# American Jockey Club Cup

The American Jockey Club Cup (Japanese アメリカジョッキークラブカップ) is a Grade 2 horse race in for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged four and over run over a distance of 2,200 metres at Nakayama Racecourse. This races is for friendship between Japan Racing Association and New York Jockey Club.
The race is run in late January and serves as a trial race for the spring edition of the Tenno Sho.
It was first run in 1960 over 2000 metres before the distance was increased to 2600 metres in the following year. The distance was reduced to 2200 metres in 1962 before the returning to 2600 metres a year later. The distance of the race was reduced to 2500 metres in 1967 and then to 2400 metres in 1972 before returning to 2500 metres in 1980. The race was run over its current distance for the first time in 1984.
Among the winners of the race have been Special Week, Matsurida Gogh, Tosen Jordan, Blast Onepiece and Rulership.

## Weight

56 kg for four-year-olds, 57 kg for five-year-olds and above.
Allowances:
* 2 kg for fillies / mares
* 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred four-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

## Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):
* Speed Symboli – 1967, 1970
* Amber Shadai – 1982, 1983
* Never Bouchon – 2009, 2010

## Winners since 1988

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 1988 | Kashima Wing | 5 | Hitoshi Matoba | Yoshiji Iizuka | 2:13.4 |
| 1989 | Running Free | 6 | Yasuo Sugawara | Kazuhiko Hongo | 2:15.6 |
| 1990 | Sakuro Hokuto O | 4 | Futoshi Kojima | Kazunori Sakai | 2:13.8 |
| 1991 | Mejiro Monterey | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Shinji Okuhira | 2:13.8 |
| 1992 | Tosho Falcon | 6 | Masato Shibata | Tsutomu Nizeki | 2:12.8 |
| 1993 | White Stone | 6 | Masato Shibata | Kunio Takamatsu | 2:15.0 |
| 1994 | Matikanetannhauser | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yuji Ito | 2:14.1 |
| 1995 | Sakura Chitose O | 5 | Futoshi Kojima | Kazunori Sakai | 2:14.4 |
| 1996 | Kanetsu Cross | 5 | Hitoshi Matoba | Masahiro Horii | 2:15.0 |
| 1997 | Rosen Kavalier | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yasuhiro Suzuki | 2:14.9 |
| 1998 | Mejiro Bright | 4 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hidekazu Asami | 2:15.3 |
| 1999 | Special Week | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Toshiaki Shirai | 2:16.8 |
| 2000 | Matikane Kinnohosi | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:13.4 |
| 2001 | American Boss | 6 | Teruo Eda | Fuyuki Tago | 2:13.8 |
| 2002 | Fusaichi Run Heart | 5 | Teruo Eda | Michifumi Kono | 2:13.7 |
| 2003 | Magnaten | 7 | Olivier Peslier | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:12.3 |
| 2004 | Dantsu Judge | 5 | Shinji Fujita | Kenji Yamauchi | 2:15.5 |
| 2005 | Kraftwerk | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yoshiyuki Goto | 2:11.4 |
| 2006 | Silk Famous | 7 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Ippo Sameshima | 2:13.2 |
| 2007 | Matsurida Gogh | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | 2:12.8 |
| 2008 | Air Shady | 7 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito | 2:13.6 |
| 2009 | Never Bouchon | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masanori Ito | 2:13.9 |
| 2010 | Never Bouchon | 7 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masanori Ito | 2:12.6 |
| 2011 | Tosen Jordan | 5 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:14.2 |
| 2012 | Rulership | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumii | 2:17.3 |
| 2013 | Danone Ballade | 5 | Fran Berry | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:13.1 |
| 2014 | Verde Green | 6 | Hironobu Tanabe | Ikuo Aizawa | 2:14.0 |
| 2015 | Courir Kaiser | 6 | Hironobu Tanabe | Ikuo Aizawa | 2:13.6 |
| 2016 | Decipher | 7 | Yutaka Take | Futoshi Kojima | 2:12.0 |
| 2017 | Tanta Alegria | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Sakae Kunieda | 2:11.9 |
| 2018 | Danburite | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Hidetaka Otonashi | 2:13.3 |
| 2019 | Sciacchetra | 6 | Shu Ishibashi | Katsuhiko Sumii | 2:13.7 |
| 2020 | Blast Onepiece | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Masahiro Otake | 2:15.0 |
| 2021 | Aristoteles | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Hidetaka Otonashi | 2:17.9 |
| 2022 | King Of Koji | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda | 2:12.7 |
| 2023 | North Bridge | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Takeshi Okumura | 2:13.5 |
| 2024 | Chuck Nate | 6 | Rachel King | Noriyuki Hori | 2:16.6 |
| 2025 | Danon Decile | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Shogo Yasuda | 2:12.1 |

## Earlier winners

* 1960 - Onward Bell
* 1961 - Yashima First
* 1962 - Takamagahara
* 1963 - Korehisa
* 1964 - Suzu Top Run
* 1965 - Asahoko
* 1966 - Haku Zuiko
* 1967 - Speed Symboli
* 1968 - New Onward
* 1969 - Asaka O
* 1970 - Speed Symboli
* 1971 - Akane Tenryu
* 1972 - Mejiro Asama
* 1973 - Onward Guy
* 1974 - Take Hope
* 1975 - Strong Eight
* 1976 - White Fontaine
* 1977 - Green Grass
* 1978 - Kashu Chikara
* 1979 - Sakura Shori
* 1980 - Kane Mikasa
* 1981 - Hoyo Boy
* 1982 - Amber Shadai
* 1983 - Amber Shadai
* 1984 - Shuzan King
* 1985 - Sakura Gaisen
* 1986 - Suda Hawk
* 1987 - Miho Shinzan