American Jockey Club Cup
| Grade 2 race | |
|
Nakayama Racecourse | |
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1960 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o +, Colts & Fillies |
| Weight | 4-y-o 55kg, 5-y-o + 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. |
| Purse | ¥62,000,000 (winner) ¥134,620,000 (total) |
The American Jockey Club Cup (Japanese アメリカジョッキークラブカップ) is a Grade 2 horse race in for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged four and over run over a distance of 2,200 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.
The race is run in late January and serves as a trial race for the spring edition of the Tenno Sho.[1]
It was first run in 1960 over 2000 metres before the distance was increased to 2600 metres in the following year. The distance was reduced to 2200 metres in 1962 before the returning to 2600 metres a year later. The distance of the race was reduced to 2500 metres in 1967 and then to 2400 metres in 1972 before returning to 2500 metres in 1980. The race was run over its current distance for the first time in 1984.
Among the winners of the race have been Special Week, Matsurida Gogh, Tosen Jordan and Rulership.
Records
Speed record:
- 2:01.3 Mejiro Bright 1998
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Speed Symboli – 1967, 1970
- Amber Shadai – 1982, 1983
- Never Bouchon – 2009, 2010
Winners since 1992
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Tosho Falcon | 6 | Masato Shibata | Tsutomu Nizeki | 2:12.8 |
| 1993 | White Stone | 6 | Masato Shibata | Kunio Takamatsu | 2:15.0 |
| 1994 | Matikanetannhauser | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yuji Ito | 2:14.1 |
| 1995 | Sakura Chitose O | 5 | Futoshi Kojima | Kazunori Sakai | 2:14.4 |
| 1996 | Kanetsu Cross | 5 | Hitoshi Matoba | Masahiro Horii | 2:15.0 |
| 1997 | Rosen Kavalier | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yasuhiro Suzuki | 2:15.3 |
| 1998 | Mejiro Bright | 4 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hidekazu Asami | 2:01.3 |
| 1999 | Special Week | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Toshiaki Shirai | 2:16.8 |
| 2000 | Matikane Kinnohosi | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:13.4 |
| 2001 | American Boss | 6 | Teruo Eda | Fuyuki Tago | 2:13.8 |
| 2002 | Fusaichi Run Heart | 5 | Teruo Eda | Michifumi Kono | 2:13.7 |
| 2003 | Magnaten | 7 | Olivier Peslier | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:12.3 |
| 2004 | Dantsu Judge | 5 | Shinji Fujita | Kenji Yamauchi | 2:15.5 |
| 2005 | Kraftwerk | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yoshiyuki Goto | 2:11.4 |
| 2006 | Silk Famous | 7 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Ippo Sameshima | 2:13.2 |
| 2007 | Matsurida Gogh | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | 2:12.8 |
| 2008 | Air Shady | 7 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito | 2:13.6 |
| 2009 | Never Bouchon | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masanori Ito | 2:13.9 |
| 2010 | Never Bouchon | 7 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masanori Ito | 2:12.6 |
| 2011 | Tosen Jordan | 5 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:14.2 |
| 2012 | Rulership | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumiii | 2:17.3 |
| 2013 | Danone Ballade | 5 | Fran Berry | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:13.1 |
| 2014 | Verde Green | 6 | Hironobu Tanabe | Ikuo Aizawa | 2:14.0 |
| 2015 | Courir Kaiser | 6 | Hironobu Tanabe | Ikuo Aizawa | 2:13.6 |
| 2016 | Decipher | 7 | Yutaka Take | Futoshi Kojima | 2:12.0 |
Earlier winners
- 1960 - Onward Bell
- 1961 - Yashima First
- 1962 - Takamagahara
- 1963 - Korehisa
- 1964 - Suzu Top Run
- 1965 - Asahoko
- 1966 - Haku Zuiko
- 1967 - Speed Symboli
- 1968 - New Onward
- 1969 - Asaka O
- 1970 - Speed Symboli
- 1971 - Akane Tenryu
- 1972 - Mejiro Asama
- 1973 - Onward Guy
- 1974 - Take Hope
- 1975 - Strong Eight
- 1976 - White Fontaine
- 1977 - Green Grass
- 1978 - Kashu Chikara
- 1979 - Sakura Shori
- 1980 - Kane Mikasa
- 1981 - Hoyo Boy
- 1982 - Amber Shadai
- 1983 - Amber Shadai
- 1984 - Shuzan King
- 1985 - Sakura Gaisen
- 1986 - Suda Hawk
- 1987 - Miho Shinzan
- 1988 - Kashima Wing
- 1989 - Running Free
- 1990 - Sakuro Hokuto O
- 1991 - Mejiro Monterey
References
- ↑ "American Jockey Club Cup (G2)". japanracing.jp.