Takarazuka Kinen

Takarazuka Kinen
宝塚記念
2022 Takarazuka Kinen winner Titleholder
ClassGrade 1
LocationHanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
InauguratedJune 26, 1960
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Websitejapanracing.jp/
Race information
Distance2,200 meters
(About 11 furlongs / 1+3⁄8 miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed (inner course)
Qualification3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight3-y-o 53 kg \ 4-y-o & up 58 kg
Allowance : Fillies & Mares 2 kg
Purse¥ 648,000,000 (as of 2025)
  • 1st: ¥ 300,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 120,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 75,000,000
BonusesWinner of the following in the same year:
Ōsaka Hai, Tennō Shō (Spring), Takarazuka Kinen[1]
Domestic: ¥ 300,000,000
International: ¥ 150,000,000
Winner of any three of the following in the same year:
Ōsaka Hai, Tennō Shō (Spring/Autumn), Japan Cup, Takarazuka Kinen, Arima Kinen
Domestic: ¥ 200,000,000
International: ¥ 100,000,000

The Takarazuka Kinen (宝塚記念) is a Grade 1 (GI) flat horse race in Japan.[2]

Namesake

The race is named after the city of Takarazuka, Hyōgo, the location of Hanshin Racecourse, which is the venue of the race.[3]

Background

The Takarazuka Kinen is a Grade I turf Thoroughbred race in Japan open to horses aged three years and older.[2] It is held annually in late June at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 2,200 meters on the inner turf course.[2] The race is run under set-weight conditions: 53 kg for 3-year-olds, 58 kg for 4-year-olds and up, with fillies and mares receiving a 2 kg allowance.[4] As with the Arima Kinen, the majority of the runners in the field are selected by a vote from racing fans, while the remainder are determined by the amount of prize money won.[2] The winner receives a massive purse and earns automatic priority entry into international Breeders' Cup Challenge races.[2]

History

The Takarazuka Kinen was inaugurated on June 26, 1960, at Hanshin Racecourse over 1,800 meters on turf.[3] It was established as a major summer championship to rival the spring and autumn Tenno Sho races.[2] From 1961 to 1965 the race was run over 2,000 metres and since 1966 it has been run over its present distance of 2,200 meters.[3]

The race was introduced as a fan-voted "All-Star" event, a format that remains a defining characteristic of the race today.[2] Due to infrastructure projects and track renovations at Hanshin Racecourse, the venue has occasionally shifted. Notably, the race was held at Kyoto Racecourse in 1966, 1969, 1974, 1991, 1995, 2006, and 2024.[3] In 2005, the race became an international event, allowing foreign-trained horses to compete.[3]

Only 3 horses have won the race more than once, all three won it in two consecutive years:

Gold Ship and Meisho Tabaru are also the only father-son pair to have won the same race twice in a row.

