Kokura Daishoten

The Kokura Daishoten (Japanese 小倉大賞典) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1800 metres on turf at Kokura Racecourse.^[1]

Kokura Daishoten
小倉大賞典

A Shin G Line wins the 2012 Kokura Daishoten
Class	Grade 3
Location	Kokura Racecourse, Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan
Inaugurated	1967
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2025) 1st: ¥ 43,000,000 2nd: ¥ 17,000,000 3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Kokura Daishoten was first run in 1967 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1969 and 1982 and at Chukyo Racecourse in 1998, 1999 and 2010.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Jo Big Bang	5	Yamada Kazuhiro	Noriaki Tsubo	1:48.0
2001	Misuzu Chardon	6	Mirco Demuro	Keiji Kato	1:49.5
2002	Tamamo Hibiki	6	Yoshiyuki Obara	Isami Obara	1:48.0
2003	Meiner Blau	6	Shinji Kawashima	Masatoshi Ando	1:49.1
2004	Meisho Battler	4	Shinji Fujita	Shigetada Takahashi	1:49.1
2005	Meisho Kaido	6	Yutaka Take	Masahiro Sakaguchi	1:46.4
2006	Mejiro Meyer	7	Yuga Kawada	Yohiyasu Tajima	1:47.2
2007	Asaka Defeat	9	Futoshi Komaki	Akio Tsurudome	1:46.8
2008	Asaka Defeat	10	Eiji Nakadate	Akio Tsurudome	1:47.7
2009	Sunrise Max	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yasuda Masumoto	1:44.9
2010	Osumi Spark	5	Kota Fujioka	Katsumi Minai	1:47.2
2011	Sunrise Vega	7	Shinichiro Akiyama	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:45.3
2012	A Shin G Line	7	Haruhiko Kawasu	Masanori Sakaguchi	1:46.3
2013	Hit The Target	5	Takuya Ono	Keiji Kato	1:46.4
2014	Last Impact	4	Yuga Kawada	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:45.3
2015	Curren Black Hill	6	Shinichiro Akiyama	Osamu Hirata	1:48.3
2016	Albert Dock	4	Yuga Kawada	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:46.7
2017	Maltese Apogee	5	Tomoharu Bushizawa	Masahiro Horii	1:45.8[2]
2018	Triomphe	4	Yuga Kawada	Naosuke Sugai	1:46.1[3]
2019	Stiffelio	5	Genki Maruyama	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:46.7[4]
2020	Cadenas	6	Katsuma Sameshima	Kazuya Nakatake	1:48.3
2021	Territorial	7	Yukito Ishikawa	Katsuichi Nishiura	1:45.5
2022	Arrivo	4	Kazuo Yokoyama	Haruki Sugiyama	1:49.2
2023	Hindu Times	7	Bauyrzhan Murzabayev	Takashi Saito	1:49.7
2024	Epiphany	5	Makoto Sugihara	Keisuke Miyata	1:45.1
2025	Long Run	7	Yuji Tannai	Yusuke Wada	1:46.1

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Yamano Shiragiko
• 1985 - Global Dyna
• 1986 - Machikane Ishin
• 1987 - Tosho Leo
• 1988 - Tosho Leo
• 1989 - Daikatsu Kenzan
• 1990 - Mr Yamano
• 1991 - Let's Go Tarquin
• 1992 - Wide Battle
• 1993 - One More Love Way
• 1994 - Meisho Marine
• 1995 - Meisho Regnum
• 1996 - Aratami Wonder
• 1997 - Osumi Max
• 1998 - Silence Suzuka
• 1999 - Suehiro Commander

See also

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