Japan Cup
Winners
The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 2,200 metres. Rose Kingdom finished 2nd to subsequent Japanese Horse of the Year Buena Vista but was promoted as a result of a disqualification.

Japan Cup

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 2,200 metres. Rose Kingdom finished 2nd to subsequent Japanese Horse of the Year Buena Vista but was promoted as a result of a disqualification.

Year	Winner	Foaled	Trained	Owned	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time

1981	Mairzy Doates	USA	USA	USA	5	Cash Asmussen	John Fulton	Arno Schefler	2:25.3

1982	Half Iced	USA	USA	USA	3	Don MacBeth	Stanley M. Hough	Bertram R. Firestone	2:27.1

1983	Stanerra	IRE	IRE	IRE	5	Brian Rouse	Frank Dunne	Frank Dunne	2:27.6

1984	Katsuragi Ace	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Katsuichi Nishiura	Kazumi Domon	Ichizo Node	2:26.3

1985	Symboli Rudolf	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Yukio Okabe	Yuji Nohira	Symboli Bokujo	2:28.8

1986	Jupiter Island	IRE	GB	GB	7	Pat Eddery	Clive Brittain	Marquess of Tavistock	2:25.0

1987	Le Glorieux	FRA	FRA	FRA	3	Alain Lequeux	Robert Collet	Sieglinde Wolf	2:24.9

1988	Pay the Butler	USA	USA	USA	4	Chris McCarron	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	2:25.5

1989	Horlicks	NZL	NZL	NZL	6	Lance O'Sullivan	Dave O'Sullivan	Graham de Gruchy	2:22.2

1990	Better Loosen Up	AUS	AUS	AUS	5	Michael Clarke	David Hayes	Gabe Farrah, et al.	2:23.2

1991	Golden Pheasant	USA	USA	USA	5	Gary Stevens	Charles Whittingham	McNall / Gretzky	2:24.7

1992	Tokai Teio	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Yukio Okabe	Shoichi Matsumoto	Masanori Uchimura	2:24.6

1993	Legacy World	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hideyuki Mori	Horse Tajima Co.	2:24.4

1994	Marvelous Crown	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Katsumi Minai	Makoto Osawa	Sadao Sasahara	2:23.6

1995	Lando	GER	GER	GER	5	Michael Roberts	Heinz Jentzsch	Gestüt Haus Ittlingen	2:24.6

1996	Singspiel	IRE	GB	UAE	4	Frankie Dettori	Michael Stoute	Sheikh Mohammed	2:23.8

1997	Pilsudski	IRE	GB	GB	5	Michael Kinane	Michael Stoute	Lord Weinstock	2:25.8

1998	El Condor Pasa	USA	JPN	JPN	3	Masayoshi Ebina	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	Takashi Watanabe	2:25.9

1999	Special Week	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Yutaka Take	Toshiaki Shirai	Hiroyoshi Usuda	2:25.5

2000	T M Opera O	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Ryuji Wada	Ichizo Iwamoto	Masatsugu Takezono	2:26.1

2001	Jungle Pocket	JPN	JPN	JPN	3	Olivier Peslier	Sakae Watanabe	Yomoji Saito	2:23.8

2002	Falbrav	IRE	ITA	ITA	4	Frankie Dettori	Luciano d'Auria	Scuderia Rencati	2:12.2

2003	Tap Dance City	USA	JPN	JPN	6	Tetsuzo Sato	Shozo Sasaki	Yushun Horse Syndicate	2:28.7

2004	Zenno Rob Roy	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Olivier Peslier	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shinobu Oosako	2:24.2

2005	Alkaased	USA	GB	GB	5	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	Michael Charlton	2:22.1

2006	Deep Impact	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co.	2:25.1

2007	Admire Moon	JPN	JPN	UAE	4	Yasunari Iwata	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Darley Japan Farm Co. Ltd.	2:24.7

2008	Screen Hero	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Mirco Demuro	Yuichi Shikato	Teruya Yoshida	2:25.5

2009	Vodka	JPN	JPN	JPN	5	Christophe Lemaire	Katsuhiko Sumii	Yuzo Tanimizu	2:22.4

2010	Rose Kingdom	JPN	JPN	JPN	3	Yutaka Take	Kojiro Hashiguchi	Sunday Racing	2:25.2

2011	Buena Vista	JPN	JPN	JPN	5	Yasunari Iwata	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Sunday Racing Co Ltd	2:24.2

2012	Gentildonna	JPN	JPN	JPN	3	Yasunari Iwata	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Co Ltd	2:23.1

2013	Gentildonna	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Ryan Moore	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Co Ltd	2:26.1

2014	Epiphaneia	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Christophe Soumillon	Katsuhiko Sumii	U Carrot Farm	2:23.1

2015	Shonan Pandora	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Tomokazu Takano	Tetsuhide Kunimoto	2:24.7

2016	Kitasan Black	JPN	JPN	JPN	4	Yutaka Take	Hisashi Shimizu	Ono Shoji	2:25.8

2017	Cheval Grand	JPN	JPN	JPN	5	Hugh Bowman	Yasuo Tomomichi	Kazuhiro Sasaki	2:23.7

2018	Almond Eye	JPN	JPN	JPN	3	Christophe Lemaire	Sakae Kunieda	Silk Racing Co, Ltd	2:20.6

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