Past winners

Year Winner Age Length (in m) Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1960 Homare Hiro 4 T1800 Takeo Kondo Sukehiko Take Seishichi Niki 1:49.6
1961 Caesar 4 T2000 Shuji Ito Katsukichi Ito Yoshigoro Ito 2:04.6
1962 Kodama 5 T2000 Masaru Kurita Bungo Takeda Yoshigoro Ito 2:03.4
1963 Ryu Forel 4 T2000 Isao Miyamoto Masaharu Hashimoto Emiko Miyoshi 2:02.1
1964 Hikaru Pola 5 T2000 Shigetada Takahashi Isamu Sato Yohinosuke Tsubota 2:03.3
1965 Shinzan 4 T2000 Masaru Kurita Bungo Takeda Kokichi Hashimoto 2:06.3
1966[a] Eight Crown 4 T2200 Shigeharu Naito Yasuzo Taknaka Noboru Yamaguchi 2:15.0
1967 Taiyo 4 T2200 Shigeharu Naito Bungo Takeda Hiroshi Naito 2:19.4
1968 Hikaru Takai 4 T2200 Yuji Nohira Tomiyoshi Fujimoto Yoshitatsu Nagayama 2:14.7
1969[a] Date Horai 4 T2200 Akihiko Uda Senshi Hoshikawa Date Bokujo 2:16.1
1970 Speed Symboli 7 T2200 Yuji Nohira Shozo Nohira Tomohiro Wada 2:13.3
1971 Mejiro Musashi 4 T2200 Tomio Yokoyama Suekichi Okubo Mejiro Farm 2:17.3
1972 Shofu Midori 6 T2200 Yoshito Matsumoto Bungo Takeda Ichisaburo Matsumoto 2:19.9
1973 Hamano Parade 4 T2200 Yoshiyasu Tajima Masani Sakaguchi Horse Tajima Co. Ltd. 2:12.7
1974[a] Haiseiko 4 T2200 Sueo Masuzawa Katsutaro Suzuki Horseman Club 2:12.9
1975 Naoki 6 T2200 Shoji Sasaki Yasuzo Tanaka Sakurayama Horse Co., Ltd. 2:16.7
1976 Fujino Parthia 5 T2200 Shoichi Osaki Hiroshi Shibata Shigeji Sanada 2:17.5
1977 Tosho Boy 4 T2200 Kunihiko Take Takayoshi Yasuda Tosho Sangyo 2:13.0
1978 Erimo George 6 T2200 Yoichi Fukunaga Masaaki Okubo Shinichi Yamamoto 2:14.2
1979 Sakura Shori 4 T2200 Futoshi Kojima Katsutaro Sakai Sakura Commerce Co., Ltd. 2:12.4
1980[b] Teru Tenryu 4 T2400 Katsuichi Nishiura Kenji Domon Shigeko Ito 2:31.9
1981 Katsu R 5 T2200 Hiroshi Higuchi Tsugio Yanagida Hideo Kuribayashi 2:14.1
1982 Monte Prince 5 T2200 Masato Yoshinaga Kichisaburo Matsuyama Kihachi Mōri 2:12.6
1983 Hagino Kamui O 4 T2200 Kiyoaki Ito Shuji Ito Hirokichi Hinokuma 2:12.1
1984 Katsuragi Ace 4 T2200 Katsuichi Nishiura Kazumi Domon Ichizo Node 2:12.4
1985 Suzuka Koban 5 T2200 Yoshiyuki Muramoto Minoru Kobayashi Eiichi Nagai 2:15.9
1986 Persian Boy 4 T2200 Masato Shibata Kunio Takamatsu Hidekazu Date 2:14.4
1987 Suzu Parade 6 T2200 Seiji Ebisawa Rokuro Tomita Yoshio Koshiki 2:12.3
1988 Tamamo Cross 4 T2200 Katsumi Minai Isami Obara Tamamo Stable 2:13.2
1989 Inari One 5 T2200 Yutaka Take Kiyoshi Suzuki Hiroki Hotehama 2:14.0
1990 Osaichi George 4 T2200 Katsuhide Maruyama Kazumi Domon Choichi Node 2:14.0
1991[a] Mejiro Ryan 4 T2200 Norihiro Yokoyama Shinji Okuhira Mejiro Farm 2:13.6
1992 Mejiro Palmer 5 T2200 Taisei Yamada Masaaki Okubo Mejiro Farm 2:18.6
1993 Mejiro McQueen 6 T2200 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Mejiro Farm 2:17.7
1994 Biwa Hayahide 4 T2200 Yukio Okabe Mitsumasa Hamada Biwa Co Ltd 2:11.2
1995[a] Dantsu Seattle 5 T2200 Yoshiyuki Muramoto Kenji Yamauchi Tetsuji Yamamoto 2:10.2
1996 Mayano Top Gun 4 T2200 Seiki Tabara Masahiro Sakaguchi Yuu Tadokoro 2:12.0
1997 Marvelous Sunday 5 T2200 Yutaka Take Makoto Osawa Sadao Sasahara 2:11.9
1998 Silence Suzuka 4 T2200 Katsumi Minai Mitsuru Hashida Keiji Nagai 2:11.9
1999 Grass Wonder 4 T2200 Hitoshi Matoba Mitsuhiro Ogata Y. Hanzawa 2:12.1
2000 T M Opera O 4 T2200 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 2:13.8
2001 Meisho Doto 5 T2200 Yasuhiko Yasuda Isao Yasuda Yoshio Matsumoto 2:11.7
2002 Dantsu Flame 4 T2200 Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi Tetsuji Yamamoto 2:12.9
2003 Hishi Miracle 4 T2200 Koichi Tsunoda Masaru Sayama Masaichiro Abe 2:12.0
2004 Tap Dance City 7 T2200 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki Yushun Horse Club 2:11.1
2005 Sweep Tosho 4 T2200 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome Tosho Sangyo 2:11.5
2006[a] Deep Impact 4 T2200 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Kaneko Makoto Holdings 2:13.0
2007 Admire Moon 4 T2200 Yasunari Iwata Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo 2:12.4
2008 Eishin Deputy 6 T2200 Hiroyuki Uchida Akira Nomoto Toyomitsu Hirai 2:15.3
2009 Dream Journey 5 T2200 Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing 2:11.3
2010 Nakayama Festa 4 T2200 Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitaka Ninomiya Shinichi Izumi 2:13.0
2011 Earnestly 6 T2200 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki Koji Maeda 2:10.1
2012 Orfevre 4 T2200 Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing 2:10.9
2013 Gold Ship 4 T2200 Hiroyuki Uchida Naosuke Sugai Eiichi Kobayashi 2:13.2
2014 Gold Ship 5 T2200 Norihiro Yokoyama Naosuke Sugai Eiichi Kobayashi 2:13.9
2015 Lovely Day 5 T2200 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee Kaneko Makoto Holdings 2:14.4
2016 Marialite 5 T2200 Masayoshi Ebina Takashi Kubota U.Carrot Farm 2:12.8
2017 Satono Crown 5 T2200 Mirco Demuro Noriyuki Hori Hajime Satomi 2:11.4
2018 Mikki Rocket 5 T2200 Ryuji Wada Hidetaka Otonashi Mizuki Noda 2:11.6
2019 Lys Gracieux 5 T2200 Damian Lane Yoshito Yahagi U Carrot Farm 2:10.8
2020 Chrono Genesis 4 T2200 Yuichi Kitamura Takashi Saito Sunday Racing 2:13.5
2021 Chrono Genesis 5 T2200 Christophe Lemaire Takashi Saito Sunday Racing 2:10.9
2022 Titleholder 4 T2200 Kazuo Yokoyama Toru Kurita Hiroshi Yamada 2:09.7
2023 Equinox 4 T2200 Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya Kimura Silk Racing Co., Ltd. 2:11.2
2024[a] Blow the Horn 5 T2200 Akira Sugawara Tatsuya Yoshioka Makio Okada 2:12.0
2025 Meisho Tabaru 4 T2200 Yutaka Take Mamoru Ishibashi Yoshio Matsumoto 2:11.1
2026 Meisho Tabaru 5 T2200 Yutaka Take Mamoru Ishibashi Yoshitaka Matsumoto 2:12.1
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The race took place at Kyoto Racecourse
  2. ↑ The race took place at Chukyo Racecourse

