Tokyo Yūshun

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Domestic Grade 1 race
Tokyo Yūshun
Japanese Derby
東京優駿
日本ダービー
Location Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo
Inaugurated 1932
Race type Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance 2400 meters
Track Turf, Left-handed
Qualification 3-y-o , Colts & Fillies
Weight Colt 57 kg, Filly 55 kg
Purse ¥343,300,000 (as of 2007)

The Tokyo Yūshun (東京優駿?), also called as the Japanese Derby (日本ダービー Nippon Dābī?) is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in late May or early June.

It was first run in 1932 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English Epsom Derby.

[edit] Winners since 2001

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2001 Jungle Pocket Koichi Tsunoda Sakae Watanabe Yomoji Saito 2:27.0
2002 Tanino Gimlet Yutaka Take Kunihide Matsuda Yuzo Tanimizu 2:26.2
2003 Neo Universe Mirco Demuro Tsutomu Setoguchi Shadai Racehorse Co. 2:28.5
2004 King Kamehameha Katsumi Ando Kunihide Matsuda Makoto Kaneko 2:23.3
2005 Deep Impact Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Makoto Kaneko 2:23.3
2006 Meisho Samson Mamoru Ishibashi Tsutomu Setoguchi Yoshio Matsumoto 2:27.9
2007 Vodka Hirofumi Shii Katsuhiko Sumii Yuzo Tanimizu 2:24.5
2008 Deep Sky Hirofumi Shii Mitsugu Kon Toshio Fukami 2:26.7

[edit] Earlier winners

  • 1932 - Wakataka
  • 1933 - Kabutoyama
  • 1934 - Fray Mor
  • 1935 - Governor
  • 1936 - Tokumasa
  • 1937 - Hisatomo
  • 1938 - Sugenuma
  • 1939 - Kumohata
  • 1940 - Ieryu
  • 1941 - St Lite
  • 1942 - Minami Homare
  • 1943 - Kurifuji
  • 1944 - Kaiso
  • 1945 - No race
  • 1946 - No race
  • 1947 - Matsu Midori
  • 1948 - Miharu O
  • 1949 - Tachikaze
  • 1950 - Kumono Hana
  • 1951 - Tokino Minoru
  • 1952 - Kurino Hana
  • 1953 - Bostonian
  • 1954 - Golden Wave
  • 1955 - Otokitsu
  • 1956 - Hakuchikara
  • 1957 - Hikaru Meiji
  • 1958 - Daigo Homare
  • 1959 - Komatsu Hikari
  • 1960 - Kodama
  • 1961 - Hakusho
  • 1962 - Fair Win
  • 1963 - Meizui
  • 1964 - Shinzan
  • 1965 - Keystone
  • 1966 - Teito O
  • 1967 - Asa Denko
  • 1968 - Tanino Harromore
  • 1969 - Daishin Volgard
  • 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
  • 1971 - Hikaru Imai
  • 1972 - Long Ace
  • 1973 - Take Hope
  • 1974 - Colonel Lancer
  • 1975 - Kaburaya O
  • 1976 - Climb Kaiser
  • 1977 - Lucky Ruler
  • 1978 - Sakura Shori
  • 1979 - Katsurano Haiseiko
  • 1980 - Opec Horse
  • 1981 - Katsu Top Ace
  • 1982 - Bamboo Atlas
  • 1983 - Mr. C.B.
  • 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
  • 1985 - Sirius Symboli
  • 1986 - Dyna Gulliver
  • 1987 - Merry Nice
  • 1988 - Sakura Chiyono O
  • 1989 - Winner's Circle
  • 1990 - Ines Fujin
  • 1991 - Tokai Teio
  • 1992 - Mihono Bourbon
  • 1993 - Winning Ticket
  • 1994 - Narita Brian
  • 1995 - Tayasu Tsuyoshi
  • 1996 - Fusaichi Concorde
  • 1997 - Sunny Brian
  • 1998 - Special Week
  • 1999 - Admire Vega
  • 2000 - Agnes Flight
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List of Japanese Grade I horse races

International Races (regular GI races)

February Stakes (dirt) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | Tenno Sho (Spring) | Yasuda Kinen | Takarazuka Kinen | Sprinters Stakes | Tenno Sho (Autumn) | Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (fillies and mares) | Mile Championship | Japan Cup Dirt (invitational dirt) | Japan Cup (invitational) | Arima Kinen (Grand Prix)


Domestic Races (JPN I races)

Kawasaki Kinen (dirt) | Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas; 3-year-old fillies) | Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas; 3-year-olds) | Kashiwa Kinen(dirt) | NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) | Victoria Mile (fillies and mares; open to international horses) | Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks; 3-year-old fillies) | Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby; 3-year-olds) | Teiou sho (dirt) | Japan Dirt Derby (3-year-old;dirt) | Derby Grand Prix (3-year-old;dirt) | Mile Championship Nanbuhai (dirt) | Shuka Sho (3-year-old fillies) | Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger; 3-year-olds) | Japan Breeding farm's Cup Sprint (dirt) | Japan Breeding farm's Cup Classic (dirt) | Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) | Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) | Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (dirt; 2-year-olds) | Tokyo Daishoten (dirt)


Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)

Nakayama Grand Jump (international invitational) | Nakayama Daishogai (domestic)


See also

Japan Racing Association | Horse Racing in Japan, Wikipedia article "Horse racing" | Horse Racing in Japan, official website
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