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Tokyo Daishōten

Horse race

Tokyo Daishōten

International Grade I race
Location	Ōi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo
Inaugurated	1955
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2,000 meters (About 10 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o &Up
Weight	57kg, 3-y-o allowed 2kg, females allowed 2kg
Purse	170,000,000 JPY(as of 2023) 1st: 100,000,000 JPY

The Tokyo Daishōten (東京大賞典) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track for three years old and above. It is run over a distance of 2,000 meters (about 10 furlongs) at Ōi Racecourse in the Shinagawa, Tokyo in the end of the year.

It was first held in 1955, at that time named Aki-no-Kura (秋の鞍), meaning 'The Race of Autumn race meeting', with a distance of 2,600 meters. In 1966, its name was changed to Tokyo Daishōten. Since 2011, It has been held as international Grade 1 race (The only international race in Japan not organized by Japan Racing Association).

The race provides an alternative to the February Stakes and to the Dubai World Cup Night's meetings for Japanese horses.

Its distance has been changed three times. From 1962 to 1988, it was 3,000 meters long, from 1989 to 1997, 2,800 meters and after 1998, 2,000 meters.

Gold Allure, Vermilion, Kane Hekili, Hokko Tarumae, Copano Rickey won the race on the way to winning the JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse.

Records[edit]

Most successful horse (4 wins):

• Omega Perfume – 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 - the first in Japan to win the same international Grade I race fourth times in a row.

Other multiple winners (2 wins):

• Adjudi Mitsuo – 2004, 2005
• Smart Falcon – 2010, 2011
• Hokko Tarumae – 2013, 2014
• Ushba Tesoro – 2022, 2023

Winners since 1990[edit]

See also[edit]

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References[edit]

• Netkeiba:^[2]
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• Racing Post:
  • 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

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