Sekiya Kinen
Horse race
Grade 3 race | |
Niigata Racecourse | |
Location | Niigata Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1966 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1600 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
Weight | 4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 53 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg |
Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 41,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The Sekiya Kinen (Japanese 関屋記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.[1]
The Sekiya Kinen was first run in 1966 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race distance was 2000 metres before being reduced to 1800 metres in 1970 and to 1600 metres in 1975. The race was run twice at Fukushima Racecourse, over 1200 metres in 1988 and 1700 metres in 2000.
Weight
54 kg for three-year-old, 57 kg for four-year-old and above.[2]
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-old
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
- 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares)
- 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 3 win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 2 win
Winners since 2000
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2000 | Daiwa Texas | 7 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Sueo Masuzawa | 1:43.5 |
2001 | Magnaten | 5 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:31.8 |
2002 | Magnaten | 6 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:31.8 |
2003 | Osumi Cosmo | 4 | Katsuyoshi Tsuneishi | Tadashi Nakao | 1:31.8 |
2004 | Blue Eleven | 4 | Minoru Yoshida | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:32.3 |
2005 | Sidewinder | 7 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | 1:32.3 |
2006 | Camphor Best | 7 | Teruo Eda | Yoshikatsu Sato | 1:32.5 |
2007 | Company | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideataka Otonashi | 1:31.8 |
2008 | Maruka Shenck | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hiroshi Kawachi | 1:32.8 |
2009 | Smile Jack | 4 | Kosei Miura | Satoru Kobiyama | 1:32.7 |
2010 | Lets Go Kirishima | 5 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Shoichi Tenma | 1:32.9 |
2011 | Rainbow Pegasus | 6 | Katsumi Ando | Ippo Sameshima | 1:32.6 |
2012 | Donau Blue | 4 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Sei Ishizaka | 1:31.5 |
2013 | Red Spada | 7 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:32.5 |
2014 | Clarente | 5 | Hironobu Tanabe | Kojiro Hahiguchi | 1:32.5 |
2015 | Red Arion | 5 | Haruhiko Kawasu | Kojiro Hahiguchi | 1:32.6 |
2016 | Young Man Power | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:31.8[3] |
2017 | Maltese Apogee | 5 | Tomoharu Bushizawa | Masahiro Horii | 1:32.2[4] |
2018 | Primo Scene | 3 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:31.6[5] |
2019 | Mikki Glory | 6 | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | 1:32.1 |
2020 | Satono Arthur | 6 | Keita Tosaki | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:33.1 |
2021 | Lotus Land | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Yasuyuki Tsujino | 1:32.7 |
2022 | Win Carnelian | 5 | Kosei Miura | Yuichi Shikato | 1:33.3 |
2023 | Avverare | 5 | Keita Tosaki | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:32.1 |
2024 | Tudo de Bom | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Hirofumi Shii | 1:32.9 |
Earlier winners
- 1984 - Hayate Mig
- 1985 - Takara Steel
- 1986 - Island Goddess
- 1987 - Cool Heart
- 1988 - Hishino Lypheor
- 1989 - Mr Brandy
- 1990 - Makiba Cyclone
- 1991 - Nifty Niece
- 1992 - Sprite Passer
- 1993 - Meiteringer
- 1994 - My Superman
- 1995 - Festive King
- 1996 - Eishin Guymon
- 1997 - Eishin Guymon
- 1998 - Daiwa Texas
- 1999 - Reward Ninfa
See also
References
- Netkeiba:[6][7]
- 1994 en, 1995 en, 1996 en, 1997 en, 1998 en, 1999 en, 2000 en, 2001 en, 2002 en, 2003 en, 2004 en, 2005 en, 2006 en, 2007 en, 2008 en, 2009 en, 2010 en, 2011 en, 2012 en, 2013 en, 2014 en, 2015 en, 2016 en, 2017 en, 2018 en, 2019 en, 2020 en, 2021 en, 2022 en, 2023 en, 2024 en
- ^ "Sekiya Kinen". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024|List of JRA Graded Races|Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 14 August 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 13 August 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 12 August 2018.
- ^ "関屋記念". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Sekiya Kinen". Netkeiba.
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(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)
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