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Nakayama Kinen

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Inaugurated
  
1937

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1800 metres

Track
  
Right-handed

Nakayama Kinen

Location
  
Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.

Race type
  
Thoroughbred Flat racing

The Nakayama Kinen is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and older run over a distance of 1,800 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in late February or early March.

The race was first run in 1937. It was originally run twice a year, in spring and autumn, before a single annual race was established in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Silence Suzuka Victoire Pisa and Just A Way.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Kane Mikasa – 1978, 1979
  • Eighty Tosho – 1982, 1983
  • Lohengrin – 2003, 2007
  • Balance of Game – 2005, 2006
  • Company – 2008, 2009
  • References

    Nakayama Kinen Wikipedia