Lord Derby Challenge Trophy

The Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (Japanese ダービー卿チャレンジトロフィー) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. Organized by Japan Racing Association, it is run in March over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.^[1]

Lord Derby Challenge Trophy
ダービー卿チャレンジトロフィー

Industria, winner of the 2023 Lord Derby Challenge Trophy
Class	Grade 3
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	1969
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2025) 1st: ¥ 41,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

It was first run in 1969 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse until 1980 and was run over 1800 metres until 1979.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2000	Fusaichi Airedale	4	Yutaka Take	Kunihide Matsuda	Fusao Sekiguchi	1:33.0
2001	Check Mate	6	Shinji Fujita	Kenji Yamauchi	Tomiro Fukami	1:35.2
2002	Grass World	6	Shinji Fujita	Katsumi Suzuki	Hanzawa	1:32.4
2003	Dantsu Judge	4	Ryuji Wada	Kenji Yamauchi	Tetsuji Yamamoto	1:33.9
2004	Meiner Morgen	4	Hiroki Goto	Masahiro Horii	Thoroughbred Club Ruffian	1:33.4
2005	Daiwa Major	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Hiroyuki Uehara	Keizo Oshiro	1:32.3
2006	Great Journey	5	Tetsuzo Sato	Yasuo Ikee	North Hills Management	1:32.4
2007	Picaresque Coat	5	Shinichiro Akiyama	Yasutoshi Ikee	Kaneko Makoto Holdings	1:33.1
2008	Silent Pride	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Sakae Kunieda	Shadai Race Horse	1:34.2
2009	Take Mikazuchi	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Satoshi Oehara	Shadai Race Horse	1:33.7
2010	Showa Modern	6	Hiroki Goto	Hiroaki Sugiura	Keiichi Yamagishi	1:34.3
2011	Blitzen	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	Hiroo Race	1:33.3
2012	Garbo	5	Shu Ishibashi	Hidekatsu Shimizu	Kazuyoshi Ishikawa	1:33.5
2013	Tokei Halo	4	Masami Matsuoka	Hisashi Shimizu	Nobuhiko Kimura	1:32.6
2014	Curren Black Hill	5	Shinichiro Akiyama	Osamu Hirata	Takashi Suzuki	1:34.6
2015	Maurice	4	Keita Tosaki	Noriyuki Hori	Kazumi Yoshida	1:32.2
2016	Magic Time	5	Andrasch Starke	Tadanari Nakagawa	Sunday Racing	1:32.8
2017	Logi Chalice	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Sakae Kunieda	Masaaki Kumeta	1:34.7[2]
2018	He's In Love	5	Kota Fujioka	Kenichi Fujioka	Silk Racing	1:32.2[3]
2019	Fiano Romano	5	Yuga Kawada	Tomokazu Takano	Kazumi Yoshida	1:31.7[4]
2020	Kluger	8	Shu Ishibashi	Tomokazu Takano	Carrot Farm	1:32.8
2021	Terzetto	4	Mirco Demuro	Shoichiro Wada	Silk Racing	1:32.6
2022	Time To Heaven	4	Takuya Ono	Hirofumi Toda	DMM Dream Club	1:32.3
2023	Industria	4	Keita Tosaki	Keisuke Miyata	Sunday Racing	1:33.2
2024	Parallel Vision	5	Keita Tosaki	Sakae Kunieda	Carrot Farm	1:32.9
2025	Trovatore	4	João Moreira	Yuichi Shikato	Sunday Racing	1:32.4

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Tosho Pegasus
• 1985 - Suzu Parade
• 1986 - Suzu Parade
• 1987 - Windstoss
• 1988 - Windstoss
• 1989 - Ivy Toko
• 1990 - Yamano Tampopo
• 1991 - Nice Power
• 1992 - Tomoe Regent
• 1993 - Tomoe Regent
• 1994 - Sakura Bakushin O
• 1995 - Ogi Tiffany
• 1996 - Fujino Makken O
• 1997 - Royal Suzuka
• 1998 - Black Hawk
• 1999 - Keiwan Viking

See also

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