Nakayama Kimpai

Horse race

Nakayama Kimpai
中山金杯
Race information
Grade 3 race
2011 Nakayama Kimpai
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	1952
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o +
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 43,000,000 2nd: ¥ 17,000,000 3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Nakayama Kimpai (Japanese 中山金杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over run in January over a distance of 2000 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.^[1]

The race was first run in 1952 and was promoted to Grade 3 level in 1984. The race was initially contested over 2600 metres before being moved down to 2000 metres in 1961.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Jo Big Bang	5	Kazuhiro Yamada	Masanao Tsubo	2:01.4
2001	Charisma Sun Opera	4	Eiji Nakadate	Hiroki Sakiyama	2:01.2
2002	Big Gold	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Tadashi Nakao	1:59.0^[1]
2003	Toho Shiden	6	Katsuharu Tanaka	Kiyotaka Tanaka	2:00.0
2004	Asaka Defeat	6	Eiji Nakadate	Akio Tsurudome	1:59.2
2005	Craft Work	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yohiyuki Goto	1:59.0
2006	Vita Rosa	6	Yuichi Shibayama	Kojiro Hahiguchi	1:59.4
2007	Shadow Gate	5	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yukihiro Kato	2:02.4
2008	Admire Fuji	6	Yuga Kawada	Mitsuru Hashida	2:00.7
2009	Admire Fuji	7	Yuga Kawada	Mitsuru Hashida	1:58.5
2010	Axion	7	Shinji Fujita	Yohitaka Ninomiya	2:00.8
2011	Cosmo Phantom	4	Masami Matsuoka	Toru Miya	1:59.8
2012	Federalist	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Tsuyoshi Tanaka	1:59.4
2013	Touch Me Not	7	Norihiro Yokoyama	Isamu Shibasaki	1:59.85
2014	Ocean Blue	6	Fran Berry	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:00.1
2015	Lovely Day	5	Fran Berry	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:57.8
2016	Yamakatsu Ace	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	2:01.2
2017	Tsukuba Azuma O	6	Yutaka Yoshida	Mitsuhiro Ogata	2:00.6^[2]
2018	Seda Brillantes	4	Keita Tosaki	Takahisa Tezuka	1:59.8^[3]
2019	Win Bright	5	Masami Matsuoka	Yoshihiro Hatakeyama	1:59.2^[4]
2020	Triomphe	6	Mirco Demuro	Naosuke Sugai	1:59.5
2021	Hishi Iguazu	5	Kohei Matsuyama	Noriyuki Hori	2:00.9
2022	Red Galant	7	Arata Saito	Takayuki Yasuda	2:00.1
2023	Lagulf	4	Keita Tosaki	Yoshitada Munakata	2:00.2
2024	Licancabur	5	Akihide Tsumura	Katsunori Tanaka	1:58.9

¹ The 2002 race took place at Tokyo Racecourse.

Earlier winners

1984 - Dokan Yashima
1985 - Suzu Parade
1986 - Kushiro King
1987 - Tochino Nishiki
1988 - Iron Ciro
1989 - Nishino Mirror
1990 - Mejiro Monterey
1991 - Carib Song
1992 - Tosho Falco
1993 - Sekitai Ryu O
1994 - Hidaka Hayato
1995 - Sakura Laurel
1996 - Best Tie Up
1997 - Best Tie Up
1998 - Gourmet Frontier
1999 - Silent Hunter

References

Netkeiba:^[5]^[6]
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^ "Nakayama Himpai". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 January 2018.
^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2018.
^ "中山金杯". Netkeiba.
^ "Nikkan Sports Sho Nakayama Kimpai". Netkeiba.

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