# Copa Republica Argentina

The Copa Republica Argentina (Japanese アルゼンチン共和国杯) is a Grade 2 handicap horse race for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.
The race is run in November and serves as a trial race for the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen.
It was first run in 1963 over 2300 metres. The distance was changed to 3200 metres in 1966, 2600 metres in 1969, 2500 metres in 1970 and 2400 metres in 1972. The race distance has been fixed at 2500 metres since 1981.
Among the winners of the race have been Admire Jupiter, Screen Hero, Tosen Jordan, Gold Actor, Cheval Grand and Suave Richard.

## Records

Speed record:
* 2:29.0 Hayayakko – 2024
Most successful horse (2 wins):
* Eyeful – 1976, 1977
* Minagawa Manna – 1982, 1983
* Authority – 2020, 2021

## Winners since 1992

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 1992 | Minamino Akari | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Hozumi Shono | 2:33.5 |
| 1993 | Monsieur Siecle | 5 | Shinji Fujita | Minoru Kobayashi | 2:32.6 |
| 1994 | Machikane Allegro | 3 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Shuichi Asami | 2:31.3 |
| 1995 | Go Go Z | 4 | Yoshiyuki Muramoto | Hitoshi Arai | 2:31.3 |
| 1996 | L-Way Win | 6 | Katsumi Minai | Noriaki Tsubo | 2:31.8 |
| 1997 | Taiki El Dorado | 3 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:32.2 |
| 1998 | Yusei Top Run | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Hidetaka Otonashi | 2:32.9 |
| 1999 | Marvelous Timer | 5 | Hitoshi Matoba | Terumasa Yano | 2:32.0 |
| 2000 | Matikane Kinnohosi | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:33.9 |
| 2001 | Tokai Oza | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Shoichi Matsumoto | 2:32.0 |
| 2002 | Sunrise Jaeger | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Hajime Fukunaga | 2:30.6 |
| 2003 | Active Bio | 6 | Koshiro Takeshi | Hiroki Sakiyama | 2:31.9 |
| 2004 | Leningrad | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | 2:33.8 |
| 2005 | Sakura Century | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Yasuo Tomomichi | 2:32.4 |
| 2006 | Tosho Knight | 6 | Tomoharu Bushizawa | Kuzukada Yasuda | 2:31.0 |
| 2007 | Admire Jupiter | 4 | Issei Murata | Yasuo Tomomichi | 2:30.9 |
| 2008 | Screen Hero | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Yuichi Shikato | 2:30.8 |
| 2009 | Miyabi Ranveli | 6 | Yuichi Kitamura | Keiji Kato | 2:30.9 |
| 2010 | Tosen Jordan | 4 | Kousei Miura | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:30.0 |
| 2011 | Trailblazer | 4 | Katsumi Ando | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:31.5 |
| 2012 | Lelouch | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:29.9 |
| 2013 | Asuka Kurichan | 6 | Keita Tosaki | Naosuke Sugai | 2:30.9 |
| 2014 | Fame Game | 4 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Yoshitada Munakata | 2:30.5 |
| 2015 | Gold Actor | 4 | Hayato Yoshida | Tadashige Nakagawa | 2:34.0 |
| 2016 | Cheval Grand | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasuo Tomomichi | 2:33.4 |
| 2017 | Suave Richard | 3 | Mirco Demuro | Yasushi Shono | 2:30.0 |
| 2018 | Perform A Promise | 6 | Colm O'Donoghue | Hideaki Fujiwara | 2:33.7 |
| 2019 | Muito Obrigado | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Koichi Tsunoda | 2:31.5 |
| 2020 | Authority | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Tetsuya Kimura | 2:31.6 |
| 2021 | Authority | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Tetsuya Kimura | 2:32.4 |
| 2022 | Breakup | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Yoichi Kuroiwa | 2:31.1 |
| 2023 | Zeffiro | 4 | João Moreira | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:29.9 |
| 2024 | Hayayakko | 8 | Yutaka Yoshida | Sakae Kunieda | 2:29.0 |

## Earlier winners

* 1963 – Emroan
* 1964 – Toast
* 1965 – Tosa Isami
* 1966 – Korehide
* 1967 – Riko
* 1968 – Speed Symboli
* 1969 – Mejiro Taito
* 1970 – Matsu Sedan
* 1971 – Mejiro Asama
* 1972 – Zenmatsu
* 1973 – Kuri Iwai
* 1974 – Toyo Asami
* 1975 – Kikuno O
* 1976 – Eyeful
* 1977 – Eyeful
* 1978 – Kane Minobu
* 1979 – Kane Mikasa
* 1980 – Blue Max
* 1981 – Western Jet
* 1982 – Minagawa Manna
* 1983 – Minagawa Manna
* 1984 – Mejiro Seton
* 1985 – Inano Lover John
* 1986 – Sakura Sunny O
* 1987 – Kashima Wing
* 1988 – Legend Teio
* 1989 – Kuri Rotary
* 1990 – Mejiro Monterey
* 1991 – Yamanin Global