Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes

The Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (Japanese 東京スポーツ杯2歳ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in November over a distance of 1800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.^[1]

Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes

Grade 2 race
Strauss wins the 2023 Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes
Location	Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1966
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	2-y-o
Weight	Colts 55kg, Fillies 54 kg
Purse	¥71,180,000 (total), ¥33,000,000 (winner)

The race was first run in 1986 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1996. It was run at Nakayama Racecourse in 2002. Past winners have included Bubble Gum Fellow, Nakayama Festa, Rose Kingdom, Deep Brillante, Isla Bonita, Satono Crown and Wagnerian. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 2021.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Tagano Teio	Shinji Fujita	Hiroshi Matsuda	1:48.5
2001	Admire Max	Yuichi Fukunaga	Mitsuru Hashida	1:48.2
2002	Blue Eleven	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:50.2
2003	Admire Big	Yutaka Take	Mitsuru Hashida	1:48.9
2004	Smooth Baritone	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	1:48.2
2005	Fusaichi Richard	Yuichi Fukunaga	Kunihide Matsuda	1:46.9
2006	Fusaichi Ho O	Katsumi Ando	Kunihide Matsuda	1:48.7
2007	Fusaichi Assort	Norihiro Yokoyama	Takaki Iwato	1:47.4
2008	Nakayama Festa	Masayoshi Ebina	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	1:47.7
2009	Rose Kingdom	Futoshi Komaki	Kojiro Hashiguchi	1:48.2
2010	Sadamu Patek	Christophe Soumillon	Masato Nishizono	1:47.3
2011	Deep Brillante	Yasunari Iwata	Yoshito Yahagi	1:52.7
2012	Codino	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:46.0
2013	Isla Bonita	Masayoshi Ebina	Hironori Kurita	1:45.9
2014	Satono Crown	Ryan Moore	Noriyuki Hori	1:47.9
2015	Smart Odin	Yutaka Take	Kunihide Matsuda	1:49.5
2016	Bless Journey	Yoshitomi Shibata	Shinobu Honma	1:48.3^[2]
2017	Wagnerian	Yuichi Fukunaga	Yasuo Tomomichi	1:46.6^[3]
2018	Nishino Daisy	Masaki Katsuura	Noboru Takagi	1:46.6^[4]
2019	Contrail	Ryan Moore	Yoshito Yahagi	1:44.5
2020	Danon The Kid	Yuga Kawada	Takayuki Yasuda	1:47.5
2021	Equinox	Christophe Lemaire	Tetsuya Kimura	1:46.2
2022	Gastrique	Kosei Miura	Hiroyuki Uehara	1:45.8
2023	Strauss	Joao Moreira	Ryo Takei	1:46.5

Earlier winners

• 1986 - Sakura Rotary
• 1987 - Kokusai Triple
• 1988 - Sakura Hokuto O
• 1989 - Asahi Pasion
• 1990 - Sakura Yamato O
• 1991 - Matikanetannhauser
• 1992 - Surely Win
• 1993 - Ines Souther
• 1994 - Hokkai Rousseau
• 1995 - Bubble Gum Fellow
• 1996 - Godspeed
• 1997 - King Halo
• 1998 - Admire Cozzene
• 1999 - Joten Brave

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

• Netkeiba:^[5][6]
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2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 19 November 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 18 November 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 November 2018.
5. "東スポ杯2歳S". Netkeiba.
6. "Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes". Netkeiba.