Aichi Hai

Horse race

Aichi Hai
愛知杯
Race information
Grade 3 race
Hula Bride wins the 2013 Aichi Hai
Location	Chukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1963
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+ fillies and mares
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 38,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Aichi Hai (Japanese 愛知杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.^[1]

The Aichi Hai was first run in 1963 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 its current date: 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]

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Tunante	5	Hideaki Miyuki	Shoichi Matsumoto	1:58.6
2001	Grand Shinzan	7	Katsumi Ando	Masayuki Sakata	1:59.8
2002	Tokai Pulsar	6	Minoru Yoshida	Shigeki Matsumoto	2:00.3
2003	Kazeni Fukarete	4	Minoru Yoshida	Shozo Sasaki	1:59.7
2004	Memory Keanu	4	Shinichiro Akiyama	Sachio Yukubo	2:00.6
2005	Meine Sorceress	4	Yukio Abe	Shozo Sasaki	2:01.3
2006	Admire Kiss	3	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:58.6
2007	Dia De La Novia	5	Christophe Lemaire	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:58.9
2008	Seraphic Romp	4	Hokuto Miyazaki	Yoshinori Muto	1:59.2
2009	Little Amapola	4	Eiji Nakadate	Hiroyuki Nagahama	1:59.7
2010*	Seraphic Romp	6	Hokuto Miyazaki	Yoshinori Muto	1:59.5
2011*	Fumino Imagine	5	Keisuke Dazai	Masaru Honda	1:59.4
2012	A Shin Memphis	4	Haruhiko Kawasu	Kenji Nonaka	2:03.6
2013	Hula Bride	4	Manabu Sakai	Kazuyoshi Kihara	2:02.1
2014	Dia De La Madre	4	Kota Fujioka	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:04.4
2015	no race
2016	Bounce Shasse	5	Hironobu Tanabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:58.8
2017	Maximum de Paris	5	Yasunari Iwata	Shigeki Matsumo	2:01.4^[3]
2018	Eterna Minoru	5	Hirofumi Shii	Masaru Honda	2:00.1^[4]
2019	One Breath Away	6	Akihide Tsumura	Masaaki Koga	2:00.0^[5]
2020*	Denko Ange	7	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yoshiyuki Arakawa	2:01.1
2021	Magic Castle	4	Keita Tosaki	Sakae Kunieda	1:58.7
2022	Ruby Casablanca	5	Yutaka Take	Naosuke Sugai	2:01.0
2023	Art House	4	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	2:03.1
2024*	Mikki Gorgeous	4	Yuga Kawada	Takayuki Yasuda	1:57.9

* Races were run at Kokura Racecourse.

Earlier winners

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

References

Netkeiba:^[6]^[7]
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^ "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.
^ "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.

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