Japan Cup
Winners
Table:
Year

Winner

Foaled

Trained

Owned

Age

Jockey

Trainer

Owner

Time

1981

Mairzy Doates

USA

USA

USA

5

Cash Asmussen

John Fulton

Arno Schefler

2:25.3

1982

Half Iced

USA

USA

USA

3

Don MacBeth

Stanley M. Hough

Bertram R. Firestone

2:27.1

1983

Stanerra

IRE

IRE

IRE

5

Brian Rouse

Frank Dunne

Frank Dunne

2:27.6

1984

Katsuragi Ace

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Katsuichi Nishiura

Kazumi Domon

Ichizo Node

2:26.3

1985

Symboli Rudolf

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Yukio Okabe

Yuji Nohira

Symboli Bokujo

2:28.8

1986

Jupiter Island

IRE

GB

GB

7

Pat Eddery

Clive Brittain

Marquess of Tavistock

2:25.0

1987

Le Glorieux

FRA

FRA

FRA

3

Alain Lequeux

Robert Collet

Sieglinde Wolf

2:24.9

1988

Pay the Butler

USA

USA

USA

4

Chris McCarron

Robert J. Frankel

Edmund A. Gann

2:25.5

1989

Horlicks

NZL

NZL

NZL

6

Lance O'Sullivan

Dave O'Sullivan

Graham de Gruchy

2:22.2

1990

Better Loosen Up

AUS

AUS

AUS

5

Michael Clarke

David Hayes

Gabe Farrah, et al.

2:23.2

1991

Golden Pheasant

USA

USA

USA

5

Gary Stevens

Charles Whittingham

McNall / Gretzky

2:24.7

1992

Tokai Teio

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Yukio Okabe

Shoichi Matsumoto

Masanori Uchimura

2:24.6

1993

Legacy World

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Hiroshi Kawachi

Hideyuki Mori

Horse Tajima Co.

2:24.4

1994

Marvelous Crown

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Katsumi Minai

Makoto Osawa

Sadao Sasahara

2:23.6

1995

Lando

GER

GER

GER

5

Michael Roberts

Heinz Jentzsch

Gestüt Haus Ittlingen

2:24.6

1996

Singspiel

IRE

GB

UAE

4

Frankie Dettori

Michael Stoute

Sheikh Mohammed

2:23.8

1997

Pilsudski

IRE

GB

GB

5

Michael Kinane

Michael Stoute

Lord Weinstock

2:25.8

1998

El Condor Pasa

USA

JPN

JPN

3

Masayoshi Ebina

Yoshitaka Ninomiya

Takashi Watanabe

2:25.9

1999

Special Week

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Yutaka Take

Toshiaki Shirai

Hiroyoshi Usuda

2:25.5

2000

T M Opera O

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Ryuji Wada

Ichizo Iwamoto

Masatsugu Takezono

2:26.1

2001

Jungle Pocket

JPN

JPN

JPN

3

Olivier Peslier

Sakae Watanabe

Yomoji Saito

2:23.8

2002

Falbrav [1]

IRE

ITA

ITA

4

Frankie Dettori

Luciano d'Auria

Scuderia Rencati

2:12.2

2003

Tap Dance City

USA

JPN

JPN

6

Tetsuzo Sato

Shozo Sasaki

Yushun Horse Syndicate

2:28.7

2004

Zenno Rob Roy

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Olivier Peslier

Kazuo Fujisawa

Shinobu Oosako

2:24.2

2005

Alkaased

USA

GB

GB

5

Frankie Dettori

Luca Cumani

Michael Charlton

2:22.1

2006

Deep Impact

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Yutaka Take

Yasuo Ikee

Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co.

2:25.1

2007

Admire Moon

JPN

JPN

UAE

4

Yasunari Iwata

Hiroyoshi Matsuda

Darley Japan Farm Co. Ltd.

2:24.7

2008

Screen Hero

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Mirco Demuro

Yuichi Shikato

Teruya Yoshida

2:25.5

2009

Vodka

JPN

JPN

JPN

5

Christophe Lemaire

Katsuhiko Sumii

Yuzo Tanimizu

2:22.4

2010

Rose Kingdom [2]

JPN

JPN

JPN

3

Yutaka Take

Kojiro Hashiguchi

Sunday Racing

2:25.2

2011

Buena Vista

JPN

JPN

JPN

5

Yasunari Iwata

Hiroyoshi Matsuda

Sunday Racing Co Ltd

2:24.2

2012

Gentildonna

JPN

JPN

JPN

3

Yasunari Iwata

Sei Ishizaka

Sunday Racing Co Ltd

2:23.1

2013

Gentildonna

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Ryan Moore

Sei Ishizaka

Sunday Racing Co Ltd

2:26.1

2014

Epiphaneia

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Christophe Soumillon

Katsuhiko Sumii

U Carrot Farm

2:23.1

2015

Shonan Pandora

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Kenichi Ikezoe

Tomokazu Takano

Tetsuhide Kunimoto

2:24.7

2016

Kitasan Black

JPN

JPN

JPN

4

Yutaka Take

Hisashi Shimizu

Ono Shoji

2:25.8

2017

Cheval Grand

JPN

JPN

JPN

5

Hugh Bowman

Yasuo Tomomichi

Kazuhiro Sasaki

2:23.7

2018

Almond Eye

JPN

JPN

JPN

3

Christophe Lemaire

Sakae Kunieda

Silk Racing Co, Ltd

2:20.6

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