Epsom Cup
| Grade 3 race | |
 2021 Epsom Cup Winner, Zadar | |
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1984 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | 4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 52kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. |
| Purse | ¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner) |
The Epsom Cup (Japanese エプソムカップ) is a Grade 3 Handicap horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in June over a distance of 1800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1984 and has held Grade 3 status ever since.
Winners since 1984[edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Sakura Symboli | 5 | Futoshi Kojima | Kubota Hikoyuki | 1:51.7 |
| 1985 | Suzu Mach | 4 | Shoichi Osaki | Yoshio Nakazumi | 1:50.4 |
| 1986 | Super Gura Third | 4 | Eiji Nakano | Yoshinami Shimizu | 1:50.1 |
| 1987 | Dyna Fairy | 4 | Sueo Masuzawa | Yasuhiro Suzuki | 1:48.1 |
| 1988 | Soshin Hoju | 4 | Shoji Kashiwazaki | Suoki Koga | 1:48.1 |
| 1989 | Nihon Pillow Brave | 4 | Masato Shibata | Yuji Ito | 1:50.2 |
| 1990 | Samantha Tojo | 5 | Koichi Tsunoda | Sakae Watanabe | 1:47.7 |
| 1991 | Prekrasnie | 4 | Teruo Eda | Terumasa Yano | 1:47.2 |
| 1992 | Marumatsu Ace | 4 | Tomio Yasuda | Yoshio Nakazumi | 1:47.1 |
| 1993 | Sakura Sakai O | 4 | Futoshi Kojima | Masakatsu Sakai | 1:46.8 |
| 1994 | Wako Chikako | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Yuji Ito | 1:47.5 |
| 1995 | Kanetsu Cross | 4 | Hitoshi Matoba | Yasuo Nishizuka | 1:48.0 |
| 1996 | Marvelous Sunday | 4 | Yutaka Take | Makoto Osawa | 1:45.7 |
| 1997 | Taiki Marshal | 5 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:46.6 |
| 1998 | Tsukuba Symphony | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masanori Ito | 1:48.2 |
| 1999 | American Boss | 4 | Teruo Eda | Fuyuki Tago | 1:46.0 |
| 2000 | American Boss | 5 | Teruo Eda | Fuyuki Tago | 1:49.5 |
| 2001 | Admire Kaiser | 5 | Jun'ichi Serizawa | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:45.1 |
| 2002 | Joten Brave | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Ikuo Aizawa | 1:46.9 |
| 2003 | Meiner Amundsen | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Kiyotaka Tanaka | 1:47.7 |
| 2004 | Meiner Amundsen | 5 | Naohiro Onishi | Kiyotaka Tanaka | 1:47.8 |
| 2005 | Suzuno March | 5 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:46.6 |
| 2006 | Top Gun Joe | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Masamichi Wada | 1:49.2 |
| 2007 | Eishin Deputy | 5 | Katsuhara Tanaka | Akira Nomoto | 1:48.3 |
| 2008 | Sunrise Max | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yutaka Masumoto | 1:45.9 |
| 2009 | Shingen | 6 | Shinji Fujita | Hirofumi Toda | 1:45.5 |
| 2010 | Seiun Wonder | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Masazo Ryoke | 1:46.1 |
| 2011 | Dark Shadow | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Noriyuki Hori | 1:47.3 |
| 2012 | Tosen Reve | 4 | Craig Williams | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:46.7 |
| 2013 | Clarente | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:45.7 |
| 2014 | Decipher | 5 | Hirofumi Shii | Futoshi Kojima | 1:46.2 |
| 2015 | A Shin Hikari | 4 | Yutaka Take | Masanori Sakaguchi | 1:45.4 |
| 2016 | Rouge Buck | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Masahiro Otake | 1:46.2[2] |
| 2017 | Dashing Blaze | 5 | Suguru Hamanaka | Keiji Yoshimura | 1:45.9[3] |
| 2018 | Satono Arthur | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:47.4[4] |
| 2019 | Leyenda | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:49.1 |
| 2020 | Daiwa Cagney | 6 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Takanori Kikuzawa | 1:47.7 |
| 2021 | Zadar | 5 | Shu Ishibashi | Masahiro Otake | 1:45.1 |
| 2022 | North Bridge | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Takeshi Okumura | 1:46.7 |
| 2023 | Justin Cafe | 5 | Kazuo Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda | 1:45.5 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Epsom Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 June 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 11 June 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 10 June 2018.
- ^ "エプソムカップ". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Epsom Cup". Netkeiba.