Keihan Hai
 The 2009 winner Premium Box | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1956 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2025)
|
The Keihan Hai (Japanese 京阪杯) is a Japanese 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.
The race is named after its sponsor Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd., the holding company of Keihan Electric Railway. The winner receives the Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd. Prize.[2]
Weight
56 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[3]
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
- 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares)
- 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 3 win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 2 win
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Joten Brave | 3 | Olivier Peslier | Ikuo Aizawa | Hisao Tanabe | 1:45.2 |
| 2001 | Tenzan Seiza | 3 | Hirofumi Shii | Hideaki Fujiwara | Saburo Hirano | 1:45.6 |
| 2002 | Sidewinder | 4 | Koshiro Take | Shuji Kitahashi | Kyoei | 1:45.3 |
| 2003 | Cheers Brightly | 5 | Masaru Honda | Kenji Yamauchi | Kiyoko Kitano | 1:49.1 |
| 2004 | Daiwa El Cielo | 3 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Kunihide Matsuda | Daiwa Shoji | 1:46.3 |
| 2005 | Company | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 1:44.8 |
| 2006 | Amberjack | 3 | Koshiro Take | Takao Nakano | Nisshin Bokujo | 1:08.3 |
| 2007 | Sans Adieu | 5 | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Otonashi | Takao Matsuoka | 1:07.9 |
| 2008 | Western Dancer | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Hiroki Sakiyama | Ken Nishikawa | 1:08.1 |
| 2009 | Premium Box | 6 | Hideaki Miyuki | Hiroyuki Uehara | Shadai Race Horse | 1:07.6 |
| 2010 | Spring Song | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Akio Tsurudome | Teruya Yoshida | 1:08.0 |
| 2011 | Lord Kanaloa | 3 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Takayuki Yasuda | Lord Horse Club | 1:08.1 |
| 2012 | Hakusan Moon | 3 | Manabu Sakai | Masato Nishizono | Goichi Kawasaki | 1:08.5 |
| 2013 | Earth Sonic | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Kazuya Nakatake | Koji Maeda | 1:07.5 |
| 2014 | Am Ball Bleiben | 5 | Ken Tanaka | Nobuharu Fukushima | Nobuyuki Ito | 1:08.3 |
| 2015 | Satono Lupin | 4 | Ryuji Wada | Akira Murayama | Hajime Satomi | 1:07.4 |
| 2016 | Nero | 5 | Mickael Barzalona | Hideyuki Mori | Shigeyuki Nishiyama | 1:10.3[4] |
| 2017 | Nero | 6 | Hiroto Yoshihara | Hideyuki Mori | Shigeyuki Nishiyama | 1:08.8[5] |
| 2018 | Danon Smash | 3 | Yuichi Kitamura | Takayuki Yasuda | Danox | 1:08.0[6] |
| 2019 | Right On Cue | 4 | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Mitsugu Kon | Godolphin | 1:08.8 |
| 2020 | Fiano Romano[a] | 6 | Hayato Yoshida | Tomokazu Takano | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:08.2 |
| 2021 | Eighteen Girl[a] | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Yuji Iida | Yasushi Nakayama | 1:08.8 |
| 2022 | Toshin Macau[a] | 3 | Katsuma Sameshima | Mizuki Takayanagi | Sato | 1:07.2 |
| 2023 | Toshin Macau | 4 | Akira Sugawara | Mizuki Takayanagi | Sato | 1:07.4 |
| 2024 | Big Caesar | 4 | Yuichi Kitamura | Masato Nishizono | Masanobu Habata | 1:07.7 |
| 2025 | A T Makfi | 6 | Akatsuki Tomita | Hidenori Take | Takahiro Okada | 1:07.4 |
a The 2020, 2021, & 2022 races took place at Hanshin Racecourse.
Earlier winners
- 1956 - Minatori Yu
- 1957 - Number 11
- 1958 - Tatsuteru
- 1959 - Wakano King
- 1960 - Yamanin More
- 1961 - Maiden Lady
- 1962 - Takashige
- 1963 - Korai O
- 1964 - Yamanin Rvy
- 1965 - Yamahiro
- 1966 - Ballymoss Nisei
- 1967 - Native Runner
- 1968 - Hiro Daikoku
- 1969 - Kuri Kashiwa
- 1970 - Seven O
- 1971 - Thai Theft
- 1972 - Long One
- 1973 - Shibatake
- 1974 - East River
- 1975 - Erimo Kansei
- 1976 - Koichi Saburo
- 1977 - Silver Land
- 1978 - Machikane Taitei
- 1979 - Tamamo Remand
- 1980 - Tanino Tesco
- 1981 - Noto Diver
- 1982 - Noto Diver
- 1983 - Erimo Roller
- 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
See also
References
- ↑ "Keihan Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ↑ 重賞競走詳細(レース別・関西)(2025年度) [Detailed Listing of Stakes Races 2025 (Kansai)] (in Japanese). 日本中央競馬会 (Japan Racing Association). 2025. p. 36.
- ↑ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ↑ "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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