Hakodate Kinen

Hakodate Kinen
函館記念
	Hakodate Racecourse
Class	Grade 3
Location	Hakodate Racecourse
Inaugurated	1965
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2025) 1st: ¥ 43,000,000; 2nd: ¥ 17,000,000; 3rd: ¥ 11,000,000;

ClassGrade 3

LocationHakodate Racecourse

Inaugurated1965

Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing

The Hakodate Kinen (Japanese 函館記念) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over. It is run in July every year over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hakodate Racecourse in Hakodate, Japan.^[1]

It was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run over 2400 metres until 1967.

[1]

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1984	Windsor Knot	4	Masato Shibata	Kunio Takamatsu	Horseman	1:59.6^[2]
1985	Windsor Knot	5	Masato Shibata	Kunio Takamatsu	Horseman	1:59.2
1986	Nippo Teio	3	Hiroyuki Gohara	Kinzo Kubota	Yuichi Yamaishi	1:58.6
1987	Windstoss	4	Kazuhiro Kato	Toshio Nihonyanagi	Tokusuke Fukushima	2:00.2
1988	Soccer Boy	3	Hiroshi Kawachi	Yukiharu Ono	Shadai Race Horse	1:57.8
1989	Speak Reason	3	Tomio Yasuda	Mitsuhiro Ogata	Mitsuru Takesaki	2:00.2
1990	Lucky Guerlain	4	Koichi Uchida	Yasuo Ikee	Royal Farm	1:59.5
1991	Mejiro Marsyas	6	Seiki Tabara	Yasuo Ikee	Mejiro Shoji	1:59.1
1992	Higashi Mallorca	4	Hitoshi Matoba	Mitsuhiro Ogata	Yanagawa Farm	2:00.6
1993	Golden Eye	5	Shinji Fujita	Takashi Tsukazaki	Kenichi Takahashi	2:04.6
1994	Wako Chikako	4	Shinji Fujita	Yuji Ito	Takao Ishida	2:01.6
1995	Inter My Way	5	Shinji Fujita	Mitsuo Ogino	Tomee Matsuoka	2:02.4
1996	Bright Sunday	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Mitsuo Ogino	Kazuo Nakamura	1:59.8
1997	Aloha Dream	4	Kazuhiro Kato	Hirotoshi Iwaki	Keisho Kida	1:59.3
1998	Pal Bright	6	Hatsuhiro Kowata	Hirotoshi Iwaki	Iwao Kinami	2:00.4
1999	Jo Big Bang	4	Hiromasa Tamogi	Makoto Tsubo	Keiko Ueda	2:02.0
2000	Craftsmanship	5	Masaki Katsuura	Yoshiyuki Goto	Sunday Racing	2:02.7
2001	Lord Platinum	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Yuji Ito	Lord Horse Club	2:02.4
2002	Yamanin Respect	5	Yohsikazu Yokoyama	Hideshi Asami	Kaoru Doi	2:05.1
2003	Air Eminem	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Yuji Ito	Lucky Field	1:59.9
2004	Craft Work	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yoshiyuki Goto	Sunday Racing	2:00.6
2005	Erimo Harrier	5	Kohei Kitamura	Hidetaka Tadokoro	Toshiharu Yamamoto	2:00.7
2006	Erimo Harrier	6	Katsumi Ando	Hidetaka Tadokoro	Toshiharu Yamamoto	2:05.1
2007	Erimo Harrier	7	Koshiro Take	Hidetaka Tadokoro	Toshiharu Yamamoto	2:02.8
2008	Tosen Captain	4	Yusuke Fujioka	Katsuhiko Sumii	Takaya Shimakawa	2:00.3
2009	Sakura Orion	7	Shinichiro Akiyama	Yasuo Ikee	Sakura Commerce	2:00.6
2010	Meiner Starry	5	Douglas Whyte	Tadashi Kayo	Thoroughbred Club Ruffian	1:58.5
2011	King Top Gun	8	Norihiro Yokoyama	Ippo Sameshima	Toyoji Ikeda	2:00.3
2012	Transwarp	7	Takuya Ono	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	Carrot Farm	2:00.4
2013	Tokei Halo	4	Yutaka Take	Hisashi Shimizu	Nobuhiko Kimura	1:58.6
2014	Love Is Boo Shet	5	Yoshihiro Furukawa	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	2:00.1
2015	Derby Fizz	5	Yasunari Iwata	Futoshi Kojima	Shadai Race Horse	1:59.1
2016	Meiner Milano	6	Yuji Tannai	Ikuo Aizawa	Thoroughbred Club Ruffian	1:59.0^[3]
2017	Luminous Warrior	6	Yuichi Shibayama	Shoichiro Wada	Sunday Racing	2:01.2^[4]
2018	Air Anthem	7	Yusuke Fujioka	Keiji Yoshimura	Lucky Field	1:59.8^[5]
2019	My Style	5	Katsuharu Tanaka	Mitsugu Kon	Chiyono Terada	1:59.6
2020	Admire Justa	4	Hayato Yoshida	Naosuke Sugai	Junko Kondo	1:59.7
2021	Tosen Surya	6	Kazuo Yokoyama	Jiro Ono	Takaya Shimakawa	1:58.7
2022	Hayayakko	6	Suguru Hamanaka	Sakae Kunieda	Kaneko Makoto Holdings	2:03.6
2023	Rousham Park	4	Christophe Lemaire	Hiroyasu Tanaka	Sunday Racing	2:01.4
2024	Ho O Biscuits	4	Yasunari Iwata	Takeshi Okumura	Yoshihisa Ozasa	1:59.2
2025	Veloce Era	4	Daisuke Sasaki	Naosuke Sugai	TO Racing	1:57.6^[a]

