Hakodate Kinen

Hakodate Kinen
函館記念
Hakodate Racecourse
ClassGrade 3
LocationHakodate Racecourse
Inaugurated1965
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2025)
  • 1st: ¥ 43,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Hakodate Kinen (Japanese 函館記念) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over. It is run in July every year over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hakodate Racecourse in Hakodate, Japan.[1]

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run over 2400 metres until 1967.

Winners since 1984

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner Time
1984 Windsor Knot 4 Masato Shibata Kunio Takamatsu Horseman 1:59.6[2]
1985 Windsor Knot 5 Masato Shibata Kunio Takamatsu Horseman 1:59.2
1986 Nippo Teio 3 Hiroyuki Gohara Kubota Kinzo Yuichi Yamaishi 1:58.6
1987 Windstoss 4 Kazuhiro Kato Toshio Nihonyanagi Tokusuke Fukushima 2:00.2
1988 Soccer Boy 3 Hiroshi Kawachi Yukiharu Ono Shadai Race Horse 1:57.8
1989 Speak Reason 3 Tomio Yasuda Mitsuhiro Ogata Mitsuru Takesaki 2:00.2
1990 Lucky Guerlain 4 Koichi Uchida Yasuo Ikee Royal Farm 1:59.5
1991 Mejiro Marsyas 6 Seiki Tabara Yasuo Ikee Mejiro Shoji 1:59.1
1992 Higashi Mallorca 4 Hitoshi Matoba Mitsuhiro Ogata Yanagawa Farm 2:00.6
1993 Golden Eye 5 Shinji Fujita Takashi Tsukazaki Kenichi Takahashi 2:04.6
1994 Wako Chikako 4 Shinji Fujita Yuji Ito Takao Ishida 2:01.6
1995 Inter My Way 5 Shinji Fujita Mitsuo Ogino Tomee Matsuoka 2:02.4
1996 Bright Sunday 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Mitsuo Ogino Kazuo Nakamura 1:59.8
1997 Aloha Dream 4 Kazuhiro Kato Hirotoshi Iwaki Keisho Kida 1:59.3
1998 Pal Bright 6 Hatsuhiro Kowata Hirotoshi Iwaki Iwao Kinami 2:00.4
1999 Jo Big Bang 4 Hiromasa Tamogi Makoto Tsubo Keiko Ueda 2:02.0
2000 Craftsmanship 5 Masaki Katsuura Yoshiyuki Goto Sunday Racing 2:02.7
2001 Lord Platinum 5 Mikio Matsunaga Yuji Ito Lord Horse Club 2:02.4
2002 Yamanin Respect 5 Yohsikazu Yokoyama Hideshi Asami Kaoru Doi 2:05.1
2003 Air Eminem 5 Masayoshi Ebina Yuji Ito Lucky Field 1:59.9
2004 Craft Work 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Yoshiyuki Goto Sunday Racing 2:00.6
2005 Erimo Harrier 5 Kohei Kitamura Hidetaka Tadokoro Toshiharu Yamamoto 2:00.7
2006 Erimo Harrier 6 Katsumi Ando Hidetaka Tadokoro Toshiharu Yamamoto 2:05.1
2007 Erimo Harrier 7 Koshiro Take Hidetaka Tadokoro Toshiharu Yamamoto 2:02.8
2008 Tosen Captain 4 Yusuke Fujioka Katsuhiko Sumii Takaya Shimakawa 2:00.3
2009 Sakura Orion 7 Shinichiro Akiyama Yasuo Ikee Sakura Commerce 2:00.6
2010 Meiner Starry 5 Douglas Whyte Tadashi Kayo Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:58.5
2011 King Top Gun 8 Norihiro Yokoyama Ippo Sameshima Toyoji Ikeda 2:00.3
2012 Transwarp 7 Takuya Ono Kiyoshi Hagiwara Carrot Farm 2:00.4
2013 Tokei Halo 4 Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu Nobuhiko Kimura 1:58.6
2014 Love Is Boo Shet 5 Yoshihiro Furukawa Akira Murayama Sachiaki Kobayashi 2:00.1
2015 Derby Fizz 5 Yasunari Iwata Futoshi Kojima Shadai Race Horse 1:59.1
2016 Meiner Milano 6 Yuji Tannai Ikuo Aizawa Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:59.0[3]
2017 Luminous Warrior 6 Yuichi Shibayama Shoichiro Wada Sunday Racing 2:01.2[4]
2018 Air Anthem 7 Yusuke Fujioka Keiji Yoshimura Lucky Field 1:59.8[5]
2019 My Style 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Mitsugu Kon Chiyono Terada 1:59.6
2020 Admire Justa 4 Hayato Yoshida Naosuke Sugai Junko Kondo 1:59.7
2021 Tosen Surya 6 Kazuo Yokoyama Jiro Ono Takaya Shimakawa 1:58.7
2022 Hayayakko 6 Suguru Hamanaka Sakae Kunieda Kaneko Makoto Holdings 2:03.6
2023 Rousham Park 4 Christophe Lemaire Hiroyasu Tanaka Sunday Racing 2:01.4
2024 Ho O Biscuits 4 Yasunari Iwata Takeshi Okumura Yoshihisa Ozasa 1:59.2
2025 Veloce Era 4 Daisuke Sasaki Naosuke Sugai TO Racing 1:57.6[a]
  1. ^ Broke the track record

Previous Winner

  • 1965 - Kuri Bay
  • 1966 - Mejiro Bosatsu
  • 1967 - Ryuzuki
  • 1968 - Ryuzuki
  • 1969 - Kuri Kashiwa
  • 1970 - Mejiro Asama
  • 1971 - Mejiro Musashi
  • 1972 - Onward Guy
  • 1973 - Erimo Cup
  • 1974 - Tsukisamu Homare
  • 1975 - Tsukisamu Homare
  • 1976 - Erimo George
  • 1977 - Yamabuki O
  • 1978 - Bambton Court
  • 1979 - Emperor Ace
  • 1980 - Sir Pen Prince
  • 1981 - Howa Sekito
  • 1982 - Kazushige
  • 1983 - Dokan Yashima

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hakodate Kinen". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "1984 Hakodate Kinen Race Results". netkeiba.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  3. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 17 July 2016.
  4. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 16 July 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 15 July 2018.
  6. ^ "函館記念". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Hakodate Kinen". Netkeiba.
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