Lord Derby Challenge Trophy
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 Industria, winner of the 2023 Lord Derby Challenge Trophy | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1969 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2025)
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The Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (Japanese ダービー卿チャレンジトロフィー) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. Organized by Japan Racing Association, it is run in March over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1969 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Tokyo Racecourse until 1980 and was run over 1800 metres until 1979.
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Fusaichi Airedale | 4 | Yutaka Take | Kunihide Matsuda | Fusao Sekiguchi | 1:33.0 |
| 2001 | Check Mate | 6 | Shinji Fujita | Kenji Yamauchi | Tomiro Fukami | 1:35.2 |
| 2002 | Grass World | 6 | Shinji Fujita | Katsumi Suzuki | Hanzawa | 1:32.4 |
| 2003 | Dantsu Judge | 4 | Ryuji Wada | Kenji Yamauchi | Tetsuji Yamamoto | 1:33.9 |
| 2004 | Meiner Morgen | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Masahiro Horii | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:33.4 |
| 2005 | Daiwa Major | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Hiroyuki Uehara | Keizo Oshiro | 1:32.3 |
| 2006 | Great Journey | 5 | Tetsuzo Sato | Yasuo Ikee | North Hills Management | 1:32.4 |
| 2007 | Picaresque Coat | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Yasutoshi Ikee | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 1:33.1 |
| 2008 | Silent Pride | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | Shadai Race Horse | 1:34.2 |
| 2009 | Take Mikazuchi | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Satoshi Oehara | Shadai Race Horse | 1:33.7 |
| 2010 | Showa Modern | 6 | Hiroki Goto | Hiroaki Sugiura | Keiichi Yamagishi | 1:34.3 |
| 2011 | Blitzen | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Hiroo Race | 1:33.3 |
| 2012 | Garbo | 5 | Shu Ishibashi | Hidekatsu Shimizu | Kazuyoshi Ishikawa | 1:33.5 |
| 2013 | Tokei Halo | 4 | Masami Matsuoka | Hisashi Shimizu | Nobuhiko Kimura | 1:32.6 |
| 2014 | Curren Black Hill | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Osamu Hirata | Takashi Suzuki | 1:34.6 |
| 2015 | Maurice | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Noriyuki Hori | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:32.2 |
| 2016 | Magic Time | 5 | Andrasch Starke | Tadanari Nakagawa | Sunday Racing | 1:32.8 |
| 2017 | Logi Chalice | 5 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Sakae Kunieda | Masaaki Kumeta | 1:34.7[2] |
| 2018 | He's In Love | 5 | Kota Fujioka | Kenichi Fujioka | Silk Racing | 1:32.2[3] |
| 2019 | Fiano Romano | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Tomokazu Takano | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:31.7[4] |
| 2020 | Kluger | 8 | Shu Ishibashi | Tomokazu Takano | Carrot Farm | 1:32.8 |
| 2021 | Terzetto | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Shoichiro Wada | Silk Racing | 1:32.6 |
| 2022 | Time To Heaven | 4 | Takuya Ono | Hirofumi Toda | DMM Dream Club | 1:32.3 |
| 2023 | Industria | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Keisuke Miyata | Sunday Racing | 1:33.2 |
| 2024 | Parallel Vision | 5 | Keita Tosaki | Sakae Kunieda | Carrot Farm | 1:32.9 |
| 2025 | Trovatore | 4 | João Moreira | Yuichi Shikato | Sunday Racing | 1:32.4 |
| 2026 | Suzu Khalom | 6 | Takashi Fujikake | Kazuya Makita | Tatsuro Mori | 1:33.4 |