| Grade 3 race | |
| Location | Niigata Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1966 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner) |
The Niigata Kinen (Japanese 新潟記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in late August or early September over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.[1]
The Niigata Kinen was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. It was run at Nakayama Racecourse in 1996 and 2000.
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Daiwa Texas | 7 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Sueo Masuzawa | 2:00.2 |
| 2001 | Sun Place | 6 | Shigefumi Kumazawa | Yasuo Ikee | 1:57.0 |
| 2002 | Towa Treasure | 5 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:58.0 |
| 2003 | Derby Regno | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Shigetada Takahashi | 1:58.7 |
| 2004 | Super Gene | 6 | Eiji Nakadate | Masanori Sakaguchi | 1:57.7 |
| 2005 | Yamanin Alabaster | 4 | Teruo Eda | Shinobu Hoshino | 2:00.1 |
| 2006 | Top Gun Joe | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Masamichi Wada | 1:57.2 |
| 2007 | Yumeno Shirushi | 5 | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | 1:57.8 |
| 2008 | Arco Senora | 4 | Tomoharu Bushizawa | Shigenori Hatakeyama | 1:57.5 |
| 2009 | Hokko Pas de Chat | 7 | Teruo Eda | Akira Murayama | 1:59.6 |
| 2010 | Narita Crystal | 4 | Hideaki Miyuki | Kazuyoshi Kihara | 1:58.4 |
| 2011 | Narita Crystal | 5 | Yutaka Take | Kazuyoshi Kihara | 1:59.1 |
| 2012 | Transwarp | 7 | Takuya Ono | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1:57.6 |
| 2013 | Cosmo Nemo Shin | 6 | Masami Matsuoka | Hidekatsu Shimizu | 1:58.9 |
| 2014 | Martinborough | 5 | Nash Rawiller | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:58.3 |
| 2015 | Passion Dance | 7 | Mirco Demuro | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:58.2 |
| 2016 | A Day In The Life | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1:57.5[2] |
| 2017 | Tatsu Gogeki | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Ippo Sameshima | 1:57.9[3] |
| 2018 | Blast Onepiece | 3 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Masahiro Otake | 1:57.5[4] |
| 2019 | You Can Smile | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:57.5 |
| 2020 | Bravas | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:59.9 |
| 2021 | Meiner Fanrong | 6 | Mirco Demuro | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:58.4 |
| 2022 | Karate | 6 | Akira Sugawara | Yasuyuki Tsujino | 1:58.9 |
| 2023 | Nocking Point | 3 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:59.0 |
