# Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes

The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (朝日杯フューチュリティステークス) is a one mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred colts two years old. It is considered the de facto year-end championship for Japanese thoroughbred racing in the two-year-olds division.
This race had historically been held at the Nakayama Racecourse. From 2014, the race was relocated to the Hanshin Racecourse.

## Winners since 1984

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1984 | Scrum Dyna | Masato Shibata | Susumu Yano | Shadai Race Horse co | 1:35.0 |
| 1985 | Daishin Fubuki | Yasuo Sugawara | Hiroshi Shibata | Kinji Takahashi | 1:35.4 |
| 1986 | Merry Nice | Yasuhiro Nemoto | Teruo Hashimoto | Fusako Ura | 1:35.6 |
| 1987 | Sakura Chiyono O | Futoshi Kojima | Katsutaro Sakai | Sakura Commerce | 1:35.6 |
| 1988 | Sakura Hokuto O | Futoshi Kojima | Katsutaro Sakai | Sakura Commerce | 1:35.5 |
| 1989 | Ines Fujin | Eiji Nakano | Shuho Kato | Masaaki Kobayashi | 1:34.4 |
| 1990 | Lindo Shaver | Hitoshi Matoba | Takaaki Motoishi | Der Mar Club | 1:34.0 |
| 1991 | Mihono Bourbon | Sadahiro Kojima | Tameo Toyama | Mihono International | 1:34.5 |
| 1992 | L-Way Win | Katsumi Minai | Noriaki Tsubo | Takao Zako | 1:35.5 |
| 1993 | Narita Brian | Katsumi Minai | Masaharu Okubo | Hidenori Yamaji | 1:34.4 |
| 1994 | Fuji Kiseki | Koichi Tsunoda | Sakae Watanabe | Yomoji Saito | 1:34.7 |
| 1995 | Bubble Gum Fellow | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | Shadai Race Horse co | 1:34.2 |
| 1996 | Meiner Max | Tetsuzo Sato | Hitoshi Nakamura | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:36.3 |
| 1997 | Grass Wonder | Hitoshi Matoba | Mitsuhiro Ogata | Hanzawa | 1:33.6 |
| 1998 | Admire Cozzene | Michael Roberts | Mitsuru Hashida | Riichi Kondo | 1:35.3 |
| 1999 | Eishin Preston | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:34.7 |
| 2000 | Mejiro Bailey | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kunihiko Take | Mejiro Stud | 1:34.5 |
| 2001 | Admire Don | Shinji Fujita | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 1:33.8 |
| 2002 | Eishin Champ | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:33.5 |
| 2003 | Cosmo Sunbeam | Dario Vargiu | Shozo Sasaki | Misako Okada | 1:33.7 |
| 2004 | Meiner Recolte | Hiroki Goto | Masahiro Horii | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:33.4 |
| 2005 | Fusaichi Richard | Yuichi Fukunaga | Kunihide Matsuda | Fusao Sekiguchi | 1:33.7 |
| 2006 | Dream Journey | Masayoshi Ebina | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. | 1:34.4 |
| 2007 | Goshawk Ken | Masaki Katsuura | Makoto Saito | Yoshio Fujita | 1:33.5 |
| 2008 | Seiun Wonder | Yasunari Iwata | Masazo Ryoke | Takao Otani | 1:35.1 |
| 2009 | Rose Kingdom | Futoshi Komaki | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. | 1:34.0 |
| 2010 | Grand Prix Boss | Mirco Demuro | Yoshito Yahagi | Grand Prix Co., Ltd. | 1:33.9 |
| 2011 | Alfredo | Craig Williams | Takahisa Tezuka | U Carrot Farm | 1:33.4 |
| 2012 | Logotype | Mirco Demuro | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | Teruya Yoshida | 1:33.4 |
| 2013 | Asia Express | Ryan Moore | Takahisa Tezuka | Yukio Baba | 1:34.7 |
| 2014 | Danon Platina | Masayoshi Ebina | Sakae Kunieda | Danox Co Ltd | 1:35.9 |
| 2015 | Leontes | Mirco Demuro | Katsuhiko Sumii | U Carrot Farm | 1:34.4 |
| 2016 | Satono Ares | Hirofumi Shii | Kazuo Fujisawa | Hajime Satomi | 1:35.4 |
| 2017 | Danon Premium | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Danox Co Ltd | 1:33.3 |
| 2018 | Admire Mars | Mirco Demuro | Yasuo Tomomichi | Riichi Kondo | 1:33.9 |
| 2019 | Salios | Ryan Moore | Noriyuki Hori | Silk Racing | 1:33.0 |
| 2020 | Grenadier Guards | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Sunday Racing | 1:32.3 |
| 2021 | Do Deuce | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Tomomichi | Kieffers Co Ltd | 1:33.5 |
| 2022 | Dolce More | Ryusei Sakai | Naosuke Sugai | Three H Racing | 1:33.9 |
| 2023 | Jantar Mantar | Yuga Kawada | Tomokazu Takano | Shadai Race Horse co | 1:33.8 |
| 2024 | Admire Zoom | Yuga Kawada | Yasuo Tomomichi | Junko Kondo | 1:34.1 |
$^a$ The 2024 running took place at Kyoto while Hanshin was closed for redevelopment.