Nakayama Kimpai

The Nakayama Kimpai (Japanese 中山金杯) is a Grade 3 horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. It is run in January each year over a distance of 2000 metres at Nakayama Racecourse, at Funabashi, Chiba prefacture.^[1]

Nakayama Kimpai
中山金杯

2011 Nakayama Kimpai
Class	Grade 3
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	1952
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 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 race was first run in 1952 and was promoted to Grade 3 level in 1984. The race was initially contested over 2600 metres before being moved down to 2000 metres in 1961.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2000	Jo Big Bang	5	Kazuhiro Yamada	Masanao Tsubo	Keiko Ueda	2:01.4
2001	Charisma Sun Opera	4	Eiji Nakadate	Hiroki Sakiyama	Toshiyuki Kuroyanagi	2:01.2
2002	Big Gold	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Tadashi Nakao	Big	1:59.0[1]
2003	Toho Shiden	6	Katsuharu Tanaka	Kiyotaka Tanaka	Toho Bussan	2:00.0
2004	Asaka Defeat	6	Eiji Nakadate	Akio Tsurudome	Yoshio Asakawa	1:59.2
2005	Craft Work	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yohiyuki Goto	Sunday Racing	1:59.0
2006	Vita Rosa	6	Yuichi Shibayama	Kojiro Hahiguchi	Sunday Racing	1:59.4
2007	Shadow Gate	5	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yukihiro Kato	Tomokazu Iizuka	2:02.4
2008	Admire Fuji	6	Yuga Kawada	Mitsuru Hashida	Riichi Kondo	2:00.7
2009	Admire Fuji	7	Yuga Kawada	Mitsuru Hashida	Riichi Kondo	1:58.5
2010	Axion	7	Shinji Fujita	Yohitaka Ninomiya	Tohru Nakata	2:00.8
2011	Cosmo Phantom	4	Masami Matsuoka	Toru Miya	Big Red Farm	1:59.8
2012	Federalist	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Tsuyoshi Tanaka	Shadai Race Horse	1:59.4
2013	Touch Me Not	7	Norihiro Yokoyama	Isamu Shibasaki	Teruya Yoshida	1:59.85
2014	Ocean Blue	6	Fran Berry	Yasutoshi Ikee	Aoshiba Shoji	2:00.1
2015	Lovely Day	5	Fran Berry	Yasutoshi Ikee	Kaneko Makoto Holdings	1:57.8
2016	Yamakatsu Ace	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	Kazuo Yamada	2:01.2
2017	Tsukuba Azuma O	6	Yutaka Yoshida	Mitsuhiro Ogata	Shoji Hagiwara	2:00.6[2]
2018	Seda Brillantes	4	Keita Tosaki	Takahisa Tezuka	Silk Racing	1:59.8[3]
2019	Win Bright	5	Masami Matsuoka	Yoshihiro Hatakeyama	Win	1:59.2[4]
2020	Triomphe	6	Mirco Demuro	Naosuke Sugai	Kuwata Bokujo	1:59.5
2021	Hishi Iguazu	5	Kohei Matsuyama	Noriyuki Hori	Masahide Abe	2:00.9
2022	Red Galant	7	Arata Saito	Takayuki Yasuda	Tokyo Horse Racing	2:00.1
2023	Lagulf	4	Keita Tosaki	Yoshitada Munakata	Takashi Muraki	2:00.2
2024	Licancabur	5	Akihide Tsumura	Katsunori Tanaka	La Mer	1:58.9
2025	Al Naseem	6	Yusuke Fujioka	Shinsuke Hashiguchi	Lion Race Horse	1:58.1

¹ The 2002 race took place at Tokyo Racecourse.

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Dokan Yashima
• 1985 - Suzu Parade
• 1986 - Kushiro King
• 1987 - Tochino Nishiki
• 1988 - Iron Ciro
• 1989 - Nishino Mirror
• 1990 - Mejiro Monterey
• 1991 - Carib Song
• 1992 - Tosho Falco
• 1993 - Sekitai Ryu O
• 1994 - Hidaka Hayato
• 1995 - Sakura Laurel
• 1996 - Best Tie Up
• 1997 - Best Tie Up
• 1998 - Gourmet Frontier
• 1999 - Silent Hunter

See also

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