Tokyo_Derby

Tokyo Derby

Horse race

For the football rivalry between F.C. Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy, see Tokyo derby (football).

The Tokyo Derby (東京ダービー) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt for three-year-olds. It is graded as a Domestic Grade I. It is run over a distance of 2000 meters (about 10 furlongs) at Oi Racecourse in the Shinagawa, Tokyo in June.

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Tokyo Derby
Race information
Domestic Grade I (JpnI) race
Makani Bisty wins the 2010 Tokyo Derby
Location	Oi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo
Inaugurated	15. May 1955
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	2,000 meters (About 10 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o
Weight	colts & geldings 56kg / fillies 54 kg
Purse	¥71,400,000 (2011 Running)

History

It was first held in 1955, at that time named Haru-no-Kura, meaning 'The Race of Spring race meeting', with a distance of 2000 meters. In 1964, its name was changed to Tokyo Metropolis Derby. In 1966, its name was changed to Tokyo Derby.

Its distance has been changed three times. From 1955 to 1966, it was 2000 meters long, from 1967 to 1998, 2400 meters and after 1999, 2000 meters. Horses belonging to south kanto horseracing can run.

Until 2023, this race was the second leg of the South Kanto (Minami-Kanto) triple crown with [[[Haneda Hai]] and Japan Dirt Derby and only horses belonging to Minami-Kanto Horseracing can run.

Dirt Grade Promotion

Starting from 2024, this race will be graded as Domestic Grade 1 (Jpn1) along with Haneda Hai.^[1] Formerly the second leg of the South Kanto (Minami-Kanto) Triple Crown, it will become the second leg of new japanese Triple Crown of Dirt.^[2] Entries will be expanded to 16 horses with 4 JRA horses and 12 NAR horses.^[3]

Trial races

Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.^[3]

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Race	Grade	Racecourse	Distance	Condition
Haneda Hai	JpnI	Oi	1,800 meters	Top 3 of the best that placed 1st to 5th that belongs to JRA Top 3 that belongs to NAR regardless of placing
Crown Cup	SIII^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Kawasaki	1,600 meters	Winner
Unicorn Stakes	GIII	Kyoto	1,900 meters	Winner and/or runner-up that belongs to JRA Top finisher that belongs to NAR regardless of placing
Tokyo Wan Cup	SII^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Funabashi	1,700 meters	Winner
Tokyo Derby Trial	Special	Oi	2,000 meters	Winner
Diamond Cup	M1^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Morioka	1,800 meters	Winner
Nishi Nihon Classic	Major Prize I^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Sonoda	1,870 meters	Winner

Notes:

Classified as a local, South Kanto Grade 3 event
Classified as a local, South Kanto Grade 2 event
Classified as a local, Iwate Grade 1 event
Classified as a local, Nagoya Grade 1 event

Winners since 2001

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Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Organization	Time
2001	Toshin Blizzard	Takayuki Ishizaki	Kenji Sato	Eiichi Waizumi	Funabashi	2:07.5
2002	King Saviour	Shinobu Sakai	Hitoshi Yagi	Toshihiko Kiso	Kawasaki	2:08.0
2003	Nike a Delight	Takayuki Ishizaki	Ryuichi Degawa	Sumi Ono	Funabashi	2:08.9
2004	Adjudi Mitsuo	Takashi Sato	Masayuki Kawashima	Masao Orido	Funabashi	2:05.2
2005	Sea Chariot	Hiroyuki Uchida	Masayuki Kawashima	Darley Japan Farm Co. Ltd.	Funabashi	2:05.3
2006	B B Tornado	Naoki Machida	Eichi Takei	Bando Farm	Kawasaki	2:07.5
2007	Ampersand	Keita Tosaki	Takashi Ikeda	Yasuaki Date	Kawasaki	2:05.0
2008	Dream Sky	Keita Tosaki	Katsuyoshi Uchida	Dream Turf	Kawasaki	2:06.5
2009	Silent Sutamen	Masahiko Kaneko	Katsuhisa Adachi	Shunji Miyazawa	Kawasaki	2:06.7
2010	Makani Bisty	Keita Tosaki	Makoto Matsuura	Toshiko Bizenjima	Oi	2:06.7
2011	Clave Secreta	Keita Tosaki	Masayuki Kawashima	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	Funabashi	2:06.5
2012	Pretiolas	Kouta Motohashi	Junpei Morishita	Yasuaki Date	Oi	2:06.8
2013	Inside the Park	Seiji Sakai	Masato Hayashi	Yusuke Yamaguchi	Funabashi	2:07.2
2014	Happy Sprint	Hiroto Yoshihara	Jyunpei Morishita	Tsuji Farm	Oi	2:05.9
2015	Lucky Prince	Tadanari Konno	Satoshi Kokubo	Masatada Kunida	Urawa	2:07.5
2016	Baldassare	Hiroto Yoshihara	Keiji Nakamichi	Yasuaki Date	Oi	2:06.9
2017	Higashi Will Win	Taito Mori	Kenji Sato	MMC Co. Ltd.	Funabashi	2:06.9
2018	Haseno Pyro	Takayuki Yano	Kenji Sato	Kazuhiko Maita	Funabashi	2:06.7
2019	Hikari Oso	Seiji Yamazaki	Hiroshi Iwamoto	Tsuru Nishimori	Kawasaki	2:09.4
2020	Aime Limite	Tatsuya Yamaguchi	Masato Hayashi	Tamori Co. Ltd.	Funabashi	2:06.9
2021	Alain Barows	Seiji Sakai	Masato Hayashi	Hirotsugu Inokuma	Funabashi	2:06.6
2022	Kile	Kota Motohashi	Satoshi Kokubo	Takaya Shimakawa	Urawa	2:07.1
2023	Mick Fire	Norifumi Mikamoto	Kazuo Watanabe	Koichi Hoshika	Oi	2:04.8

References

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