Keisei Hai

Keisei Hai
京成杯
Nakayama Racecourse Grandstand
ClassGrade 3
LocationNakayama Racecourse
InauguratedJanuary 15, 1961
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o
Weight57 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg
Purse¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2026)
  • 1st: ¥ 41,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Keisei Hai (京成杯) is a Grade 3 (GIII) flat horse race in Japan.[1]

Background

The Keisei Hai is a Grade III Thoroughbred race in Japan open to 3-year-old horses of either sex.[2] It is held annually in mid-January at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 2,000 meters on turf (inner course).[2] Eligible entrants must have raced at least once and cannot be unraced or maiden horses.[2] The field includes JRA-trained horses, up to two certified NAR (local) horses, and foreign-trained horses with priority entry.[2] The race is run under weight-for-age conditions: colts and geldings carry 57 kg, while fillies carry 55 kg.[2] The first-place prize in 2026 was ¥41 million.[2]

The race is officially titled the “Keisei Hai”, named after its sponsor, Keisei Electric Railway, which operates the Keisei Main Line serving Nakayama Racecourse. The winner receives the Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Prize.[3][4] The race is particularly valued as a preparatory step for the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas), the first race of Japan’s Triple Crown, which takes place in April over the same 2,000-meter distance at Nakayama.[4]

History

The Keisei Hai was inaugurated on January 15, 1961, as a 4-year-old (now 3-year-old) restricted stakes race over 1,600 meters on turf (outer course) at Nakayama Racecourse.[2] In 1999, as part of a JRA-wide restructuring of 3-year-old race distances, the event was extended to 2,000 meters and moved to the inner turf course, aligning it with the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas).[5] The race was designated Grade III in 1984 with the introduction of JRA’s official grading system.[6]

International participation expanded gradually: foreign-bred horses were allowed from 1984, NAR horses from 1996, and foreign-trained horses from 2009, when it became an international GIII event, initially with 8 foreign runners, later increased to 9 in 2015.[7] Due to external factors, the race has occasionally been relocated: it was held at Tokyo Racecourse from 1970 to 1978 and again in 1996 and 2002, primarily due to scheduling adjustments.[8] The 1972 edition was postponed to March due to an outbreak of equine influenza.[9]

In 2024, the race formally adopted fixed weight-for-age (57/55 kg), standardizing conditions for all entrants.[10]

