Derby Grand Prix
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| Location | Mizusawa Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1986[1] |
| Final run | 2023 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,000 meters |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Qualification | Three-years-old[2] |
| Purse | ¥40,000,000 1st: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The Derby Grand Prix (in Japanese: ダービーグランプリ) was a Japanese horserace for three-year-old Thoroughbreds[1] in the Iwate Prefecture Horse Racing Association.
The race was established in 1986. It was for 4-year-olds, but changed to 3-year-olds in 2001.
The race was graded as a Grade-1 race in 1997 and was then moved down to Grade-M1 in 2016.
The race took place at Morioka Racecourse from 1996-2011.[1]
The race was discontinued in 2023 as it was merged to the Kozukata Sho, which was given a JpnII grade and status as a trial race for the Japan Dirt Classic.[3][4]
Winners since 2014
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Dragon Ear[1][5] | Hiroto Yoshihara | Kenichi Takatsuki | 2:07.4 | |
| 2015 | Studium[6] | Satoshi Ishizaki | Yoshiyuki Kano | 2:07.5 | |
| 2016 | Trovao[7] | Daisuke Mijima | Katsunori Arayama | 2:08.0 | |
| 2017 | Superstition[8] | Ryu Abe | Hideki Kadokawa | 2:08.2 | |
| 2018 | Chaiyaphum[9] | Shinobu Murakami | Yuki Chiba | 2:12.2 | |
| 2019 | Rinno Legend[10] | Makoto Okabe | Kazuhiro Hayashi | Masao Hayashi | 2:07.0 |
| 2020 | Freccia Bianca[11] | Ryo Takamatsu | Koki Chiba | Kazuo Okubo | 2:05.7 |
| 2021 | Giga King[12] | Joji Wada | Takahiro Inamasu | Tomohiro Ozaki | 2:06.8 |
| 2022 | S'il Te Plait[13] | Yamato Ishikawa | Noboru Yonekawa | Kumiko Hara | 2:04.9 |
| 2023 | Mick Fire[14] | Norifumi Mikamoto | Kazuo Watanabe | Koichi Hoshika | 2:03.0 |