Hankyu Hai

Hankyu Hai
阪急杯
Majin Prosper wins the 2012 Hankyu Hai
ClassGrade 3
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated1957
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Weight56 kg
Purse¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2026)
  • 1st: ¥ 43,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Hankyu Hai (Japanese 阪急杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.[1] The race serves as a trial for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen, which is run in late March. Since 2014, the winner of the race is given a slot of entry for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.[2]

The Hankyu Hai was first run in 1957 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1959, 1966, 1969, 1991 and 1995. It was run over a variety of distances before being run over 1400 metres for the first time in 1981: it was run over 1200 metres from 1996 to 2005.

Weight

57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[3]

Allowances:

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

  • If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
    • 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
    • 1 kg for a grade 2 win
  • If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
    • 1 kg for a grade1 win

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2000 Black Hawk 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Sakae Kunieda Makoto Kaneko 1:08.7
2001 Daitaku Yamato 7 Mirco Demuro Sei Ishizaka Taiyo Farm 1:08.7
2002 Admire Cozzene 6 Hiroki Goto Mitsuru Hashida Riichi Kondo 1:07.9
2003 Shonan Kampf 5 Shinji Fujita Yokichi Okubo Tetsuhide Kunimoto 1:08.5
2004 Sunningdale 5 Minoru Yoshida Tsutomu Setoguchi Shigeki Goto 1:08.5
2005 Keeneland Swan 6 Hirofumi Shii Hideyuki Mori Toyomitsu Hirai 1:08.5
2006 Blue Shotgun 7 Mikio Matsunaga Kohei Take Ogifushi Racing Club 1:22.5
2007 Precise Machine (DH) 8 Katsumi Ando Kiyoshi Hagiwara Seiichi Iketani 1:20.5
Eishin Dover (DH) 5 Hideaki Miyuki Ken Kozaki Toyomitsu Hirai
2008 Laurel Guerreiro 4 Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu Kon Laurel Racing 1:20.7
2009 B B Guldan 5 Katsumi Ando Masazo Ryoke Bando Farm 1:21.1
2010 A Shin Forward 5 Yasunari Iwata Masato Nihizono Eishindo 1:21.4
2011 San Carlo 5 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo Shadai Race Horse 1:20.1
2012 Majin Prosper 5 Suguru Hamanaka Hidemasa Nakao Kazuhiro Sasaki 1:22.0
2013 Lord Kanaloa 5 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki Yasuda Lord Horse Club 1:21.0
2014 Copano Richard 4 Suguru Hamanaka Toru Miya Sachiaki Kobayashi 1:20.7
2015 Daiwa Maggiore 6 Mirco Demuro Yoshito Yahagi Keizo Oshiro 1:23.8
2016 Mikki Isle 5 Kohei Matsuyama Hidetaka Otonashi Mizuki Noda 1:19.9
2017 Talking Drum 7 Hideaki Miyuki Makoto Saito Michiko Shimokobe 1:21.4[4]
2018 Diana Halo 5 Yutaka Take Nobuharu Fukushima Komahide 1:20.1[5]
2019 Smart Odin 6 Yusuke Fujioka Yasutoshi Ikee Toru Okawa 1:20.3[6]
2020 Best Actor 6 Suguru Hamanaka Yuichi Shikato Shadai Race Horse 1:20.3
2021 Resistencia 4 Yuichi Kitamura Takeshi Matsushita Carrot Farm 1:19.2
2022 Diatonic 7 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki Yasuda Silk 1:19.9
2023 Aguri 4 Kazuo Yokoyama Takayuki Yasuda Masahiro Miki 1:19.5
2024 Win Marvel 5 Kohei Matsuyama Masashi Fukayama Win 1:21.2
2025[a] Kangchenjunga 5 Hideaki Miyuki Yasushi Shono Masanobu Habata 1:21.7
2026 Sonshi 5 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Susumu Fujita 1:18.9[b]
  1. ^ The race was contested at Kyoto Racecourse due to renovations at Hanshin Racecourse
  2. ^ Set the current track record

Earlier winners

  • 1957 - Takakura O
  • 1958 - Yamanin
  • 1959 - Homare Ryu
  • 1960 - Minshu
  • 1961 - Caesar
  • 1962 - Miss Keiko
  • 1963 - Gokai
  • 1964 - Passport
  • 1965 - Ballymoss Nisei
  • 1966 - Hatsurai O
  • 1967 - Nihon Pillow Ace
  • 1968 - Apo Onward
  • 1969 - Takano Kinen
  • 1970 - Hirozuki
  • 1971 - Tomei
  • 1972 - Fast Bamboo
  • 1973 - Sakae Kaho
  • 1974 - Keiryu Shingeki
  • 1975 - Silver Nero
  • 1976 - Yamanin Faber
  • 1977 - Center Good
  • 1978 - Three Fire
  • 1979 - Lead Swallow
  • 1980 - Teruno Eight
  • 1981 - Satsuki Rainbow
  • 1982 - Bambton Harley
  • 1983 - Happy Progress
  • 1984 - Gouache Out
  • 1985 - Shadai Sophia
  • 1986 - Long Hayabusa
  • 1987 - St Caesar
  • 1988 - Sankin Hayate
  • 1989 - Horino Raiden
  • 1990 - Senryo Yakusha
  • 1991 - Jo Roaring
  • 1992 - Hokusei Ciboulette
  • 1993 - Legacy Field
  • 1994 - Gold Mountain
  • 1995 - Bodyguard
  • 1996 - Towa Winner
  • 1997 - Shinko Forest
  • 1998 - Masa Lucky
  • 1999 - Kyoei March

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hankyu Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "歴史・コース：阪急杯　今週の注目レース". Japan Racing Association. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  3. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2025｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  4. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 25 February 2018.
  6. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 24 February 2019.
  7. ^ "阪急杯". Netkeiba.
  8. ^ "Hankyu Hai". Netkeiba.
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