Chunichi Shimbun Hai

The Chunichi Shimbun Hai (Japanese 中日新聞杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in December over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]

Chunichi Shimbun Hai

Grade 3 race
Decipher wins the 2015 Chunichi Shimbun Hai
Location	Chukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1965
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)

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was usually run over 1800 metres before being moved up to its current distance in 2006. It was run at Kokura Racecourse in 1991, 1993, 1994 and 2011.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Tosho Andre	4	Koichi Tsunoda	Sakae Watanabe	1:46.4
2001	Grand Pas de Deux	4	Eiji Nakadate	Hiroyuki Nagahama	1:48.0
2002	My Sole Sound	3	Masaru Honda	Katsuichi Nishiura	1:47.9
2003	Precise Machine	4	Hiroki Goto	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	1:47.6
2004	Precise Machine	5	Hiroki Goto	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	1:46.3
2005	Gran Rio	5	Yuichi Shibayama	Takehisa Sasakura	1:46.4
2006	Toho Alan	3	Christophe Lemaire	Hideaki Fujiwara	1:57.8
2007	Sunrise Max	3	Mirco Demuro	Yutaka Masumoto	1:58.5
2008	Yamanin Kingly	3	Mirco Demuro	Hiroshi Kawachi	1:59.5
2009	Earnestly	4	Tetsuzo Sato	Shozo Sasaki	1:57.4
2010	To The Glory	3	Mirco Demuro	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:58.7
2011	Cosmo Phantom	4	Takano Ono	Toru Miya	1:59.6
2012	Smart Gear	7	Kohei Matsuyama	Masaru Sayama	2:02.2
2013	Satono Apollo	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	1:59.6
2014	Martinborough	5	Dario Vargiu	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:01.7
2015	Decipher	6	Hirofumi Shii	Futoshi Kojima	2:01.2
2016	Satono Noblesse	6	Yuga Kawada	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:01.3[2]
2017	Maitres d'Art	4	Cristian Demuro	Hirofumi Toda	1:59.3[3]
2018	Gibeon	3	Cristian Demuro	Hideaki Fujiwara	1:59.3[4]
2019	Satono Garnet	4	Ryusei Sakai	Yoshito Yahagi	1:59.2
2020	Boccherini	4	Kohei Matsuyama	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:00.1

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Ascot Eight
• 1985 - Kikuno Pegasus
• 1986 - Hakuryo Bell
• 1987 - Windstoss
• 1988 - Tokino Orient
• 1989 - Tosho Arrow
• 1990 - Dokan Jo
• 1991 - Shori Tenyu
• 1992 - Fuiyama Kenzan
• 1993 - Arashi
• 1994 - Nehai Victory
• 1995 - Go Go Z
• 1996 - Foundry Shori
• 1997 - Foundry Shori
• 1998 - Tsurumaru Gaisen
• 1999 - Shin Kaiun

See also

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

References

1. "Chunichi Shimbun Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 March 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 December 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 8 December 2018.