Meguro Kinen

Meguro Kinen
目黒記念
	Heat on Beat winning the 2023 Meguro Kinen
Class	Grade 2
Location	Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1932
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2500 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	4-y-o +
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 123,120,000 (as of 2025); 1st: ¥ 57,000,000; 2nd: ¥ 23,000,000; 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

The Meguro Kinen (Japanese 目黒記念) is a Grade 2 handicap horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged at least four years old, run in May over a distance of 2,500 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.^[1]

Quick facts Class, Location ...

It was first run in 1932 over 3400 metres at Meguro Racecourse and was later run over 3900 metres and 3200 metres before being run over its current distance for the first time in 1952. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 1984. Although the race moved to Tokyo Racecourse when Meguro Racecourse closed in 1934 the race retained the name of its original venue.

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Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Stay Gold	6	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	2:33.2
2001	Hot Secret	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yoshiyuki Goto	2:30.8
2002	Toshi the V	6	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hidetaka Otonashi	2.31.8
2003	Toshi the V	7	Yoshitomi Shibata	Hidetaka Otonashi	2.31.2
2004	Chakra	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Akio Adachi	2:30.5
2005	Opera City	4	Tetsuzo Sato	Shozo Sasaki	2:29.8
2006	Pop Rock	5	Yuga Kawada	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:33.1
2007	Pop Rock	6	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:31.4
2008	Hokuto Sultan	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yasushi Shono	2:31.9
2009	Miyabi Ranveli	6	Yuichi Kitamura	Keijo Kato	2:39.0
2010	Copano Jingu	5	Kenichi Ikezoe	Toru Miya	2:34.8
2011	King Top Gun	8	Norihiro Yokoyama	Ippo Sameshima	2:32.5
2012	Smart Robin	4	Masayoshi Ebina	Kunehide Matsuda	2:30.6
2013	Mousquetaire	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:29.6
2014	Meiner Medalist	6	Masayoshi Ebina	Kiyotaka Tanaka	2:31.0
2015	Hit The Target	7	Futoshi Komaki	Keijo Kato	2:29.7
2016	Cryptogram	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hideaki Fujiwara	2:30:6^[2]
2017	Fame Game	7	Christophe Lemaire	Yoshitada Munakata	2:30.9^[3]
2018	Win Tenderness	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Haruki Sugiyama^[4]	2:29.7
2019	Look Twice	6	Damian Lane	Hideaki Fujiwara	2:28.2
2020	King of Koji	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Shogo Yasuda	2:29.6
2021	Win Kiitos	4	Yuji Tannai	Yoshitada Munakata	2:32.8
2022	Boccherini	6	Suguru Hamanaka	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:32.1
2023	Heat on Beat	6	Damian Lane	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:30.8
2024	Struve	5	João Moreira	Noriyuki Hori	2:32.3
2025	Admire Terra	4	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:32.9

Meguro Kinen

Winners since 2000

Earlier winners

See also

References

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