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Horse race
Kyoto Kimpai
京都金杯
Grade 3 race
Win Full Bloom wins the 2015 Kyoto Kimpai
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated1963
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2025)
1st: ¥ 43,000,000
2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Kyoto Kimpai (Japanese 京都金杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.

The Kyoto Kimpai was first run in 1963 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1980. It was contested over 2000 metres before being cut to 1600 metres in 2000.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Kyoei March 6 Shinichiro Akiyama Akihiko Nomura 1:33.4
2001 Daitaku Riva 4 Mikio Matsunaga Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:33.4
2002 Daitaku Riva 5 Yutaka Take Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:33.8
2003 Sidewinder 5 Hirofumi Shii Shuji Kitahashi 1:33.7
2004 My Sole Sound 5 Masaru Honda Katsuichi Nishiura 1:33.3
2005 Hat Trick 4 Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii 1:34.0
2006 Big Planet 4 Ryuji Wada Katsumi Minai 1:34.0
2007 Meiner Scherzi 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Ryuichi Inaba 1:33.9
2008 Eishin Deputy 6 Yasunari Iwata Akira Nomoto 1:33.6
2009 Tamamo Support 6 Akihide Tsumura Kenichi Fujioka 1:32.9
2010 Live Concert 6 Yasunari Iwata Toshiaki Shirai 1:34.1
2011 Silport 6 Futoshi Komaki Masato Nihizono 1:33.4
2012 Meiner Lacrima 6 Masami Matsuoka Hiryuki Uehara 1:32.9
2013 Danon Shark 5 Christophe Lemaire Ryuji Okubo 1:33.5
2014 Extra End 5 Christophe Lemaire Katsuhiko Sumii 1:32.5
2015 Win Full Bloom 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Hiroshi Miyamoto 1:32.8
2016 Win Primera 6 Yuga Kawada Ryuji Okubo 1:33.0
2017 Air Spinel 4 Yutaka Take Kazuhide Sasada 1:32.8
2018 Black Moon 6 Yutaka Take Katsuichi Nishiura 1:34.3
2019 Pax Americana 4 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida 1:34.9
2020 Sound Chiara 5 Kohei Matsuyama Akio Adachi 1:34.0
2021 Cadence Call 5 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki Yasuda 1:33.1
2022 Zadar 6 Kohei Matsuyama Masahiro Otake 1:32.9
2023 Elusive Panther 5 Mirai Iwata Takashi Kubota 1:32.7
2024 Corepetiteur 4 Yasunari Iwata Kazuya Nakatake 1:33.8
2025 Sakura Toujours 8 Rachel King Noriyuki Hori 1:33.5

The 2020, 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

The 2025 runnings took place at Chukyo while Hanshin was closed for redevelopment.

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Long Grace
  • 1985 - Mejiro Thomas
  • 1986 - Eiko French
  • 1987 - Dokan Yashima
  • 1988 - Tamamo Cross
  • 1989 - Katsu Tokushin
  • 1990 - Osaichi George
  • 1991 - Daiyusaku
  • 1992 - White Arrow
  • 1993 - El Casa River
  • 1994 - Eishin Tennessee
  • 1995 - Wako Chikako
  • 1996 - T M Jumbo
  • 1997 - Ishino Sunday
  • 1998 - Midnight Bet
  • 1999 - Hikari Cermet

See also

References

  1. "Kyoto Kimpai". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2017.
  3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 January 2018.
  4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 5 January 2019.
  5. "京都金杯". Netkeiba.
  6. "Sports Nippon Sho Kyoto Kimpai". Netkeiba.
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