Yomiuri Milers Cup

The Yomiuri Milers Cup (Japanese マイラーズカップ) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds of at least four years of age. It was run over a distance of 1600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse until 2011 in April but is now run at Kyoto Racecourse over the same distance.^[1] The race serves as a major trial for the Yasuda Kinen.

Yomiuri Milers Cup
マイラーズカップ

2012 Milers Cup
Class	Grade 2
Location	Kyoto Racecourse
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	Special Weight
Purse	¥ 128,140,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 59,000,000 2nd: ¥ 24,000,000 3rd: ¥ 15,000,000

The Milers Cup was first run in 1970 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984.

Among the winners of the race have been Daiwa Major, Company, Grand Prix Boss and Isla Bonita.

Race details

The race is run at Kyoto Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on dirt, using the outer curve.

Weight

57 kg for four-year-olds and above.^[2]
Allowances:

• 2 kg for fillies / mares
• 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

• If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
  • 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
  • 1 kg for a grade 2 win

• If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
  • 1 kg for a grade 1 win

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Meiner Max	6	Tetsuzo Sato	Hitoshi Nakamura	1:34.3
2001	Joten Brave	4	Masayoshi Ebina	Ikuo Aizawa	1:32.8
2002	Millennium Bio	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Masazo Ryoke	1:32.6
2003	Lohengrin	4	Hiroki Goto	Masanori Ito	1:31.9
2004	My Sole Sound	4	Masa Honda	Katuichi Nishiura	1:32.9
2005	Lohengrin	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Masanori Ito	1:33.5
2006	Daiwa Major	5	Katsumi Ando	Hiroyuki Uehara	1:36.2
2007	Kongo Rikishio	5	Shinji Fujita	Kenji Yamauchi	1:32.2
2008	Company	7	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hidetaka Otonahi	1:33.6
2009	Super Hornet	6	Yusuke Fujioka	Yoshito Yahagi	1:33.9
2010	Reach The Crown	4	Katsumi Ando	Kojiro Hashiguchi	1:32.9
2011	Silport	6	Futoshi Komaki	Masato Nishizono	1:32.3
2012	Silport	7	Futoshi Komaki	Masato Nishizono	1:33.2
2013	Grand Prix Boss	5	Suguru Hamanaka	Yoshito Yahagi	1:32.6
2014	World Ace	5	Andrasch Starke	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:31.4
2015	Red Arion	5	Haruhiko Kawasu	Kojiro Hashiguchi	1:32.6
2016	Kluger	4	Kohei Matsuyama	Tomokazu Takano	1:32.6[3]
2017	Isla Bonita	6	Christophe Lemaire	Hironori Kurita	1:32.2[4]
2018	Sungrazer	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hidekazu Asami	1:31.3[5]
2019	Danon Premium	4	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:32.6
2020	Indy Champ	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:32.4
2021[a]	Cadence Call	5	Yoshihiro Furukawa	Takayuki Yasuda	1:31.4
2022[a]	Soul Rush	4	Suguru Hamanaka	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:33.3
2023	Schnell Meister	5	Christophe Lemaire	Takahisa Tezuka	1:31.5
2024	Soul Rush	6	Taisei Danno	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:32.5
2025	Long Run	7	Yasunari Iwata	Yusuke Wada	1:31.7

^a The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Roller King
• 1985 - Nihon Pillow Winner
• 1986 - Long Hayabusa
• 1987 - Concert Master
• 1988 - Mr Boy
• 1989 - Mystic Star
• 1990 - Mejiro Worth
• 1991 - Daitaku Helios
• 1992 - Daitaku Helios
• 1993 - Nishino Flower
• 1994 - North Flight
• 1995 - Big Shori
• 1996 - Nihon Pillow Prince
• 1997 - Osumi Tycoon
• 1998 - Big Sunday
• 1999 - Egao O Misete

See also

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