Vote leaders since 2004

Year Leader Age Votes Received Race Result
2004[5] Lincoln 4 60,865 3rd
2005[6] Zenno Rob Roy 5 67,667 3rd
2006[7] Deep Impact 4 89,864 Winner
2007[8] Meisho Samson 4 76,932 2nd
2008[9] Vodka 4 75,594 Not in race
2009[10] Vodka 5 139,507 Not in race
2010[11] Buena Vista 4 92,024 2nd
2011[12] Buena Vista 5 97,429 2nd
2012[13] Orfevre 4 72,253 Winner
2013[14] Orfevre 5 70,519 Not in race
2014[15] Gold Ship 5 51,366 Winner
2015[16] Gold Ship 6 66,123 15th
2016[17] Kitasan Black 4 82,121 3rd
2017[18] Kitasan Black 5 101,621 9th
2018[19] Satono Diamond 5 63,599 6th
2019[20] Almond Eye 4 78,778 Not in race
2020[21] Almond Eye 5 111,842 Not in race
2021[22] Chrono Genesis 5 137,448 Winner
2022[23] Titleholder 4 191,394 Winner
2023[24] Equinox 4 216,379 Winner
2024[25] Do Deuce 5 238,367 6th
2025[26] Bellagio Opera 5 228,950 2nd
2026[27] Croix du Nord 4 366,039 2nd

See also

Netkeiba

Source:[28][29]

Racing Post

Source:[28][29]

References

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "宝塚記念". Netkeiba. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
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