Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes

The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (朝日杯フューチュリティステークス) is a one-mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred colts two years old in Japan. It is considered the de facto year-end championship for Japanese thoroughbred racing in the two-year-olds division.

Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes

The 63rd (2011) winner Alfredo
Class	Grade 1
Location	Hanshin Racecourse Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan
Inaugurated	1949
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs / one mile)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed (outer course)
Qualification	Two-year-old Colts & Fillies, no Geldings
Weight	Colt 56 kg, Filly 55 kg
Purse	¥ 151,700,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 70,000,000 2nd: ¥ 28,000,000 3rd: ¥ 18,000,000

Inaugurated in 1949, this race had historically been held at the Nakayama Racecourse. From 2014, the race was relocated to the Hanshin Racecourse.^[1]

Winners since 1984

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1984	Scrum Dyna[2]	Masato Shibata	Susumu Yano	Shadai Race Horse co	1:35.0
1985	Daishin Fubuki	Yasuo Sugawara	Hiroshi Shibata	Kinji Takahashi	1:35.4
1986	Merry Nice	Yasuhiro Nemoto	Teruo Hashimoto	Fusako Ura	1:35.6
1987	Sakura Chiyono O	Futoshi Kojima	Katsutaro Sakai	Sakura Commerce	1:35.6
1988	Sakura Hokuto O	Futoshi Kojima	Katsutaro Sakai	Sakura Commerce	1:35.5
1989	Ines Fujin	Eiji Nakano	Shuho Kato	Masaaki Kobayashi	1:34.4
1990	Lindo Shaver[3]	Hitoshi Matoba	Takaaki Motoishi	Der Mar Club	1:34.0
1991	Mihono Bourbon	Sadahiro Kojima	Tameo Toyama	Mihono International	1:34.5
1992	L-Way Win[4]	Katsumi Minai	Noriaki Tsubo	Takao Zako	1:35.5
1993	Narita Brian	Katsumi Minai	Masaharu Okubo	Hidenori Yamaji	1:34.4
1994	Fuji Kiseki	Koichi Tsunoda	Sakae Watanabe	Yomoji Saito	1:34.7
1995	Bubble Gum Fellow	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shadai Race Horse co	1:34.2
1996	Meiner Max	Tetsuzo Sato	Hitoshi Nakamura	Thoroughbred Club Ruffian	1:36.3
1997	Grass Wonder	Hitoshi Matoba	Mitsuhiro Ogata	Hanzawa	1:33.6
1998	Admire Cozzene	Michael Roberts	Mitsuru Hashida	Riichi Kondo	1:35.3
1999	Eishin Preston	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	Toyomitsu Hirai	1:34.7
2000	Mejiro Bailey	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kunihiko Take	Mejiro Stud	1:34.5
2001	Admire Don	Shinji Fujita	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Riichi Kondo	1:33.8
2002	Eishin Champ	Yuichi Fukunaga	Tsutomu Setoguchi	Toyomitsu Hirai	1:33.5
2003	Cosmo Sunbeam	Dario Vargiu	Shozo Sasaki	Misako Okada	1:33.7
2004	Meiner Recolte	Hiroki Goto	Masahiro Horii	Thoroughbred Club Ruffian	1:33.4
2005	Fusaichi Richard	Yuichi Fukunaga	Kunihide Matsuda	Fusao Sekiguchi	1:33.7
2006	Dream Journey	Masayoshi Ebina	Yasutoshi Ikee	Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.	1:34.4
2007	Goshawk Ken	Masaki Katsuura	Makoto Saito	Yoshio Fujita	1:33.5
2008	Seiun Wonder	Yasunari Iwata	Masazo Ryoke	Takao Otani	1:35.1
2009	Rose Kingdom	Futoshi Komaki	Kojiro Hashiguchi	Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.	1:34.0
2010	Grand Prix Boss	Mirco Demuro	Yoshito Yahagi	Grand Prix Co., Ltd.	1:33.9
2011	Alfredo	Craig Williams	Takahisa Tezuka	U Carrot Farm	1:33.4
2012	Logotype	Mirco Demuro	Tsuyoshi Tanaka	Teruya Yoshida	1:33.4
2013	Asia Express	Ryan Moore	Takahisa Tezuka	Yukio Baba	1:34.7
2014	Danon Platina	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	Danox Co Ltd	1:35.9
2015	Leontes	Mirco Demuro	Katsuhiko Sumii	U Carrot Farm	1:34.4
2016	Satono Ares	Hirofumi Shii	Kazuo Fujisawa	Hajime Satomi	1:35.4
2017	Danon Premium	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	Danox Co Ltd	1:33.3
2018	Admire Mars	Mirco Demuro	Yasuo Tomomichi	Riichi Kondo	1:33.9
2019	Salios	Ryan Moore	Noriyuki Hori	Silk Racing	1:33.0
2020	Grenadier Guards	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	Sunday Racing	1:32.3
2021	Do Deuce	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Tomomichi	Kieffers Co Ltd	1:33.5
2022	Dolce More	Ryusei Sakai	Naosuke Sugai	Three H Racing	1:33.9
2023	Jantar Mantar	Yuga Kawada	Tomokazu Takano	Shadai Race Horse co	1:33.8
2024	Admire Zoom[a]	Yuga Kawada	Yasuo Tomomichi	Junko Kondo	1:34.1

^a The 2024 running took place at Kyoto while Hanshin was closed for redevelopment.

See also

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