Nippon TV Hai

The Nippon TV Hai (in Japanese: 日本テレビ盃), is a Japanese horse race for three-year-olds and up at Funabashi Racecourse.

Nippon TV Hai
日本テレビ盃

2010 Nippon TV Hai
Class	Domestic Grade II (JpnII)
Location	Funabashi Racecourse
Inaugurated	1954
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1,800 meters
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds and up
Weight	Special Weight
Purse	1st: ¥40,000,000

Race details

The first edition of the race took place on August 4, 1954.^[1]

The race is usually held in the fall with no set month.^[1]

The race is named after the Japanese television station, Nippon TV.

Winners since 2015

Winners since 2015 include:^[1][2]

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	Sound True[3]	Takuya Oono	Noboru Takagi	Hiroshi Yamada	1:50.2
2016	Awardee[4]	Yutaka Take	Mikio Matsunaga	Koji Maeda	1:52.0
2017	Apollo Kentucky[5]	Hiroyuki Uchida	Kenji Yamauchi	Apollo Thoroughbred Club	1:52.9
2018	K T Brave[6]	Yuichi Fukunaga	Haruki Sugiyama	Kazuyoshi Takimoto	1:52.5
2019	Chrysoberyl	Yuga Kawada	Hidetaka Otonashi	Carrot Farm Co. Ltd.	1:52.1
2020	Lord Bless	Kousei Miura	Yutaka Okumura	Lord Horse Club	1:50.5
2021	Salsa Dione	Takayuki Yano	Chiaki Hori	Hirotaka Sugawara	1:53.5
2022	Field Sense	Kouta Motohashi	Takayuki Yamashita	Toshiyuki Maeda	1:53.0
2023	Ushba Tesoro[7]	Yuga Kawada	Noboru Takagi	Ryotokuji Kenji Holdings	1:51.7
2024	William Barows	Ryusei Sakai	Hiroyuki Uemura	Koji Inokuma	1:52.8

Past winners

Past winners include:^[1]

1954: My Moon 1955: Kiyo Strong[8] 1956: Homare O[9] 1957: Ratsky Mami 1958: Daini Kotobuki 1959: O Tajima [10] 1960: Fusaryu 1961: Tosaboshi 1962: Harrow More 1963: Chest O 1964: Royal Knight 1965: Kotobukino Ni 1966: Kotobukino Ni

1967: Higashi Jo O 1968: Tsuru Hagoromo 1969: China Cap 1970: Maruyama Okan 1971: Owner's Taifu 1972: Mitsuru O 1973: Meiji Midori 1974: Askit 1975: Todoroki Musashi 1976: Fine Port

1977: Die Hard Kotobuki 1978: Edo Noboru 1979: Gold Lark 1980: Gold Spencer 1981: Star Reich 1982: Hiryu Shinzan 1983: Tagawa Ryu O 1984: Tom Count 1985: Brand Oscar 1986: Fujimi Power 1987: Shinano George 1988: Happy Chateau 1989: Honin Megohime

1990: Iioka Swallow 1991: Hikari Little 1992: King Eagle 1993: Hana Sale 1994: Allez Azuma 1995: K.F. Neptune 1996: Amazon Opera 1997: C.B. Daikoku 1998: Abukuma Poro

1999: Snow Endeavor 2000: Surprise Power 2001: Agnes Digital 2002: Makiba Sniper 2003: Star King Man 2004: Nike a Delight 2005: Saqalat 2006: Seeking the Dia 2007: Nike a Delight 2008: Bonneville Record 2009: Makoto Sparviero 2010: Furioso 2011: Smart Falcon 2012: Solitary King 2013: Wonder Acute 2014: Chrysolite

See also

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