Nakayama Kinen

Nakayama Kinen
中山記念
	Hishi Iguazu winning the 2023 Nakayama Kinen
Class	Grade 2
Location	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated	1937
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	4-y-o 55kg, 5-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥ 145,220,000 (as of 2025); 1st: ¥ 67,000,000; 2nd: ¥ 27,000,000; 3rd: ¥ 17,000,000

The Nakayama Kinen (中山記念, Nakayama Kinen) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and older run over a distance of 1,800 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in late February or early March.^[1]^[2]

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The race was first run in 1937. It was originally run twice a year, in spring and autumn, before a single annual race was established in 1952.^[2] Among the winners of the race have been Silence Suzuka, Victoire Pisa, Just A Way, and Panthalassa.

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Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1990	Hokuto Helios	6	Yoshitomi Shibata	Takao Nakano	Kanamorimori Shoji	1:48.3
1991	Yukino Sunrise	4	Sueo Masuzawa	Yasuhiro Suzuki	Motoyuki Inoue	1:47.7
1992	Dynamite Daddy	4	Kazuhiro Kato	Yasuhiro Suzuki	Seiichi Iketani	1:47.0
1993	Movie Star	7	Shigehiko Kishi	Noriaki Tsubo	Teruya Yoshida	1:47.0
1994	Sakura Chitose O	4	Futoshi Kojima	Katsutaro Sakai	Sakura Commerce	1:48.9
1995	Fujiyama Kenzan	7	Masayoshi Ebina	Hideyuki Mori	Tatsuya Fujimoto	1:50.3
1996	Sakura Laurel	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kazunori Sakai	Sakura Commerce	1:47.1
1997	King of Daiya	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Shimizu Toshiaki	Toshiyasu Ishige	1:48.7
1998	Silence Suzuka	4	Yutaka Take	Mitsuru Hashida	Keiji Nagai	1:48.6
1999	King Halo	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Masahiro Sakaguchi	Yoshio Asakawa	1:47.5
2000	Daiwa Texas	7	Hiroki Goto	Sueo Masuzawa	Daiwa Co., Ltd	1:46.8
2001	American Boss	6	Teruo Eda	Fuyuki Tago	Abiru Fudosan	1:46.9
2002	Tokai Point	6	Yukio Okabe	Yoshiyuki Goto	Masanori Uchimura	1:45.4
2003	Lohengrin	4	Hiroki Goto	Masanori Ito	Shadai Race Horse	1:47.6
2004	Sakura President	4	Yutaka Take	Futoshi Kojima	Sakura Commerce	1:44.9
2005	Balance of Game	6	Katsuhara Tanaka	Yoshitada Munakata	Hiroyuki Sonobe	1:46.5
2006	Balance of Game	7	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yoshitada Munakata	Hiroyuki Sonobe	1:48.9
2007	Lohengrin	8	Hiroki Goto	Masanori Ito	Shadai Race Horse	1:47.2
2008	Company	7	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hidetaka Otonashi	Hideko Kondo	1:47.3
2009	Company	8	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hidetaka Otonashi	Hideko Kondo	1:49.2
2010	Tosen Crown	6	Teruo Eda	Yasuo Sugawara	Takaya Shimakawa	1:51.7
2011	Victoire Pisa	4	Mirco Demuro	Katsuhiko Sumii	Yoshimi Ichikawa	1:46.0
2012	Federalist	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Tsuyoshi Tanaka	Shadai Race Horse	1:47.3
2013	Nakayama Knight	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	Shinichi Izumi	1:47.3
2014	Just A Way	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Naosuke Sugai	Akatsuki Yamatoya	1:49.8
2015	Nuovo Record	4	Yasunari Iwata	Makoto Saito	Reiko Hara	1:50.3
2016	Duramente	4	Mirco Demuro	Noriyuki Hori	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	1:45.9
2017	Neorealism	6	Mirco Demuro	Noriyuki Hori	Carrot Farm Co. Ltd.	1:47.6
2018	Win Bright	4	Masami Matsuoka	Yoshihiro Hatakeyama	Win Co. Ltd.	1:47.6
2019	Win Bright	5	Masami Matsuoka	Yoshihiro Hatakeyama	Win Co. Ltd.	1:45.5
2020	Danon Kingly	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	Danox	1:46.3
2021	Hishi Iguazu	5	Kohei Matsuyama	Noriyuki Hori	Masahide Abe	1:44.9
2022	Panthalassa	5	Yutaka Yoshida	Yoshito Yahagi	Hiroo Race Co. Ltd.	1:46.4
2023	Hishi Iguazu	7	Kohei Matsuyama	Noriyuki Hori	Masahide Abe	1:47.1
2024	Matenro Sky	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Mikio Matsunaga	Chiyono Terada	1:48.1
2025	Sixpence	4	Christophe Lemaire	Sakae Kunieda	Carrot Farm	1:44.8

Nakayama Kinen

Weight

Records

Winners since 1990

Earlier winners

See also

References

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