Fukushima Kinen

Fukushima Kinen
福島記念
	2023 Fukushima Kinen winner Ho O Emmy's
Class	Grade 3
Location	Fukushima Racecourse
Inaugurated	1965
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2024); 1st: ¥ 43,000,000; 2nd: ¥ 17,000,000; 3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Fukushima Kinen (Japanese 福島記念) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Fukushima Racecourse.^[1]

Quick facts Class, Location ...

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Niigata Racecourse in 1995, 1996 and 2011.

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Going Suzuka	7	Junichi Serizawa	Mitsuru Hashida	2:04.1
2001	Miyagi Rodrigo	7	Naohiro Onishi	Keiji Takaichi	1:59.0
2002	Win Blaze	5	Hatsuhiro Kowata	Yoshitada Munakata	2:01.2
2003	Meisho Domenica	6	Hatsuhiro Kowata	Shigetada Takahashi	1:58.6
2004	Safety Emperor	5	Kodai Hasegawa	Yukiharu Ono	2:00.3
2005	Grass Bomber	5	Masaki Katsuura	Mitsuhiro Ogata	2:01.2
2006	San Valentin	5	Hiroki Goto	Shozo Sasaki	2:03.9
2007	Arco Senora	3	Eiji Nakadate	Shigenori Hatakeyama	2:00.6
2008	Manhattan Sky	4	Junichi Serizawa	Hidekazu Asami	2:00.1
2009	Sunny Sunday	3	Hayato Yoshida	Yohiaki Tanihara	1:58.6
2010	Dance In The More	8	Kyosuke Maruta	Ikuo Aizawa	1:58.9
2011	Admire Cosmos	4	Hiroyuki Uemura	Mitsuru Hashida	1:59.1
2012	Daiwa Falcon	5	Haruhiko Kawasu	Hiroyuki Uehara	1:59.5
2013	Daiwa Falcon	6	Haruhiko Kawasu	Hiroyuki Uehara	1:57.3
2014	Mitra	6	Mickael Barzalona	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	1:58.1
2015	Yamakatsu Ace	3	Akihide Tsumura	Kaneo Ikezoe	2:02.5
2016	Maltese Apogee	4	Tomoharu Bushizawa	Masahiro Horii	2:00.8^[2]
2017	Win Bright	3	Masami Matsuoka	Yoshihiro Hatakeyama	2:00.2^[3]
2018	Stiffelio	4	Genki Maruyama	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:58.3^[4]
2019	Crescendo Love	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Toru Hayashi	1:59.5
2020	Bio Spark	5	Kenichi Ikezoe	Tamio Hamada	1:59.6
2021	Panthalassa	4	Yuji Hishida	Yoshito Yahagi	1:59.2
2022	Unicorn Lion	6	Yusaku Kokubun	Yoshito Yahagi	2:00.2
2023	Ho O Emmy's	6	Hironobu Tanabe	Masakazu Ikegami	2:00.9
2024	Arata	7	Takuya Ono	Yusuke Wada	2:00.7

Winners since 2000