# St Lite Kinen

The St Lite Kinen (セントライト記念, sentoraito kinen) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,200 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in September and serves as the main trial race for the Kikuka Sho.
It was first run in 1947 and was named in honour of the Japanese Triple Crown St Lite. Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Rudolf, Legacy World and Nakayama Festa.
The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse from 1947 until 1956 and in 1966, 1968, 1974, and 1976–1979. The 2014 running took place at Niigata Racecourse.

## Winners since 1995

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1995 | Sunday Well | Eiji Nakadate | Hideyuki Mori | Yoshitaka Suzuki | 2:13.6 |
| 1996 | Rosen Kavalier | Shibata Yoshitomi | Yasuhiro Suzuki | Shadai Race Horse | 2:20.1 |
| 1997 | Shako Tesco | Seiji Ebisawa | Yuji Nodai | Shako | 2:16.9 |
| 1998 | Leo Ryuho | Teruo Eda | Sugiura Hiroaki | Leo | 2:17.9 |
| 1999 | Black Tuxedo | Hitoshi Matoba | Mitsuru Hashida | Makoto Kaneko | 2:13.7 |
| 2000 | Admire Boss | Hiroki Goto | Mitsuru Hashida | Riichi Kondo | 2:16.9 |
| 2001 | Shinko Calido | Tanaka Katsuhara | Munakata Yoshitada | Masatake Iida | 2:13.1 |
| 2002 | Balance of Game | Tanaka Katsuhara | Munakata Yoshitada | Hiroyuki Sonobe | 2:12.9 |
| 2003 | Vita Rosa | Yuichi Shibayama | Noboyuki Hori | Sunday Racing | 2:24.5 |
| 2004 | Cosmo Bulk | Furuka Igarashi | Kazunori Tabe | Misako Okada | 2:10.1 |
| 2005 | Kings Trail | Hiroshi Kitamura | Kazuo Fujisawa | Sunday Racing | 2:11.8 |
| 2006 | Tosen Shana O | Leith Innes | Hideyuki Mori | Takaya Shimada | 2:13.1 |
| 2007 | Roc de Cambes | Yuichi Shibayama | Noriyuki Hori | Kazumi Yoshida | 2:12.0 |
| 2008 | Daiwa Wild Boar | Hiroshi Kitamura | Hiroyuki Uehara | Keizo Yoshida | 2:14.6 |
| 2009 | Nakayama Festa | Masayoshi Ebina | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Nobuko Izumi | 2:12.0 |
| 2010 | Quark Star | Yusuke Fujioka | Nobuyuki Hori | Shadai Race Horse | 2:10.9 |
| 2011 | Fateful War | Katsuharu Tanaka | Shinichi Ito | Shadai Race Horse | 2:10.3 |
| 2012 | Fenomeno | Masayoshi Ebina | Hirofumi Toda | Sunday Racing | 2:10.8 |
| 2013 | Yule Singing | Hiroshi Kitamura | Kazuhiro Seishi | Shadai Race Horse | 2:13.5 |
| 2014 | Isla Bonita | Masayoshi Ebina | Hironori Kurita | Shadai Race Horse | 2:11.7 |
| 2015 | Kitasan Black | Hiroshi Kitamura | Hisashi Shimizu | Ōno Shōji | 2:13.8 |
| 2016 | Dee Majesty | Masayoshi Ebina | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Masaru Shimada | 2:13.1 |
| 2017 | Mikki Swallow | Norihiro Yokoyama | Takanori Kikuzawa | Mizuki Noda | 2:12.7 |
| 2018 | Generale Uno | Hironobu Tanabe | Eiichi Yano | G Riviere Racing | 2:12.1 |
| 2019 | Lion Lion | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mikio Matsunaga | Chiyono Terada | 2:11.5 |
| 2020 | Babbitt | Hiroyuki Uchida | Tamio Hamada | Naoya Miyata | 2:15.0 |
| 2021 | Asamano Itazura | Hironobu Tanabe | Takahisa Tezuka | Juichi Hoshino | 2:12.3 |
| 2022 | Gaia Force | Kohei Matsuyama | Haruki Sugiyama | KR Japan | 2:11.8 |
| 2023 | Lebensstil | João Moreira | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Carrot Farm | 2:11.4 |
| 2024 | Urban Chic | Christophe Lemaire | Ryo Takei | Silk Racing Co. Ltd. | 2:11.6 |

## Earlier winners

* 1947 - East Parade
* 1948 - Kiyomasu
* 1949 - Tosa Midori
* 1950 - Wizard
* 1951 - Mitsuhata
* 1952 - Masamune
* 1953 - Lucky Takayohi
* 1954 - Homare O
* 1955 - Takahagi
* 1956 - Kitano O
* 1957 - Seiyu
* 1958 - Hishi Masaru
* 1959 - Haku Kurama
* 1960 - Kitano Oza
* 1961 - Kenruko O
* 1962 - Ryu Musashi
* 1963 - Great Yoruka
* 1964 - Umeno Chikara
* 1965 - Kikuna Suzuran
* 1966 - Hiro Isami
* 1967 - Monta Son
* 1968 - Asaka O
* 1969 - Akane Tenryu
* 1970 - Kurishiba
* 1971 - Bel Wide
* 1972 - Taiho Ciro
* 1973 - Nuage Turf
* 1974 - Suruga Sumpujo
* 1975 - Ishino Arashi
* 1976 - Nippo King
* 1977 - Press Toko
* 1978 - Sakura Shori
* 1979 - Bingo Karoo
* 1980 - Monte Prince
* 1981 - Mejiro Titan
* 1982 - Hospitality
* 1983 - Mejiro Heine
* 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
* 1985 - Tiger Boy
* 1986 - Legend Teio
* 1987 - Merry Nice
* 1988 - Daigo Sur
* 1989 - Sakura Hokuto O
* 1990 - White Stone
* 1991 - Strong Kaiser
* 1992 - Legacy World
* 1993 - Rugger Champion
* 1994 - Wind Fields