New Zealand Trophy
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Grade 2 race | |
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Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
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Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1600 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o |
Weight | 56kg, fillies allowed 2kg |
Purse | ¥117,540,000 (total) ¥54,000,000 (winner) |
The New Zealand Trophy (Japanese ニュージーランドトロフィー) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1600 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in April.[1]
The New Zealand Trophy was first run in 1983 and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1984 before being promoted to Grade 2 in 1987. It serves as a trial race for the NHK Mile Cup.
Among the winners of the race have been Oguri Cap, Eishin Preston and El Condor Pasa.
Winners since 2000
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
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2000 | Eishin Preston | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | 2:28.2 |
2001 | Kitasan Channel | Ryo Takahashi | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:35.7 |
2002 | Taiki Lion | Yoshitomi Shibata | Kiyotaka Tanaka | 1:32.1 |
2003 | Eishin Tsurugizan | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:34.6 |
2004 | Seeking The Dia | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | 1:33.5 |
2005 | Meiner Hearty | Hiroyuki Uchida | Hitoshi Nakamura | 1:33.4 |
2006 | Meiner Scherzi | Yoshitomi Shibata | Ryuichi Inaba | 1:33.5 |
2007 | Toho Racer | Hiroki Goto | Yoshihiko Kawamura | 1:33.9 |
2008 | Satono Progress | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | 1:35.0 |
2009 | San Carlo | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | 1:33.8 |
2010 | Sunrise Prince | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:32.9 |
2011 [1] | Eishin Osman | Hideaki Miyuki | Masahiro Matsuaga | 1:34.5 |
2012 | Curren Black Hill | Shinichiro Akiyama | Osamu Hirata | 1:33.2 |
2013 | A Shin Top | Hiroyuki Uchida | Masato Nishizono | 1:34.8 |
2014 | Shonan Achieve | Hiroki Goto | Sakae Kunieda | 1:33.3 |
2015 | Yamakatsu Ace | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:34.8 |
2016 | Dantsu Prius | Genki Maruyama | Kenji Yamauchi | 1:33.9[2] |
2017 | Jo Strictly | Andrasch Starke | Hisashi Shimizu | 1:36.0[3] |
2018 | Katsuji | Kohei Matsuyama | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:34.2[4] |
1 The 2011 race took place at Hanshin Racecourse.
Earlier winners
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- 1983 - Upsetter
- 1984 - Nippo Swallow
- 1985 - Maruyo Plaid
- 1986 - Nippo Teio
- 1987 - Yuwa James
- 1988 - Oguri Cap
- 1989 - Aquavit
- 1990 - Music Time
- 1991 - Weiss Cedar
- 1992 - Shinko Lovely
- 1993 - Toyo Lyphard
- 1994 - Hishi Amazon
- 1995 - Shake Hand
- 1996 - Fabulous La Fouine
- 1997 - Seeking The Pearl
- 1998 - El Condor Pasa
- 1999 - Zachariah