Kitakyushu Kinen
Japanese thoroughbred race
Horse race
Kitakyushu Kinen 2019 Kitakyushu Kinen winner Daimei Princess
Class Grade 3 Location Kokura Racecourse , Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan Inaugurated 1966[ 1] Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing Distance 1,200 meters Surface Turf Track Right-handed (inner course) Qualification Fillies & mares Weight Handicap Purse ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2025)
1st: ¥ 41,000,0002nd: ¥ 16,000,0003rd: ¥ 10,000,000
The Kitakyushu Kinen (in Japanese: 北九州記念), short for TV Nishinippon Corp. Sho Kitakyushu Kinen, is a Grade III Handicap race in Japan for fillies and mares in the JRA .
Race details
The first race was held in 1966.
The race is usually held in August, though in the past, they have been run in July.
Foreign horses are allowed to run, with up to 9 foreign horses at a time being allowed to run.[ 1]
There are no weight limits.
Winners since 2014
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2014 Little Gerda 5 Kyosuke Maruta Ippo Samushima Ryoko Kuriyama 1:07.5
2015 Bel Canto 4 Yutaka Take Koichi Tsunoda Koji Maeda 1:07.3
2016 Bakushin Teio 7 Kota Fujioka Hori Noriyuki Masamichi Hayashi 1:08.5
2017[ 2] Diana Halo 4 Yutaka Take Nobuharu Fukushima Komahide Co. Ltd. 1:07.5
2018[ 3] Ares Barrows 6 Yuji Yoshida Koichi Tsunoda Koji Inokuma 1:06.6
2019 Daimei Princess 6 Shinichiro Akiyama Naoyuki Morita TokyoHorseRacing 1:08.2
2020 Red En Ciel 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasushi Shono Koichi Miyamoto 1:07.8
2021 Yoka Yoka 3 Hideaki Miyuki Kiyoshi Tani Koji Oka 1:08.2
2022 Buon Voyage 5 Haruhiko Kawasu Tomoyuki Umeda Toshihiro Hirosaki 1:07.3
2023 Jasper Krone 4 Taisei Danno Tomoyuki Umeda Hideyuki Mori 1:06.9
2024
Puro Magic
3
Kohei Matsuyama Shogo Yasuda
Three H Racing Co. Ltd.
1:07.9
2025
Yamanin al Rihla
4
Taisei Danno
Takashi Saito
Hajime Doi
1:07.8
Previous winners
1966: Hajime Ryu
1967: Atlas
1968: Hiro Daikoku
1969: Ho-un
1970: Open Tsubame
1971: Okaheren
1972: Thai Babo
1973: Narutaki Ace
1974: Rokko Ichi
1975: Fumino Hikari
1976: Miyajimarengo
1977: Fuji Linden
1978: Urakawa Cherry
1979: Three Fire
1980: Fuji Madonna
1981: Lafontaice
1982: Omi Shadai
1983: Lovely Star
1984: Manno Taro
1985: Global Dyna
1986: Lucky Sea Turtle
1987: Mayano Jo O
1988: Tagajo O
1989: Tanino Suisei
1990: Nishi Yamasho
1991: Movie Star
1992: Nuevo Tosho
1993: Silk Moonlight
1994: Ibuki Five One
1995: Inazuma Takao
1996: Magic Kiss
1997: Dandy Command
1998: Tow Show Orion
1999: Eishin Vincennes
2000: Tunante
2001: Eishin Preston
2002: Top Protector
2003: Millenium Bio
2004: Daitaku Bertram
2005: Meisho Kaido
2006: Cosmo Fortune
2007: Kyowa Roaring
2008: Sleepless Night
2009: Sandalphone
2010: Melissa
2011: Tokai Mystery
2012: Sugino Endeavor
2013: Tsurumaru Leon
References
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