Japan Cup

The Japan Cup is the most important horse race in Japan. It is held at the end of November in the Tokyo Racecourse. The race is 2400 metres long and the winner gets about ¥533 million (about US $4.6 million) as an award (the highest reward for horse racing in the world).

 Winners 
 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 1981 Mairzy Doates 5 Cash Asmussen John Fulton Arno Schefler 2:25.3 1982 Half Iced 3 Don MacBeth Stanley M. Hough Bertram R. Firestone 2:27.1 1983 Stanerra 5 Brian Rouse Frank Dunne Frank Dunne 2:27.6 1984 Katsuragi Ace 4 Katsuichi Nishiura Kazumi Domon Ichizo Node 2:26.3 1985 Symboli Rudolf 4 Yukio Okabe Yuji Nohira Symboli Bokujo 2:28.8 1986 Jupiter Island 7 Pat Eddery Clive Brittain Marquess of Tavistock 2:25.0 1987 Le Glorieux 3 Alain Lequeux Robert Collet Sieglinde Wolf 2:24.9 1988 Pay The Butler 4 Chris McCarron Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 2:25.5 1989 Horlicks 6 Lance O'Sullivan Dave O'Sullivan Graham de Gruchy 2:22.2 1990 Better Loosen Up 5 Michael Clarke David Hayes Gabe Farrah, et al. 2:23.2 1991 Golden Pheasant 5 Gary Stevens Charles Whittingham McNall / Gretzky 2:24.7 1992 Tokai Teio 4 Yukio Okabe Shoichi Matsumoto Masanori Uchimura 2:24.6 1993 Legacy World 4 Hiroshi Kawachi Hideyuki Mori Horse Tajima Co. 2:24.4 1994 Marvelous Crown 4 Katsumi Minai Makoto Osawa Sadao Sasahara 2:23.6 1995 Lando 5 Michael Roberts Heinz Jentzsch Gestüt Haus Ittlingen 2:24.6 1996 Singspiel 4 Frankie Dettori Michael Stoute Sheikh Mohammed 2:23.8 1997 Pilsudski 5 Michael Kinane Michael Stoute Lord Weinstock 2:25.8 1998 El Condor Pasa 3 Masayoshi Ebina Yoshitaka Ninomiya Takashi Watanabe 2:25.9 1999 Special Week 4 Yutaka Take Toshiaki Shirai Hiroyoshi Usuda 2:25.5 2000 T M Opera O 4 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 2:26.1 2001 Jungle Pocket 3 Olivier Peslier Sakae Watanabe Yomoji Saito 2:23.8 2002 Falbrav  4 Frankie Dettori Luciano d'Auria Scuderia Rencati 2:12.2 2003 Tap Dance City 6 Tetsuzo Sato Shozo Sasaki Yushun Horse Syndicate 2:28.7 2004 Zenno Rob Roy 4 Olivier Peslier Kazuo Fujisawa Shinobu Oosako 2:24.2 2005 Alkaased 5 Frankie Dettori Luca Cumani Michael Charlton 2:22.1 2006 Deep Impact 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. 2:25.1 2007 Admire Moon 4 Yasunari Iwata Hiroyoshi Matsuda Darley Japan Farm Co. Ltd. 2:24.7 2008 Screen Hero 4 Mirco Demuro Yuichi Shikato Teruya Yoshida 2:25.5
 The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 2,200 metres.

References

Category:Horse racing
Category:1981 establishments in Japan
Category:November events