Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

Japanese thoroughbred race
Horse race
Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun
Domestic Grade 1 (JpnI) race
2009 Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun
LocationKawasaki Racecourse
Inaugurated1950
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1,600 meters
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-years-olds
Weight55 kg
Allowances
1 kg for fillies
Purse¥71,400,000 (as of 2023)
1st: ¥ 42,000,000
2nd: ¥ 14,700,000
3rd: ¥ 8,400,000

The Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (全日本2歳優駿) is an internationally listed, Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Kawasaki Racecourse over a distance of 1600 metres.

The race was first run in 1999 and is an important race in Japan for two-year-olds on dirt. In 2017, the race began to be included as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series.[1]

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Organization
 Time
2023 Forever Young Ryusei Sakai Yoshito Yahagi Susumu Fujita JRA 1:43.5
2022 Derma Sotogake Fuma Matsuwaka Hidetaka Otonashi Hiroyuki Asanuma JRA 1:43.3
2021 Dry Stout Keita Tosaki Mitsunori Makiura YGG Horse Club Co. Ltd. JRA 1:39.2
2020 Alain Barows[2] Seiji Sakai Masato Hayashi Hirotsugu Inokuma Funabashi 1:40.7
2019 Vacation[3][4] Hiroto Yoshihara Kenichi Takatsuki Masatoshi Suzuki Kawasaki 1:41.9
2018 Nova Lenda[5] Yuichi Kitamura Takashi Saito Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. JRA 1:42.6
2017 Le Vent Se Leve Mirco Demuro Kiyoshi Hagiwara G1 Racing Co. Ltd. JRA 1:41:6
2016 Rieno Tesoro Hayato Yoshida Ryo Takei Ryotokuji Kenji Holdings Co. Ltd. JRA 1:42.8
2015 Sound Sky Keita Tosaki Masao Sato Yuichi Masuda JRA 1:43.1
2014 Dear Domus Kousei Miura Yutaka Takahashi Hideo Takadaru JRA 1:45.3
2013 Happy Sprint Mitsuyuki Miyazaki Junji Tanaka Tsuji Farm Hokkaido 1:40.4
2012 Someries Yusuke Fujioka Kenichi Fujioka Godolphin JRA 1:41.9
2011 Obruchev Eiji Nakadate Kiyoshi Hagiwara Koji Maeda JRA 1:41.6
2010 Big Romance Katsuharu Tanaka Michifumi Kono Senji Nishimura JRA 1:41.2
2009 Love Michan Kusuhiko Hamaguchi Hitoshi Yanae Sachiaki Kobayashi Kasamatsu 1:40.0
2008 Suni Hiroyuki Uchida Naohiro Yoshida Kazumi Yoshida JRA 1:40.5
2007 Iide Kenshin Shinji Fujita Mitsugu Kon Naoichi Furukawa JRA 1:41.8
2006 Furioso Hiroyuki Uchida Masayuki Kawashima Darley Japan Farm Co. Ltd. Funabashi 1:41.8
2005 Grace Tiara Katsuharu Tanaka Takahisa Tezuka Shimokobe Farm JRA 1:42.3
2004 Pride Kim Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo Ikezoe Tomiro Fukami JRA 1:40.6
2003 Admire Hope Yutaka Take Mitsuru Hashida Riichi Kondo JRA 1:42.8
2002 Utopia Hiroshi Kawachi Kojiro Hashiguchi Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd. JRA 1:42.4
2001 Principal River Fuyuki Igarashi Haruo Narita Teruya Yoshida Hokkaido 1:42.5
2000 Toshin Blizzard Takayuki Ishizaki Kenji Sato Eiichi Waizumi Funabashi 1:42.6
1999 Agnes Digital Hitoshi Matoba Toshiaki Shirai Takao Watanabe JRA 1:41.1

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References

  • Netkeiba:[6]
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  1. ^ History of the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun
  2. ^ Alain Barows Takes Lead in Japan Road to the Derby
  3. ^ Vacation Takes Lead in Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby
  4. ^ 2019年12月18日
  5. ^ Nova Lenda wins Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby Race
  6. ^ "全日本2歳優駿". Netkeiba.
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Japan Racing Association (JRA) GI Races
(International GI)
National Association of Racing (NAR) JpnI and GI Races
(Domestic or international GI races, dirt)
JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)
Domestic Grade I Equivalent Ban'ei Races
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