Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun
| Domestic Grade 1 (JpnI) race | |
 2009 Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun | |
| Location | Kawasaki Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1950 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,600 meters |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-years-olds |
| Weight | 55 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[edit]
| 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 |