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Challenge Cup (horse race)

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Challenge Cup
チャレンジカップ
Grade 3 race
Air Windsor wins the 2018 Challenge Cup
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated1950
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
Weight4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 54 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg
Purse1st: ¥43,000,000 (as of 2023)

The Challenge Cup (Japanese チャレンジカップ (中央競馬)) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in late November or early December over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.[1]

The Challenge Cup was first run in 1950 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1966 and 1995 and at Chukyo Racecourse in 1979, 1990, 1991, 1994 and 2006. It was run over 1800 metres from 2012 to 2016.

Winners since 2000

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner Time
2000 Mikki Dance 4 Tetsuzo Sato Toshiyuki Hattori Hisashi Miki 1:58.3
2001 Ibuki Government 5 Hiroshi Kawachi Kojiro Hashiguchi Ibuki 1:59.4
2002 Tap Dance City 5 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki Yushun Horse Club 1:58.1
2003 Camphor Best 4 Katsumi Ando Yoshikatsu Sato Kiyoharu Okumura 1:58.3
2004 Suzuka Mambo 3 Yutaka Take Mitsuru Hashida Keiji Nagai 2:01.6
2005 One More Chatter 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo Tomomichi Ichizo Matsui 1:59.4
2006 Trillion Cut 6 Ryuji Wada Hidetaka Otonashi Carrot Farm 1:57.4
2007 Inti Raimi 5 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki Sunday Racing 2:00.0
2008 Dream Journey 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing 1:58.5
2009 Captain Thule 4 Yuga Kawada Hideyuki Mori Shadai Race Horse 2:00.0
2010 Captain Thule 5 Futoshi Komaki Hideyuki Mori Shadai Race Horse 1:59.2
2011 Mikki Dream 4 Ryuji Wada Hidetaka Otonashi Mizuki Noda 1:59.6
2012 Shoryu Moon 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Shozo Sasaki Wataru Ueda 1:46.6
2013 Archimedes 4 Mickael Barzalona Hideaki Fujiwara Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 1:46.5
2014 Tosen Stardom 3 Yutaka Take Yasutoshi Ikee Takaya Shimakawa 1:45.9
2015 Fluky 5 Mirco Demuro Katsuhiko Sumii Makoto Kaneko 1:46.1
2016 Meiner Honey 3 Daichi Shibata Hironuki Korita Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:46.5
2017 Satono Chronicle 3 Mirco Demuro Yasutoshi Ikee Satomi Horse Company 1:58.6
2018 Air Windsor 4 Mirco Demuro Kazuya Nakatake Lucky Field 1:58.3
2019 Lord My Way 3 Christophe Lemaire Haruki Sugiyama Lord Horse Club 1:59.1
2020 Lei Papale 3 Yuga Kawada Tomokazu Takano Carrot Farm 1:59.9
2021 So Valiant 3 Christophe Lemaire Masahiro Otake Shadai Race Horse 2:01.0
2022 So Valiant 4 Christophe Lemaire Masahiro Otake Shadai Race Horse 1:57.5
2023 Bellagio Opera 3 Kazuo Yokoyama Hiroyuki Uemura Shorai Hayashida 1:58.8

Earlier winners

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  • 1984 - Nihon Pillow Winner
  • 1985 - Wakao Raiden
  • 1986 - Dokan Yashima
  • 1987 - President City
  • 1988 - Tanino Suesei
  • 1989 - Hatushiba Ace
  • 1990 - Foundry Popo
  • 1991 - Nuevo Tosho
  • 1992 - Let It Be
  • 1993 - Wish Dream
  • 1994 - Tsurumaru Girl
  • 1995 - My Shinzan
  • 1996 - Marvelous Sunday
  • 1997 - Shin Kaiun
  • 1998 - Run For The Dream
  • 1999 - Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "チャレンジC". Netkeiba.
  3. ^ "Challenge Cup". Netkeiba.
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