The Ibis Summer Dash (Japanese アイビスサマーダッシュ) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 1000 meters on turf at Niigata Racecourse.[1]

Ibis Summer Dash
アイビスサマーダッシュ
Grade 3 race
K T Love wins the 2010 Summer Dash
LocationNiigata Racecourse
Inaugurated2001
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1000 meters
SurfaceTurf
TrackStraight
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightSpecial Weight
Purse¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 41,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The race was first run in 2001 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. As of 2022, it is the only Graded Race in Japan with only the straight line course.

Weight

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54 kg for three-year-old, 57 kg for four-year-old and above.[2]

Allowances:

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 (1 kg for fillies / mares)
  • 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 2001

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2001 Mejiro Darling 5 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo 0:53.9
2002 Calstone Light O 4 Naohiro Onishi Hiroyuki Oneda 0:53.7
2003 Il Bacio 6 Seiji Shimohama Satoru Kobiyama 0:54.2
2004 Calstone Light O 6 Naohiro Onishi Hiroyuki Oneda 0:53.9
2005 T M Churasan 3 Sho Tajima Sadahiro Kojima 0:54.0
2006 Sachino Sweetie 3 Naoto Suzuki Yuji Hirai 0:55.7
2007 Sans Adieu 5 Issei Murata Hidetaka Otonashi 0:55.1
2008 Kanoya Zakura 4 Futoshi Komaki Kojiro Hashiguchi 0:54.2
2009 Kanoya Zakura 5 Futoshi Komaki Kojiro Hashiguchi 0:56.2
2010 K T Love 6 Yuichiro Nishida Akira Nomoto 0:53.9
2011 A Shin Virgo 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Ken Kozaki 0:53.8
2012 Pas de Trois 5 Katsumi Ando Ippo Sameshima 0:54.2
2013 Hakusan Moon 4 Manabu Sakai Masato Nishizono 0:54.2
2014 Seiko Raiko 7 Yoshitomi Shibata Yasuhiro Suzuki 0:54.3
2015 Bel Canto 4 Mirco Demuro Koichi Tsunoda 0:54.1
2016 Bel Canto 5 Mirco Demuro Koichi Tsunoda 0:54.1[3]
2017 Rhein Meteor 7 Yuichiro Nishida Takahiro Mizuno 0:54.2[4]
2018 Daimei Princess 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Naoyuki Morita 0:53.8[5]
2019 Lion Boss 4 Hironobu Tanabe Shoichiro Wada 0:55.1
2020 Jo Kana Chan 5 Yuji Hishida Takeshi Matsushita 0:54.5
2021 All At Once 3 Yukito Ishikawa Eiji Nakadate 0:54.2
2022 Believer 7 Makoto Sugihara Yoshihiko Ishige 0:54.4
2023 All At Once 5 Yukito Ishikawa Eiji Nakadate 0:54.9
2024 Mozu Meimei 4 Kyosuke Kokubun Hidetaka Otonashi 0:55.3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ibis Summer Dash". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024|List of JRA Graded Races|Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  3. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 31 July 2016.
  4. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 30 July 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 29 July 2018.
  6. ^ "アイビスSD". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Ibis Summer Dash". Netkeiba.