v t e List of Japanese Grade III horse races
(Note: JRA races bracketed with "exchange" below, and all dirt/3-year-old races are Japan Racing Association (JRA)-National Association of Racing (NAR) exchange races)
Japan Racing Association (JRA) GIII races (International GIII)	Nakayama Kimpai Kyoto Kimpai Fairy Stakes Shinzan Kinen Keisei Hai Kokura Himba Stakes Negishi Stakes (dirt) Silk Road Stakes Tokyo Shimbun Hai Kisaragi Sho Queen Cup Kyodo Tsushin Hai Diamond Stakes Aichi Hai Kokura Daishoten Hankyu Hai Ocean Stakes Nakayama Himba Stakes Falcon Stakes Flower Cup Mainichi Hai March Stakes (dirt) Lord Derby Challenge Trophy Churchill Downs Cup Antares Stakes (dirt) Fukushima Himba Stakes Niigata Daishoten Heian Stakes (dirt) Aoi Stakes Naruo Kinen Epsom Cup Hakodate Sprint Stakes Fuchu Himba Stakes Unicorn Stakes (dirt) Radio Nikkei Sho CBC Sho Shirasagi Stakes Tanabata Sho Tokai Stakes (dirt) Hakodate Nisai Stakes Hakodate Kinen Chukyo Kinen Ibis Summer Dash Queen Stakes Leopard Stakes (dirt) Elm Stakes (dirt) Kokura Kinen Sekiya Kinen Kitakyushu Kinen Niigata Nisai Stakes Keeneland Cup Sapporo Nisai Stakes Chukyo Nisai Stakes Niigata Kinen Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap Sirius Stakes (dirt) Saudi Arabia Royal Cup Artemis Stakes Fantasy Stakes Miyako Stakes (dirt) Musashino Stakes (dirt) Fukushima Kinen Kyoto Nisai Stakes Keihan Hai Challenge Cup Chunichi Shimbun Hai Capella Stakes (dirt) Turquoise Stakes
National Association of Racing (NAR) JpnIII races (Domestic GIII, dirt)	Bluebird Cup Marine Cup Tokyo Sprint Kakitsubata Kinen Hokkaido Sprint Cup Sparking Lady Cup Mercury Cup Cluster Cup Breeders' Gold Cup Summer Champion Hakusan Daishoten Teletama Hai Oval Sprint Edelweiss Sho JBC Nisai Yushun Queen Sho Hyogo Gold Trophy Saga Kinen Nagoya Daishoten Kurofune Sho Kumotori Sho TCK Queen Cup
JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GIII races)	Tokyo Jump Stakes Niigata Jump Stakes Kokura Jump Stakes Hanshin Jump Stakes Kyoto Jump Stakes
Defunct	Mermaid Stakes Kyoto Himba Stakes Kokura Nisai Stakes
See also	Japan Racing Association National Association of Racing Horse racing in Japan

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