Ōsaka Hai
| Grade 2 race | |
 Aerial Photo at the Hanshin Racecourse | |
| Location | Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1957 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o +, Colts & Fillies |
| Weight | 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. |
| Purse | ¥67,000,000 (winner) ¥145,120,000 (total) |
The Ōsaka Hai (japanese 大阪杯) is a Grade 2 horse race in for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged four and over run over a distance of 2,000 metres at Tokyo Racecourse. The race is also known as the Sankei Osaka Hai and the Osaka Cup.
The race is run in late March or early April and serves as a trial race for the spring edition of the Tenno Sho.[1]
It was first run in 1957 over 1800 metres. The distance was increased to 1900 metres in 1966 before the race was run over its current distance for the first time in 1972.
Among the winners of the race have been Katsuragi Ace, Tokai Teio, Mejiro McQueen, Air Groove, Neo Universe, Meisho Samson, Daiwa Scarlet, Orfevre and Kizuna.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:57.8 Hiruno d'Amour 2011
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Sunrise Pegasus – 2002, 2005
Winners since 1992
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Tokai Teio | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Shoichi Matsumoto | 2:06.3 |
| 1993 | Mejiro McQueen | 6 | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | 2:03.3 |
| 1994 | Nehai Caesar | 4 | Katsumi Shiomura | Tadashi Fuse | 2:01.2 |
| 1995 | Inter My Way | 5 | Mikio Matsunaga | Hitoshi Nakamura | 1:59.3 |
| 1996 | Taiki Blizzard | 5 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:00.7 |
| 1997 | Marvelous Sunday | 5 | Yutaka Take | Makoto Osawa | 2:02.0 |
| 1998 | Air Groove | 5 | Yutaka Take | Yuji Ito | 2:01.3 |
| 1999 | Silent Hunter | 6 | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | 1:59.9 |
| 2000 | Meisho Odo | 5 | Yuji Iida | Ahihiro Iida | 2:00.8 |
| 2001 | Toho Dream | 4 | Katsumi Ando | Yoshiyasu Tajima | 1:58.4 |
| 2002 | Sunrise Pegasus | 4 | Katsumi Ando | Sei Ishizaka | 1:59.1 |
| 2003 | Tagano My Bach | 4 | Katsumi Ando | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:59.1 |
| 2004 | Neo Universe | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Tsutomo Setoguchi | 1:59.6 |
| 2005 | Sunrise Pegasus | 7 | Hideaki Miyuki | Sei Ishizaka | 1:59.0 |
| 2006 | Company | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hidetaki Otonashi | 2:04.5 |
| 2007 | Meisho Samson | 4 | Mamoru Ishibashi | Shigetada Takahashi | 2:01.4 |
| 2008 | Daiwa Scarlet | 4 | Katsumi Ando | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:58.7 |
| 2009 | Dream Journey | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:59.7 |
| 2010 | T M Encore | 6 | Suguru Hamanaka | Masami Shibata | 1:59.5 |
| 2011 | Hiruno d'Amour | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Mitsugu Kon | 1:57.8 |
| 2012 | Shonan Mighty | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Tomoyuki Umeda | 2:05.5 |
| 2013 | Orfevre | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:59.0 |
| 2014 | Kizuna | 4 | Yutaka Take | Shozo Sasaki | 2:00.3 |
| 2015 | Lachesis | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Katsuhiko Sumii | 2:02.9 |
| 2016 | Ambitious | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:59.3 |
Earlier winners
- 1957 - Homare Ichi
- 1958 - Katsura Homare
- 1959 - Kiyo Sugata
- 1960 - Wildeal
- 1961 - Kodame
- 1962 - Sugihime
- 1963 - Ryu Z
- 1964 - Tetsuno O
- 1965 - Young Hero
- 1966 - Ballymoss Nisei
- 1967 - Ryu Pharos
- 1968 - Yama Pit
- 1969 - Date Horai
- 1970 - Shunsaku O
- 1971 - Tokino Shin O
- 1972 - Kei Takashi
- 1973 - Takuma O
- 1974 - Nihon Pillow Moutiers
- 1975 - Sky Leader
- 1976 - Long Hawk
- 1977 - Gold Eagle
- 1978 - King Lanark
- 1979 - Metro Jumbo
- 1980 - Hashi Kranz
- 1981 - Sancy Doll
- 1982 - Sanei Tholon
- 1983 - Hikari Duel
- 1984 - Katsuragi Ace
- 1985 - State Jaguar
- 1986 - Sakura Yutaka O
- 1987 - Nishino Raiden
- 1988 - Fresh Voice
- 1989 - Yaeno Muteki
- 1990 - Super Creek
- 1991 - White Stone
References
- ↑ "Sankei Osaka Hai (G2)". japanracing.jp.
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