Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes
Grade 2 race
Strauss wins the 2023 Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1966
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification2-y-o
WeightColts 55kg, Fillies 54 kg
Purse¥71,180,000 (total), ¥33,000,000 (winner)

The Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (Japanese 東京スポーツ杯2歳ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in November over a distance of 1800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

The race was first run in 1986 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1996. It was run at Nakayama Racecourse in 2002. Past winners have included Bubble Gum Fellow, Nakayama Festa, Rose Kingdom, Deep Brillante, Isla Bonita, Satono Crown and Wagnerian. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 2021.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Tagano Teio Shinji Fujita Hiroshi Matsuda 1:48.5
2001 Admire Max Yuichi Fukunaga Mitsuru Hashida 1:48.2
2002 Blue Eleven Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii 1:50.2
2003 Admire Big Yutaka Take Mitsuru Hashida 1:48.9
2004 Smooth Baritone Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda 1:48.2
2005 Fusaichi Richard Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide Matsuda 1:46.9
2006 Fusaichi Ho O Katsumi Ando Kunihide Matsuda 1:48.7
2007 Fusaichi Assort Norihiro Yokoyama Takaki Iwato 1:47.4
2008 Nakayama Festa Masayoshi Ebina Yoshitaka Ninomiya 1:47.7
2009 Rose Kingdom Futoshi Komaki Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:48.2
2010 Sadamu Patek Christophe Soumillon Masato Nishizono 1:47.3
2011 Deep Brillante Yasunari Iwata Yoshito Yahagi 1:52.7
2012 Codino Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo Fujisawa 1:46.0
2013 Isla Bonita Masayoshi Ebina Hironori Kurita 1:45.9
2014 Satono Crown Ryan Moore Noriyuki Hori 1:47.9
2015 Smart Odin Yutaka Take Kunihide Matsuda 1:49.5
2016 Bless Journey Yoshitomi Shibata Shinobu Honma 1:48.3[2]
2017 Wagnerian Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo Tomomichi 1:46.6[3]
2018 Nishino Daisy Masaki Katsuura Noboru Takagi 1:46.6[4]
2019 Contrail Ryan Moore Yoshito Yahagi 1:44.5
2020 Danon The Kid Yuga Kawada Takayuki Yasuda 1:47.5
2021 Equinox Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya Kimura 1:46.2
2022 Gastrique Kosei Miura Hiroyuki Uehara 1:45.8
2023 Strauss Joao Moreira Ryo Takei 1:46.5

Earlier winners

  • 1986 - Sakura Rotary
  • 1987 - Kokusai Triple
  • 1988 - Sakura Hokuto O
  • 1989 - Asahi Pasion
  • 1990 - Sakura Yamato O
  • 1991 - Matikanetannhauser
  • 1992 - Surely Win
  • 1993 - Ines Souther
  • 1994 - Hokkai Rousseau
  • 1995 - Bubble Gum Fellow
  • 1996 - Godspeed
  • 1997 - King Halo
  • 1998 - Admire Cozzene
  • 1999 - Joten Brave

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ↑ "2016 result". Racing Post. 19 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 18 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 November 2018.
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