New Zealand Trophy

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New Zealand Trophy
Grade 2 race
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Nakayama Racecourse
Location Nakayama Racecourse
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
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

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