Ibis Summer Dash

The Ibis Summer Dash (Japanese アイビスサマーダッシュ) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 1000 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.[1]

Ibis Summer Dash

Grade 3 race
K T Love wins the 2010 Summer Dash
Location	Niigata Racecourse
Inaugurated	2001
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Straight
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 53 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg
Purse	¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner)

The race was first run in 2001 and has held Grade 3 status ever since.

Winners since 2001

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2001	Mejiro Darling	5	Yutaka Yoshida	Yokichi Okubo	0:53.9
2002	Calstone Light O	4	Naohiro Onishi	Hiroyuki Oneda	0:53.7
2003	Il Bacio	6	Seiji Shimohama	Satoru Kobiyama	0:54.2
2004	Calstone Light O	6	Naohiro Onishi	Hiroyuki Oneda	0:53.9
2005	T M Churasan	3	Sho Tajima	Sadahiro Kojima	0:54.0
2006	Sachino Sweetie	3	Naoto Suzuki	Yuji Hirai	0:55.7
2007	Sans Adieu	5	Issei Murata	Hidetaka Otonashi	0:55.1
2008	Kanoya Zakura	4	Futoshi Komaki	Kojiro Hashiguchi	0:54.2
2009	Kanoya Zakura	5	Futoshi Komaki	Kojiro Hashiguchi	0:56.2
2010	K T Love	6	Yuichiro Nishida	Akira Nomoto	0:53.9
2011	A Shin Virgo	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Ken Kozaki	0:53.8
2012	Pas de Trois	5	Katsumi Ando	Ippo Sameshima	0:54.2
2013	Hakusan Moon	4	Manabu Sakai	Masato Nishizono	0:54.2
2014	Seiko Raiko	7	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yasuhiro Suzuki	0:54.3
2015	Bel Canto	4	Mirco Demuro	Koichi Tsunoda	0:54.1
2016	Bel Canto	5	Mirco Demuro	Koichi Tsunoda	0:54.1[2]
2017	Rhein Meteor	7	Yuichiro Nishida	Takahiro Mizuno	0:54.2[3]
2018	Daimei Princess	5	Shinichiro Akiyama	Naoyuki Morita	0:53.8[4]
2019	Lion Boss	4	Hironobu Tanabe	Shoichiro Wada	0:55.1
2020	Jo Kana Chan	5	Yuji Hishida	Takeshi Matsushita	0:54.5

See also

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

References

1. "Ibis Summer Dash". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 31 July 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 30 July 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 29 July 2018.