Keihan Hai

Horse race

Keihan Hai
京阪杯
Race information
Grade 3 race
The 2009 winner Premium Box
Location	Kyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated	1956
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1200 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 55kg, fillies allowed 2kg
Purse	¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner)

The Keihan Hai (Japanese 京阪杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.^[1]

It was first run in 1956 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was originally run over 2000 metres and was contested over 2200 metres in 1996 before being cut to 1800 metres a year later. It was first run over its current distance in 2006.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Joten Brave	3	Olivier Peslier	Ikuo Aizawa	1:45.2
2001	Tenzan Seiza	3	Hirofumi Shii	Hideaki Fujiwara	1:45.6
2002	Sidewinder	4	Koshiro Take	Shuji Kitahashi	1:45.3
2003	Cheers Brightly	5	Masaru Honda	Kenji Yamauchi	1:49.1
2004	Daiwa El Cielo	3	Yuichi Fukunaga	Kunihide Matsuda	1:46.3
2005	Company	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:44.8
2006	Amberjack	3	Koshiro Take	Takao Nakano	1:08.3
2007	Sans Adieu	5	Yutaka Take	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:07.9
2008	Western Dancer	4	Yuga Kawada	Hiroki Sakiyama	1:08.1
2009	Premium Box	6	Hideaki Miyuki	Hiroyuki Uehara	1:07.6
2010	Spring Song	5	Kenichi Ikezoe	Akio Tsurudome	1:08.0
2011	Lord Kanaloa	3	Yuichi Fukunaga	Takayuki Yasuda	1:08.1
2012	Hakusan Moon	3	Manabu Sakai	Masato Nishizono	1:08.5
2013	Earth Sonic	4	Mirco Demuro	Kazuya Nakatake	1:07.5
2014	Am Ball Bleiben	5	Ken Tanaka	Nobuharu Fukuhima	1:08.3
2015	Satono Lupin	4	Ryuji Wada	Akira Murayama	1:07.4
2016	Nero	5	Mickael Barzalona	Hideyuki Mori	1:10.3^[2]
2017	Nero	6	Hiroto Yoshihara	Hideyuki Mori	1:08.8^[3]
2018	Danon Smash	3	Yuichi Kitamura	Takayuki Yasuda	1:08.0^[4]
2019	Right On Cue	4	Yoshihiro Furukawa	Mitsugu Kon	1:08.8
2020	Fiano Romano^[a]	6	Hayato Yoshida	Tomokazu Takano	1:08.2
2021	Eighteen Girl^[a]	5	Shinichiro Akiyama	Yuji Iida	1:08.8
2022	Toshin Macau^[a]	3	Katsuma Sameshima	Mizuki Takayanagi	1:07.2
2023	Toshin Macau	4	Akira Sugawara	Mizuki Takayanagi	1:07.4

^a The 2020, 2021, & 2022 races took place at Hanshin Racecourse.

Earlier winners

1984 - Katsuragi Ace
1985 - Marubutsu Sir Pen
1986 - Single Roman
1987 - Maruma Seiko
1988 - Tosho Leo
1989 - Nihon Pillow Brave
1990 - Long Muteki
1991 - Ikuno Dictus
1992 - Mr Spain
1993 - Longchamp Boy
1994 - Nehai Caesar
1995 - Dantsu Seattle
1996 - Dance Partner
1997 - Erimo Dandy
1998 - Bravo Green
1999 - Rosado

References

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^ "Keihan Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 27 November 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 26 November 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 25 November 2018.
^ "京阪杯". Netkeiba.
^ "Keihan Hai". Netkeiba.

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