Kyoto Kimpai

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Kyoto Kimpai
京都金杯
Pax Americana wins the 2019 Kyoto Kimpai
ClassGrade 3
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated1963
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2025)
  • 1st: ¥ 43,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Kyoto Kimpai (Japanese 京都金杯) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over 1600 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]

The Kyoto Kimpai was first run in 1963 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1980. It was contested over 2000 metres before being cut to 1600 metres in 2000.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2000 Kyoei March 6 Shinichiro Akiyama Akihiko Nomura Tomee Matsuoka 1:33.4
2001 Daitaku Riva 4 Mikio Matsunaga Kojiro Hashiguchi Taiyo 1:33.4
2002 Daitaku Riva 5 Yutaka Take Kojiro Hashiguchi Taiyo Farm 1:33.8
2003 Sidewinder 5 Hirofumi Shii Shuji Kitahashi Kyoei 1:33.7
2004 My Sole Sound 5 Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura Kiyoshi Sano 1:33.3
2005 Hat Trick 4 Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii Carrot Farm 1:34.0
2006 Big Planet 4 Ryuji Wada Katsumi Minai Big 1:34.0
2007 Meiner Scherzi 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Ryuichi Inaba Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:33.9
2008 Eishin Deputy 6 Yasunari Iwata Akira Nomoto Toyomitsu Hirai 1:33.6
2009 Tamamo Support 6 Akihide Tsumura Kenichi Fujioka Tamamo 1:32.9
2010 Live Concert 6 Yasunari Iwata Toshiaki Shirai Greenfield 1:34.1
2011 Silport 6 Futoshi Komaki Masato Nihizono Takeo Hyakuman 1:33.4
2012 Meiner Lacrima 6 Masami Matsuoka Hiryuki Uehara Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:32.9
2013 Danon Shark 5 Christophe Lemaire Ryuji Okubo Danox 1:33.5
2014 Extra End 5 Christophe Lemaire Katsuhiko Sumii Shadai Race Horse 1:32.5
2015 Win Full Bloom 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Hiroshi Miyamoto Win 1:32.8
2016 Win Primera 6 Yuga Kawada Ryuji Okubo Win 1:33.0
2017 Air Spinel 4 Yutaka Take Kazuhide Sasada Lucky Field 1:32.8[2]
2018 Black Moon 6 Yutaka Take Katsuichi Nishiura Him Rock Racing 1:34.3[3]
2019 Pax Americana 4 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Sanshi Suimei 1:34.9[4]
2020 Sound Chiara 5 Kohei Matsuyama Akio Adachi Yuichi Masuda 1:34.0
2021[a] Cadence Call 5 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki Yasuda Sunday Racing 1:33.1
2022[a] Zadar 6 Kohei Matsuyama Masahiro Otake Carrot Farm 1:32.9
2023[a] Elusive Panther 5 Mirai Iwata Takashi Kubota Tsunefumi Kusama 1:32.7
2024 Corepetiteur 4 Yasunari Iwata Kazuya Nakatake Makoto Kato 1:33.8
2025[b] Sakura Toujours 8 Rachel King Noriyuki Hori Sakura Commerce 1:33.5
2026 Buena Onda 5 Yuga Kawada Naosuke Sugai Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:33.7

a The 2020, 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

b The 2025 runnings took place at Chukyo while Hanshin was closed for redevelopment.

Earlier winners

  • 1963 - Suzuka Ryu
  • 1964 - Katsura Ace
  • 1965 - Kouraio
  • 1966 - Keystone
  • 1967 - Yamaniriyu
  • 1968 - Atlas
  • 1969 - Fine Rose
  • 1970 - Ho-un
  • 1971 - Kei Takashi
  • 1972 - Fi Dor
  • 1973 - Yu Mond
  • 1974 - Naoki
  • 1975 - Hakusan Homare
  • 1976 - Three York
  • 1977 - Koichi Saburo
  • 1978 - Linear Queen
  • 1979 - Inter Gushiken
  • 1980 - Great Titan
  • 1981 - Western George
  • 1982 - Tama Top
  • 1983 - Miss Radical
  • 1984 - Long Grace
  • 1985 - Mejiro Thomas
  • 1986 - Eiko French
  • 1987 - Dokan Yashima
  • 1988 - Tamamo Cross
  • 1989 - Katsu Tokushin
  • 1990 - Osaichi George
  • 1991 - Daiyusaku
  • 1992 - White Arrow
  • 1993 - El Casa River
  • 1994 - Eishin Tennessee
  • 1995 - Wako Chikako
  • 1996 - T M Jumbo
  • 1997 - Ishino Sunday
  • 1998 - Midnight Bet
  • 1999 - Hikari Cermet

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kyoto Kimpai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "2019 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "京都金杯". Netkeiba.
  6. ↑ "Sports Nippon Sho Kyoto Kimpai". Netkeiba.