Kobe Shimbun Hai

The Kobe Shimbun Hai (Japanese 神戸新聞杯) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2400 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in September, but was contested over 2000 metres until 2006.[1]

Kobe Shimbun Hai

Grade 2 race
2013 Kobe Shimbun Hai
Location	Hanshin Racecourse
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o colts and fillies
Weight	56kg, fillies allowed 2kg
Purse	¥117,540,000 (total) ¥54,000,000 (winner)

The Kobe Shimbun Hai was first run in 1953 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It serves as a trial race for the Kikuka Sho. Winners of the race have included Deep Impact, Zenno Rob Roy and Orfevre.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Fusaichi Sonic	Shi Hirofumi	Kunihide Matsuda	2:01.6
2001	Air Eminem	Mikio Matsunaga	Yuji Ito	1:59.5
2002	Symboli Kris S	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:59.1
2003	Zenno Rob Roy	Kent Desormeaux	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:59.5
2004	King Kamehameha	Katsumi Ando	Kunihide Matsuda	1:59.0
2005	Deep Impact	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	1:58.4
2006	Dream Passport	Jun Takada	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:58.1
2007	Dream Journey	Yutaka Take	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:24.7
2008	Deep Sky	Shi Hirofumi	Mitsugu Kon	2:25.3
2009	I Ko Piko	Shi Hirofumi	Masato Nishizono	2:24.2
2010	Rose Kingdom	Yutaka Take	Kojiro Hashiguchi	2:25.9
2011	Orfevre	Kenichi Ikezoe	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:28.3
2012	Gold Ship	Hiroyuki Uchida	Naosuke Sugai	2:25.2
2013	Epiphaneia	Yuichi Fukunaga	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:24.8
2014	One And Only	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kojiro Hashiguchi	2:24.4
2015	Lia Fail	Christophe Lemaire	Hidetaka Otonashi	2:26.7
2016	Satono Diamond	Christophe Lemaire	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:25.7[2]
2017	Rey de Oro	Christophe Lemaire	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:24.6[3]
2018	Wagnerian	Kota Fujioka	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:25.6[4]
2019	Saturnalia	Christophe Lemaire	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:26.8
2020	Contrail ^[1]	Yuichi Fukunaga	Yoshito Yahagi	2:12.5

¹ The 2020 race took place at Chukyo Racecourse over 2200 metres.

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Daizen Silver
• 1985 - Speed Hero
• 1986 - Takeno Komayoshi
• 1987 - Max Beauty
• 1988 - Yaeno Dia
• 1989 - Osaichi George
• 1990 - Center Shokatsu
• 1991 - Long Title
• 1992 - Kyoei Bowgun
• 1993 - Biwa Hayahide
• 1994 - Star Man
• 1995 - Tanino Create
• 1996 - Shirokita Cross
• 1997 - Matikanefukukitaru
• 1998 - Kenetoshi Governor
• 1999 - Osumi Bright

See also

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

References

1. "Kobe Shimbun Hai". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 25 September 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 24 September 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 23 September 2018.