# Nakayama Kinen

The Nakayama Kinen (中山記念, Nakayama Kinen) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and older run over a distance of 1,800 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in late February or early March.
The race was first run in 1937. It was originally run twice a year, in spring and autumn, before a single annual race was established in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Silence Suzuka, Victoire Pisa, Just A Way, and Panthalassa.

## Weight

57 kg for four-year-olds above.
Allowances:
* 2 kg for fillies / mares
* 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-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):
* Kane Mikasa – 1978, 1979
* Eighty Tosho – 1982, 1983
* Lohengrin – 2003, 2007
* Balance of Game – 2005, 2006
* Company – 2008, 2009
* Win Bright – 2018, 2019
* Hishi Iguazu - 2021, 2023

## Winners since 1990

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1990 | Hokuto Helios | 6 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Takao Nakano | Kanamorimori Shoji | 1:48.3 |
| 1991 | Yukino Sunrise | 4 | Sueo Masuzawa | Yasuhiro Suzuki | Motoyuki Inoue | 1:47.7 |
| 1992 | Dynamite Daddy | 4 | Kazuhiro Kato | Yasuhiro Suzuki | Seiichi Iketani | 1:47.0 |
| 1993 | Movie Star | 7 | Shigehiko Kishi | Noriaki Tsubo | Teruya Yoshida | 1:47.0 |
| 1994 | Sakura Chitose O | 4 | Futoshi Kojima | Katsutaro Sakai | Sakura Commerce | 1:48.9 |
| 1995 | Fujiyama Kenzan | 7 | Masayoshi Ebina | Hideyuki Mori | Tatsuya Fujimoto | 1:50.3 |
| 1996 | Sakura Laurel | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazunori Sakai | Sakura Commerce | 1:47.1 |
| 1997 | King of Daiya | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Shimizu Toshiaki | Toshiyasu Ishige | 1:48.7 |
| 1998 | Silence Suzuka | 4 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | Keiji Nagai | 1:48.6 |
| 1999 | King Halo | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masahiro Sakaguchi | Yoshio Asakawa | 1:47.5 |
| 2000 | Daiwa Texas | 7 | Hiroki Goto | Sueo Masuzawa | Daiwa Co., Ltd | 1:46.8 |
| 2001 | American Boss | 6 | Teruo Eda | Fuyuki Tago | Abiru Fudosan | 1:46.9 |
| 2002 | Tokai Point | 6 | Yukio Okabe | Yoshiyuki Goto | Masanori Uchimura | 1:45.4 |
| 2003 | Lohengrin | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito | Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.6 |
| 2004 | Sakura President | 4 | Yutaka Take | Futoshi Kojima | Sakura Commerce | 1:44.9 |
| 2005 | Balance of Game | 6 | Katsuhara Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata | Hiroyuki Sonobe | 1:46.5 |
| 2006 | Balance of Game | 7 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata | Hiroyuki Sonobe | 1:48.9 |
| 2007 | Lohengrin | 8 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito | Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.2 |
| 2008 | Company | 7 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 1:47.3 |
| 2009 | Company | 8 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 1:49.2 |
| 2010 | Tosen Crown | 6 | Teruo Eda | Yasuo Sugawara | Takaya Shimakawa | 1:51.7 |
| 2011 | Victoire Pisa | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Katsuhiko Sumii | Yoshimi Ichikawa | 1:46.0 |
| 2012 | Federalist | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.3 |
| 2013 | Nakayama Knight | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Shinichi Izumi | 1:47.3 |
| 2014 | Just A Way | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Naosuke Sugai | Akatsuki Yamatoya | 1:49.8 |
| 2015 | Nuovo Record | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Makoto Saito | Reiko Hara | 1:50.3 |
| 2016 | Duramente | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:45.9 |
| 2017 | Neorealism | 6 | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori | Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. | 1:47.6 |
| 2018 | Win Bright | 4 | Masami Matsuoka | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | Win Co. Ltd. | 1:47.6 |
| 2019 | Win Bright | 5 | Masami Matsuoka | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | Win Co. Ltd. | 1:45.5 |
| 2020 | Danon Kingly | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | Danox | 1:46.3 |
| 2021 | Hishi Iguazu | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori | Masahide Abe | 1:44.9 |
| 2022 | Panthalassa | 5 | Yutaka Yoshida | Yoshito Yahagi | Hiroo Race Co. Ltd. | 1:46.4 |
| 2023 | Hishi Iguazu | 7 | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori | Masahide Abe | 1:47.1 |
| 2024 | Matenro Sky | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mikio Matsunaga | Chiyono Terada | 1:48.1 |
| 2025 | Sixpence | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | Carrot Farm | 1:44.8 |

## Earlier winners

* 1952 - Kiyo Strong
* 1953 - Brulette
* 1954 - Cheerio
* 1955 - Takagiku
* 1956 - Hide Homare
* 1957 - My Way
* 1958 - Mitsuru
* 1959 - Fillie
* 1960 - Harrow More
* 1961 - Onward Stan
* 1962 - Gin Toshi
* 1963 - Nasuno Midori
* 1964 - Toast
* 1965 - Sweet Lapel
* 1966 - Fuji Isami
* 1967 - Onward Hill
* 1968 - Shesky
* 1969 - Meiji Shiro
* 1970 - Akatsuki Teru
* 1971 - Hida President
* 1972 - Tosho Pit
* 1973 - Jinden
* 1974 - Haiseko
* 1975 - Hikaru Jinden
* 1976 - Yamabuki O
* 1977 - Eyeful
* 1978 - Kane Mikasa
* 1979 - Kane Mikasa
* 1980 - Yoshinosky
* 1981 - Kitano Riki O
* 1982 - Eighty Tosho
* 1983 - Eighty Tosho
* 1984 - Tudenham King
* 1985 - Tosho Pegasus
* 1986 - Kushiro King
* 1987 - Suzu Parade
* 1988 - Mogami Yashima
* 1989 - Kosei