Past winners

Year Winner Age Length (in m) Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1961 Monte Carlo 3 T1600 Seisuke Sato Shiro Akiyama Kihachi Mouri 1:40.6
1962 O Hayabusa 3 T1600 Katsuhiko Fujimoto Tomiyoshi Fujimoto Masahiko Kasagi 1:39.8
1963 Kane no Hikaru 3 T1600 Takemi Kaga Shotaro Abe Yoshiaki Kanesashi 1:37.5
1964 Tokino Parade 3 T1600 Yoshio Nohira Kazuo Tanaka Suzuichi Iguchi 1:40.5
1965 Mejiro Mangetsu 3 T1600 Takemi Kaga Shotaro Abe Toyokichi Kitano 1:38.5
1966 Speed Symboli 3 T1600 Akira Tsuda Tomihisa Nohira Tomohiro Wada 1:40.2
1967 Hougetsu O 3 T1600 Takehisa Kaga Sueji Yamaoka Yoshizo Shimazu 1:39.3
1968 Light World 3 T1600 Hiroshi Higuchi Suetaro Mitsui Gengo Okubo 1:39.6
1969 Gallop 3 T1600 Yuji Nohira Shiro Akayama Nobuko Enomoto 1:39.2
1970 Arrow Express 3 T1600 Masato Shibata Santa Takamatsu Hidekazu Date 1:37.1
1971 Yashima Raiden 3 T1600 Masanori Ito Tokichi Ogata Shohei Kobayashi 1:38.1
1972 Hide Hayate 3 T1600 Yoichi Fukunaga Shuji Ito Hideo Ito 1:35.8
1973 Kamino Tesio 3 T1600 Takemi Kaga Hideo Takahashi Masayasu Hotehama 1:37.2
1974 Western Dash 3 T1600 Masanori Ito Tokichi Ogata Nishikawa Shoji Co. Ltd. 1:36.9
1975 Tesco Gabby 3 T1600 Yasuo Sugawara Yoshio Nakazumi Tadao Nagashima 1:37.5
1976 Climb Kaiser 3 T1600 Takehisa Kaga Yoshiaki Sato Mito Co. Ltd. 1:36.4
1977 Hishi Speed 3 T1600 Futoshi Kojima Yoshio Takagi Masanobu Abe 1:36.7
1978 Take Den 3 T1600 Yukio Okabe Takaaki Motoishi Denichi Takeichi 1:37.1
1979 First Ammon 3 T1600 Masato Yoshinaga Kichisaburo Matsuyama Ichi Sugaura 1:37.3
1980 Harbour Shade 3 T1600 Isao Shimada Tsuguyoshi Sasaki Harbor Co. Ltd. 1:42.1
1981 Tenmon 3 T1600 Isao Shimada Yukio Inaba Hachie Hara 1:36.8
1982 Aswan 3 T1600 Masato Yoshinaga Kichisaburo Matsuyama Zenya Yoshida 1:36.7
1983 Blue Durban 3 T1600 Hiroaki Sugiura Toshio Nihonyanagi Tokusuke Fukushima 1:37.7
1984 Hatsuno Amoi 3 T1600 Yasutomo Sugawara Yoshio Nakamura Hatsutaro Nakagawa 1:36.2
1985 Sakura Sunny O 3 T1600 Futoshi Kojima Katsutaro Sakai Sakura Commerce Co. Ltd. 1:35.6
1986 Dyna Fairy 3 T1600 Sueo Masuzawa Yasuhiro Suzuki Shadai Race Horse Ltd. 1:35.1
1987 Super Phantom 3 T1600 Masato Shibata Mitsugu Nakamura Masahiro Hiranoi 1:35.7
1988 Tosho Mario 3 T1600 Masato Shibata Shinji Okuhira Tosho Sangyo Co. Ltd. 1:35.4
1989 Speak Reason 3 T1600 Tomio Yasuda Mitsuhiro Ogata Mitsuru Takezaki 1:36.3
1990 No More Speedy 3 T1600 Tomio Yasuda Yasuhisa Matsuyama Teruya Yoshida 1:35.2
1991 Dynamite Daddy 3 T1600 Sueo Masuzawa Yasuhiro Suzuki Seiichi Ikeya 1:34.8
1992 A.P. Jet 3 T1600 Hitoshi Matoba Takaaki Motoishi Delmar Club Co. Ltd. 1:35.2
1993 Osumi Point 3 T1600 Hiroki Hashimoto Toshiaki Shirai Hidenori Yamaji 1:35.8
1994 Biko Pegasus 3 T1600 Hitoshi Matoba Tsugio Yanagida Legend Ltd. 1:33.9
1995 Mighty Force 3 T1600 Mikio Matsunaga Keiji Kato Diners Club Japan Co. Ltd. 1:35.1
1996 Sakura Speed O 3 T1600 Futoshi Kojima Katsutaro Sakai Sakura Commerce Co. Ltd. 1:34.6
1997 Speed World 3 T1600 Hitoshi Matoba Kazuo Konishi Ichikawa Real Estate Co. Ltd. 1:36.3
1998 Mandarin Star 3 T1600 Yoshitomi Shibata Keiji Takachii Eiichiro Okawa 1:36.8
1999 Osumi Bright 3 T2000 Masayoshi Ebina Tadashi Nakao Hidenori Yamaji 2:01.5
2000 Meiner Vintage 3 T2000 Yoshitomi Shibata Shozo Sasaki Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co. Ltd. 2:04.0
2001 Born King 3 T2000 David Harrison Kunihide Matsuda Makoto Kaneko 2:03.2
2002 (dh) Yamamin Seraphim 3 T2000 Koshiro Take Taira Furukawa Turf Sport Ltd. 2:00.4
Roman Empire 3 Masayoshi Ebina Hidekazu Asami Hajime Doi
2003 Suzuka Dream 3 T2000 Masayoshi Ebina Mitsuru Hashida Keiji Nagai 2:01.7
2004 Focal Point 3 T2000 Norihiro Yokoyama Michifumi Kono Shadai Race Horse Ltd. 1:59.2
2005 Admire Japan 3 T2000 Norihiro Yokoyama Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo 2:07.4
2006 Jalisco Light 3 T2000 Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo Fujisawa Kazumi Yoshida 2:03.2
2007 Sun Zeppelin 3 T2000 Masami Matsuoka Makoto Saito Nobuyuki Kato 2:01.6
2008 Meiner Charles 3 T2000 Masami Matsuoka Ryuichi Inaba Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co. Ltd. 2:02.9
2009 Early Robusto 3 T2000 Yuichi Fukunaga Masaru Honda Mishima Bokujo 2:02.7
2010 Eishin Flash 3 T2000 Norihiro Yokoyama Hideaki Fujiwara Toyomitsu Hirai 2:03.6
2011 Fateful War 3 T2000 Katsuhara Tanaka Shinichi Ito Shadai Race Horse Ltd. 2:00.9
2012 Best Deal 3 T2000 Norihiro Yokoyama Sakae Kunieda Shadai Race Horse Ltd. 2:00.6
2013 Fame Game 3 T2000 Fran Berry Yoshitada Munakata Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 2:02.3
2014 Pray and Real 3 T2000 Daichi Shibata Hiroaki Kawazu Shigeyuki Okada 2:01.1
2015 Beruf 3 T2000 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 2:02.3
2016 Prophet 3 T2000 Shane Foley Yasutoshi Ikee Carrot Racing Co. Ltd. 2:01.4
2017 Komano Impulse 3 T2000 Hironobu Tanabe Masatatsu Kikukawa Yoshinobu Hasegawa 2:02.5
2018 Generale Uno 3 T2000 Hironobu Tanabe Eiichi Yano G Riviere Racing Co. Ltd. 2:01.2
2019 Last Draft 3 T2000 Christophe Lemaire Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 2:01.2
2020 Crystal Black 3 T2000 Yutaka Yoshida Fumimasa Takahashi Isamu Okada 2:02.1
2021 Gratias 3 T2000 Christophe Lemaire Yukihiro Kato Three H Racing 2:03.1
2022 Onyankopon 3 T2000 Akira Sugawara Shigeyuki Kojima Kunio Tabara 2:01.3
2023 Sol Oriens 3 T2000 Takeshi Yokoyama Takahisa Tezuka Shadai Race Horse Ltd. 2:02.2
2024 Danon Decile 3 T2000 Norihiro Yokoyama Shogo Yasuda Danox Co. Ltd. 2:00.5
2025 Nishino Agent 3 T2000 Akihide Tsumura Naoto Chiba Shigeyuki Nishiyama 1:59.9
2026 Green Energy 3 T2000 Keita Tosaki Yuki Uehara Takafumi Suzue 1:59.3

See also

Netkeiba

Source:[11][12]

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