American Jockey Club Cup

The American Jockey Club Cup (Japanese アメリカジョッキークラブカップ) is a Grade 2 horse race in for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged four and over run over a distance of 2,200 metres at Nakayama Racecourse. This races is for friendship between Japan Racing Association and New York Jockey Club.

American Jockey Club Cup

Grade 2 race
Nakayama Racecourse
Location	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated	1960
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2200 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
Weight	4-y-o 55kg, 5-y-o + 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥ 134,620,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 62,000,000 2nd: ¥ 25,000,000 3rd: ¥ 16,000,000

The race is run in late January and serves as a trial race for the spring edition of the Tenno Sho.

It was first run in 1960 over 2000 metres before the distance was increased to 2600 metres in the following year. The distance was reduced to 2200 metres in 1962 before the returning to 2600 metres a year later. The distance of the race was reduced to 2500 metres in 1967 and then to 2400 metres in 1972 before returning to 2500 metres in 1980. The race was run over its current distance for the first time in 1984.

Among the winners of the race have been Special Week, Matsurida Gogh, Tosen Jordan, Blast Onepiece and Rulership.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Speed Symboli – 1967, 1970
• Amber Shadai – 1982, 1983
• Never Bouchon – 2009, 2010

Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1988	Kashima Wing	5	Hitoshi Matoba	Yoshiji Iizuka	2:13.4
1989	Running Free	6	Yasuo Sugawara	Kazuhiko Hongo	2:15.6
1990	Sakuro Hokuto O	4	Futoshi Kojima	Kazunori Sakai	2:13.8
1991	Mejiro Monterey	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Shinji Okuhira	2:13.8
1992	Tosho Falcon	6	Masato Shibata	Tsutomu Nizeki	2:12.8
1993	White Stone	6	Masato Shibata	Kunio Takamatsu	2:15.0
1994	Matikanetannhauser	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yuji Ito	2:14.1
1995	Sakura Chitose O	5	Futoshi Kojima	Kazunori Sakai	2:14.4
1996	Kanetsu Cross	5	Hitoshi Matoba	Masahiro Horii	2:15.0
1997	Rosen Kavalier	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yasuhiro Suzuki	2:14.9
1998	Mejiro Bright	4	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hidekazu Asami	2:15.3
1999	Special Week	4	Olivier Peslier	Toshiaki Shirai	2:16.8
2000	Matikane Kinnohosi	4	Shinji Fujita	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:13.4
2001	American Boss	6	Teruo Eda	Fuyuki Tago	2:13.8
2002	Fusaichi Run Heart	5	Teruo Eda	Michifumi Kono	2:13.7
2003	Magnaten	7	Olivier Peslier	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:12.3
2004	Dantsu Judge	5	Shinji Fujita	Kenji Yamauchi	2:15.5
2005	Kraftwerk	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yoshiyuki Goto	2:11.4
2006	Silk Famous	7	Yoshitomi Shibata	Ippo Sameshima	2:13.2
2007	Matsurida Gogh	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Sakae Kunieda	2:12.8
2008	Air Shady	7	Hiroki Goto	Masanori Ito	2:13.6
2009	Never Bouchon	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Masanori Ito	2:13.9
2010	Never Bouchon	7	Norihiro Yokoyama	Masanori Ito	2:12.6
2011	Tosen Jordan	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:14.2
2012	Rulership	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:17.3
2013	Danone Ballade	5	Fran Berry	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:13.1
2014	Verde Green	6	Hironobu Tanabe	Ikuo Aizawa	2:14.0
2015	Courir Kaiser	6	Hironobu Tanabe	Ikuo Aizawa	2:13.6
2016	Decipher	7	Yutaka Take	Futoshi Kojima	2:12.0
2017	Tanta Alegria	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	2:11.9
2018	Danburite	4	Mirco Demuro	Hidetaka Otonashi	2:13.3
2019	Sciacchetra	6	Shu Ishibashi	Katsuhiko Sumii	2:13.7
2020	Blast Onepiece	5	Yuga Kawada	Masahiro Otake	2:15.0
2021	Aristoteles	4	Christophe Lemaire	Hidetaka Otonashi	2:17.9
2022	King Of Koji	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Shogo Yasuda	2:12.7
2023	North Bridge	5	Yasunari Iwata	Takeshi Okumura	2:13.5
2024	Chuck Nate	6	Rachel King	Noriyuki Hori	2:16.6

Earlier winners

• 1960 - Onward Bell
• 1961 - Yashima First
• 1962 - Takamagahara
• 1963 - Korehisa
• 1964 - Suzu Top Run
• 1965 - Asahoko
• 1966 - Haku Zuiko
• 1967 - Speed Symboli
• 1968 - New Onward
• 1969 - Asaka O
• 1970 - Speed Symboli
• 1971 - Akane Tenryu
• 1972 - Mejiro Asama
• 1973 - Onward Guy
• 1974 - Take Hope
• 1975 - Strong Eight
• 1976 - White Fontaine
• 1977 - Green Grass
• 1978 - Kashu Chikara
• 1979 - Sakura Shori
• 1980 - Kane Mikasa
• 1981 - Hoyo Boy
• 1982 - Amber Shadai
• 1983 - Amber Shadai
• 1984 - Shuzan King
• 1985 - Sakura Gaisen
• 1986 - Suda Hawk
• 1987 - Miho Shinzan

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

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