# Kyōto Daishōten

The Kyōto Daishōten (京都大賞典, kyōto daishōten) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.
The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.
It was first run in 1966. Among the winners of the race have been Mejiro McQueen, Marvelous Crown, T M Opera O, Tap Dance City, Rose Kingdom and Lovely Day.

## Weight

54 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.
Allowances:
* 2 kg for fillies / mares
* 2 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

Speed record:
* 2:22.9 Hit The Target 2013, Chevalier Rose 2024
Most successful horse (2 wins):
* Tanino Chikara – 1973, 1974
* Yamano Shiragiku – 1983, 1985
* Suzuka Koban – 1984, 1986
* Super Creek – 1989, 1990
* Mejiro McQueen – 1991, 1993
* T M Opera O – 2000, 2001

## Winners since 1994

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1994 | Marvelous Crown | 4 | Katsumi Minai | Makoto Osawa | Sadao Sasahara | 2:31.0 |
| 1995 | Hishi Amazon | 4 | Eiji Nakdate | Takao Nakano | Masaichiro Abe | 2:25.3 |
| 1996 | Marvelous Sunday | 4 | Yutaka Take | Makoto Osawa | Sadao Sasahara | 2:25.1 |
| 1997 | Silk Justice | 3 | Shinji Fujita | Masaaki Okubo | Silk | 2:26.2 |
| 1998 | Seiun Sky | 3 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kazutaka Yasuda | Masayuki Nishiyama | 2:25.6 |
| 1999 | Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Nibun Hisao | Takao Tsuruta | 2:24.3 |
| 2000 | T M Opera O | 4 | Ryuji Wada | Ichizo Iwamoto | Masatsugu Takezono | 2:26.0 |
| 2001 | T M Opera O | 5 | Ryuji Wada | Ichizo Iwamoto | Masatsugu Takezono | 2:25.0 |
| 2002 | Narita Top Road | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Yoshio Oki | Hidenori Yamaji | 2:23.6 |
| 2003 | Tap Dance City | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Yushun Horse Club | 2:26.6 |
| 2004 | Narita Century | 5 | Hirokazu Tajima | Norio Fujisawa | Hidenori Yamaji | 2:25.2 |
| 2005 | Lincoln | 5 | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 2:25.4 |
| 2006 | Sweep Tosho | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Akio Tsurudome | Tosho Sangyo | 2:31.5 |
| 2007 | Inti Raimi | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Sunday Racing | 2:24.8 |
| 2008 | Toho Alan | 5 | Ryota Sameshima | Hideaki Fujiwara | Toho Bussan | 2:26.9 |
| 2009 | Oken Bruce Lee | 4 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Hidetaka Otonashi | Akira Fukui | 2:24.3 |
| 2010 | Meisho Beluga | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | Yoshio Matsumoto | 2:25.0 |
| 2011 | Rose Kingdom | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Sunday Racing | 2:24.1 |
| 2012 | Meisho Kampaku | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | Yoshio Matsumoto | 2:23.4 |
| 2013 | Hit The Target | 5 | Yuichi Kitamura | Keiji Kato | Shinji Maeda | 2:22.9 |
| 2014 | Last Impact | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Silk Racing | 2:24.2 |
| 2015 | Lovely Day | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:23.6 |
| 2016 | Kitasan Black | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hisashi Shimizu | Ono Shoji | 2:25.5 |
| 2017 | Smart Layer | 7 | Yutaka Take | Ryuji Okubo | Toru Okawa | 2:23.0 |
| 2018 | Satono Diamond | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | Satomi Horse Company | 2:25.4 |
| 2020 | Glory Vase | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Tomohito Ozeki | Carrot Farm | 2:25.6 |
| 2021 | Makahiki | 8 | Kota Fujioka | Yasuo Tomomichi | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:24.5 |
| 2022 | Vela Azul | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Kunihiko Watanabe | Carrot Farm | 2:24.3 |
| 2023 | Pradaria | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Manabu Ikezoe | Nagoya Yuho | 2:25.3 |
| 2024 | Chevalier Rose | 6 | Yuichi Kitamura | Hisashi Shimizu | Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. | 2:22.9 |
$^a$ Stay Gold came in first in the 2001 runnings. However, as he had cut off Narita Top Road and caused his jockey to fall, he was disqualified from the race.
$^b$ The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

## Earlier winners

* 1966 - Kyoei Hikari
* 1967 - Shibafuji
* 1968 - Marchs
* 1969 - Finis
* 1970 - New Kiminonawa
* 1971 - Mejiro Asama
* 1972 - Kimusu Vimy
* 1973 - Tanino Chikara
* 1974 - Tanino Chikara
* 1975 - Ishino Masaru
* 1976 - Passing Venture
* 1977 - Ten Point
* 1978 - Ryu Kiko
* 1979 - Tenmei
* 1980 - Silksky
* 1981 - Inado Kotobuki
* 1982 - Mejiro Chara
* 1983 - Yamano Shiragiku
* 1984 - Suzuka Koban
* 1985 - Yamano Shiragiku
* 1986 - Suzuka Koban
* 1987 - Tokai Roman
* 1988 - Meisho Eikan
* 1989 - Super Creek
* 1990 - Super Creek
* 1991 - Mejiro McQueen
* 1992 - Osumi Roch
* 1993 - Mejiro McQueen