Meguro Kinen
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 Admire Terra winning the 2025 Meguro Kinen | |
| Class | Grade 2 |
|---|---|
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1932 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2500 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o + |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥ 123,120,000 (as of 2025)
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The Meguro Kinen (Japanese 目黒記念) is a Grade 2 handicap horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged at least four years old, run in May over a distance of 2,500 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1932 over 3400 metres at Meguro Racecourse and was later run over 3900 metres and 3200 metres before being run over its current distance for the first time in 1952. The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 1984. Although the race moved to Tokyo Racecourse when Meguro Racecourse closed in 1934 the race retained the name of its original venue.[2]
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Stay Gold | 6 | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | Shadai Race Horse | 2:33.2 |
| 2001 | Hot Secret | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshiyuki Goto | Makoto Kaneko | 2:30.8 |
| 2002 | Toshi the V | 6 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hidetaka Otonashi | Kanae Kamimura | 2.31.8 |
| 2003 | Toshi the V | 7 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Hidetaka Otonashi | Kanae Kamimura | 2.31.2 |
| 2004 | Chakra | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Akio Adachi | Eiko Tadokoro | 2:30.5 |
| 2005 | Opera City | 4 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Yushun Horse Club | 2:29.8 |
| 2006 | Pop Rock | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Katsuhiko Sumii | Katsumi Yoshida | 2:33.1 |
| 2007 | Pop Rock | 6 | Yutaka Take | Katsuhiko Sumii | Katsumi Yoshida | 2:31.4 |
| 2008 | Hokuto Sultan | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yasushi Shono | Sugako Fuse | 2:31.9 |
| 2009 | Miyabi Ranveli | 6 | Yuichi Kitamura | Keijo Kato | Yoshikatsu Murakami | 2:39.0 |
| 2010 | Copano Jingu | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Toru Miya | Sachiaki Kobayashi | 2:34.8 |
| 2011 | King Top Gun | 8 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Ippo Sameshima | Toyoji Ikeda | 2:32.5 |
| 2012 | Smart Robin | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Kunehide Matsuda | Toru Okawa | 2:30.6 |
| 2013 | Mousquetaire | 5 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Yasuo Tomomichi | Katsumi Yoshida | 2:29.6 |
| 2014 | Meiner Medalist | 6 | Masayoshi Ebina | Kiyotaka Tanaka | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 2:31.0 |
| 2015 | Hit The Target | 7 | Futoshi Komaki | Keijo Kato | Shinji Maeda | 2:29.7 |
| 2016 | Cryptogram | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideaki Fujiwara | Carrot Farm | 2:30:6[3] |
| 2017 | Fame Game | 7 | Christophe Lemaire | Yoshitada Munakata | Sunday Racing | 2:30.9[4] |
| 2018 | Win Tenderness | 5 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Haruki Sugiyama[5] | Win | 2:29.7 |
| 2019 | Look Twice | 6 | Damian Lane | Hideaki Fujiwara | Tomokazu Iizuka | 2:28.2 |
| 2020 | King of Koji | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda | Kazuhiro Masuda | 2:29.6 |
| 2021 | Win Kiitos | 4 | Yuji Tannai | Yoshitada Munakata | Win | 2:32.8 |
| 2022 | Boccherini | 6 | Suguru Hamanaka | Yasutoshi Ikee | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:32.1 |
| 2023 | Heat on Beat | 6 | Damian Lane | Yasuo Tomomichi | Shadai Race Horse | 2:30.8 |
| 2024 | Struve | 5 | João Moreira | Noriyuki Hori | Katsuko Muraki | 2:32.3 |
| 2025 | Admire Terra | 4 | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Tomomichi | Junko Kondo | 2:32.9 |