | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Chukyo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1963 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,400 meters |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ fillies and mares |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2025)
|
The Aichi Hai (Japanese 愛知杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four and over, run in March over a distance of 1,400 meters on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]
The Aichi Hai was first run in 1963 at 2,000 meters and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The Aichi Hai was run in December until 2014 and was open to three-year-olds before being changed to January: the change meant that the race was not run in 2015. The race was open to both male and female horses up to 2003.[2] Since 2025, the race schedule was moved from January to March and run at a distance of 1,400 meters.[3]
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tunante | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Shoichi Matsumoto | Shadai Race Horse | 1:58.6 |
| 2001 | Grand Shinzan | 7 | Katsumi Ando | Masayuki Sakata | Fumiaki Motoyagi | 1:59.8 |
| 2002 | Tokai Pulsar | 6 | Minoru Yoshida | Shigeki Matsumoto | Masanori Uchimura | 2:00.3 |
| 2003 | Kazeni Fukarete | 4 | Minoru Yoshida | Shozo Sasaki | Yuichi Odagiri | 1:59.7 |
| 2004 | Memory Keanu | 4 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Sachio Yukubo | Shinzan Club | 2:00.6 |
| 2005 | Meine Sorceress | 4 | Yukio Abe | Shozo Sasaki | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 2:01.3 |
| 2006 | Admire Kiss | 3 | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 1:58.6 |
| 2007 | Dia De La Novia | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Katsuhiko Sumii | Carrot Farm | 1:58.9 |
| 2008 | Seraphic Romp | 4 | Hokuto Miyazaki | Yoshinori Muto | Ichiro Inoue | 1:59.2 |
| 2009 | Little Amapola | 4 | Eiji Nakadate | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Shadai Race Horse | 1:59.7 |
| 2010* | Seraphic Romp | 6 | Hokuto Miyazaki | Yoshinori Muto | Ichiro Inoue | 1:59.5 |
| 2011* | Fumino Imagine | 5 | Keisuke Dazai | Masaru Honda | Taniji | 1:59.4 |
| 2012 | A Shin Memphis | 4 | Haruhiko Kawasu | Kenji Nonaka | Eishindo | 2:03.6 |
| 2013 | Hula Bride | 4 | Manabu Sakai | Kazuyoshi Kihara | Kazuko Yoshida | 2:02.1 |
| 2014 | Dia De La Madre | 4 | Kota Fujioka | Katsuhiko Sumii | Carrot Farm | 2:04.4 |
| 2015 | no race | |||||
| 2016 | Bounce Shasse | 5 | Hironobu Tanabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | Carrot Farm | 1:58.8 |
| 2017 | Maximum de Paris | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Shigeki Matsumo | Green Farm | 2:01.4[4] |
| 2018 | Eterna Minoru | 5 | Hirofumi Shii | Masaru Honda | Minoru Yoshioka | 2:00.1[5] |
| 2019 | One Breath Away | 6 | Akihide Tsumura | Masaaki Koga | Sunday Racing | 2:00.0[6] |
| 2020* | Denko Ange | 7 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | Yasuhiro Tanaka | 2:01.1 |
| 2021 | Magic Castle | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Sakae Kunieda | Shadai Race Horse | 1:58.7 |
| 2022 | Ruby Casablanca | 5 | Yutaka Take | Naosuke Sugai | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:01.0 |
| 2023 | Art House | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | H.H. Sheikh Mohammed | 2:03.1 |
| 2024* | Mikki Gorgeous | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Takayuki Yasuda | Mizuki Noda | 1:57.9 |
| 2025 | Wide Latour | 4 | Yuichi Kitamura | Hideaki Fujiwara | Masanobu Habata | 1:20.2 |
| 2026 | Ai Sansan | 4 | Hideaki Miyuki | Yoshitake Hashida | Koji Oka | 1:19.6 |
* Races were run at Kokura Racecourse.
Earlier winners
- 1963 - Vandal
- 1964 - Kotaro
- 1965 - Aoba
- 1966 - Paladin
- 1967 - Kabutozan
- 1968 - Race canceled
- 1969 - Glove Turf
- 1970 - Ouja
- 1971 - Three Beat
- 1972 - Shinzan Misaki
- 1973 - Silver Land
- 1974 - Silver Land
- 1975 - Ina Boles
- 1976 - Hard Lark; Tokan Takeshiba (dead heat)
- 1977 - Tokan Takeshiba
- 1978 - Hashi Kotobuki
- 1979 - Great Titan
- 1980 - Western George
- 1981 - Hiyoshi Shikainami
- 1982 - Y.M.Arrow
- 1983 - Arrow Bohemian
- 1984 - Kikuno Pegasus
- 1985 - Long Quick
- 1986 - Peter Hauler
- 1987 - Peter Hauler
- 1988 - Katsu Tokushin
- 1989 - Great Monte
- 1990 - White Arrow
- 1991 - Yamanin Seattle
- 1992 - Nuevo Tosho
- 1993 - Homare Okan
- 1994 - Tenzan Yutaka
- 1995 - Sound Barrier
- 1996 - Foundry Shori
- 1997 - Sakura Expert
- 1998 - Kanetoshi Governor
- 1999 - Bamboo Mariachi
See also
References
- ^ "Aichi Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "歴史・コース：愛知杯 今週の注目レース JRA". jra.jp. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "2025年度の競馬番組等について (Changes regarding to the 2025 Horse Racing Programme)" (PDF). jra.jp. 2024-12-30. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 14 January 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 13 January 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 26 January 2016.
- ^ "愛知杯". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Aichi Hai". Netkeiba.