# Sekiya Kinen

The Sekiya Kinen (Japanese 関屋記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.
The Sekiya Kinen was first run in 1966 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race distance was 2000 metres before being reduced to 1800 metres in 1970 and to 1600 metres in 1975. The race was run twice at Fukushima Racecourse, over 1200 metres in 1988 and 1700 metres in 2000.

## Weight

54 kg for three-year-old, 57 kg for four-year-old and above.
Allowances:
* 2 kg for fillies / mares
* 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-old
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
* If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
** 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares)
** 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
** 1 kg for a grade 3 win
* If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
** 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
** 1 kg for a grade 2 win

## Winners since 2000

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 2000 | Daiwa Texas | 7 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Sueo Masuzawa | 1:43.5 |
| 2001 | Magnaten | 5 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:31.8 |
| 2002 | Magnaten | 6 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:31.8 |
| 2003 | Osumi Cosmo | 4 | Katsuyoshi Tsuneishi | Tadashi Nakao | 1:31.8 |
| 2004 | Blue Eleven | 4 | Minoru Yoshida | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:32.3 |
| 2005 | Sidewinder | 7 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | 1:32.3 |
| 2006 | Camphor Best | 7 | Teruo Eda | Yoshikatsu Sato | 1:32.5 |
| 2007 | Company | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideataka Otonashi | 1:31.8 |
| 2008 | Maruka Shenck | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hiroshi Kawachi | 1:32.8 |
| 2009 | Smile Jack | 4 | Kosei Miura | Satoru Kobiyama | 1:32.7 |
| 2010 | Lets Go Kirishima | 5 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Shoichi Tenma | 1:32.9 |
| 2011 | Rainbow Pegasus | 6 | Katsumi Ando | Ippo Sameshima | 1:32.6 |
| 2012 | Donau Blue | 4 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Sei Ishizaka | 1:31.5 |
| 2013 | Red Spada | 7 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:32.5 |
| 2014 | Clarente | 5 | Hironobu Tanabe | Kojiro Hahiguchi | 1:32.5 |
| 2015 | Red Arion | 5 | Haruhiko Kawasu | Kojiro Hahiguchi | 1:32.6 |
| 2016 | Young Man Power | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:31.8 |
| 2017 | Maltese Apogee | 5 | Tomoharu Bushizawa | Masahiro Horii | 1:32.2 |
| 2018 | Primo Scene | 3 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:31.6 |
| 2019 | Mikki Glory | 6 | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | 1:32.1 |
| 2020 | Satono Arthur | 6 | Keita Tosaki | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:33.1 |
| 2021 | Lotus Land | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Yasuyuki Tsujino | 1:32.7 |
| 2022 | Win Carnelian | 5 | Kosei Miura | Yuichi Shikato | 1:33.3 |
| 2023 | Avverare | 5 | Keita Tosaki | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:32.1 |
| 2024 | Tudo de Bom | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Hirofumi Shii | 1:32.9 |

## Earlier winners

* 1984 - Hayate Mig
* 1985 - Takara Steel
* 1986 - Island Goddess
* 1987 - Cool Heart
* 1988 - Hishino Lypheor
* 1989 - Mr Brandy
* 1990 - Makiba Cyclone
* 1991 - Nifty Niece
* 1992 - Sprite Passer
* 1993 - Meiteringer
* 1994 - My Superman
* 1995 - Festive King
* 1996 - Eishin Guymon
* 1997 - Eishin Guymon
* 1998 - Daiwa Texas
* 1999 - Reward Ninfa