Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap

Horse race

Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap
京成杯オータムハンデキャップ
Race information
Grade 3 race
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	1956
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner)

The Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap (Japanese 京成杯オータムハンデキャップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in September over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.^[1]

It was first run in 1956 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was switched back and forth between Nakayama and Tokyo and run over several different distances in its early years before settling at its current venue and distance in 1984. The 1988 edition however took place at Niigata Racecourse.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Symboli Indy	4	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:34.5
2001	Zenno El Cid	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:31.5
2002	Breaktime	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Shoji Yamamoto	1:31.9
2003	Breaktime	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Shoji Yamamoto	1:33.9
2004	Meiner Morgen	4	Hiroki Goto	Masahiro Horii	1:32.8
2005	Meiner Morgen	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Masahiro Horii	1:33.3
2006	Suteki Shinsukekun	3	Hiroki Goto	Hideyuki Mori	1:32.0
2007	Kings Trail	5	Katsuharu Tanaka	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:32.6
2008	Kiss To Heaven	5	Shinji Fujita	Hirofumi Toda	1:32.1
2009	Zarema	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Hidetaka Otonahi	1:32.1
2010	Fireflaught	4	Akihide Tsumura	Michihiro Ogasa	1:32.8
2011	Fifth Petal	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yukihiro Kato	1:31.9
2012	Leo Active	3	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hiroaki Sugiura	1:30.7
2013	Excellente Cave	4	Keita Tosaki	Noriyuki Hori	1:31.8
2014	Clarente	5	Hironobu Tanabe	Kojiro Hahiguchi	1:33.3
2015	Fra Angelico	7	Hironobu Tanabe	Makoto Saito	1:33.3
2016	Lord Quest	3	Kenichi Ikezoe	Shigeyuki Kojima	1:33.0^[2]
2017	Grand Silk	5	Hironobu Tanabe	Hirofumi Toda	1:31.6^[3]
2018	Mikki Glory	5	Christophe Lemaire	Sakae Kunieda	1:32.4^[4]
2019	Trois Etoiles	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Takayuki Yasuda	1:30.3
2020	Trois Etoiles	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Takayuki Yasuda	1:33.9
2021	Catedral	5	Keita Tosaki	Manabu Ikezoe	1:32.0
2022	Falconia	5	Hayato Yoshida	Tomokazu Takano	1:33.6
2023	Soul Rush	5	Kohei Matsuyama	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:31.6

Earlier winners

1984 - Yoshido Eden
1985 - Erebus
1986 - Island Goddess
1987 - Dyna Gulliver
1988 - Hokuto Helios
1989 - Material
1990 - Oratorio
1991 - Valiente
1992 - Toshi Green
1993 - Meistersinger
1994 - Sakura Chitose O
1995 - Dojima Muteki
1996 - Crown City
1997 - Kurokami
1998 - Shinko Splendor
1999 - Sunrise Atlas

References

Netkeiba:^[5]^[6]
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^ "Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 11 September 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 20 September 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 9 September 2018.
^ "京成杯AH". Netkeiba.
^ "Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap". Netkeiba.

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