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Tokyo City Cup

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Inaugurated
  
1957

Purse
  
100,000 USD

Surface
  
Dirt

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
Santa Anita Park Tokyo City Cup website

Distance
  
1 ⁄2 miles (12 furlongs)

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The Tokyo City Cup Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Grade III event raced on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt at a distance of 1 12 miles (12 furlongs), it is open to horses aged four and older.

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Run as the San Bernardino Handicap prior to 2005, the race's name honors the partnership between Santa Anita Park and Ohi Racecourse in Tokyo, Japan.

The race was open to three-year-olds only in 1957 and for three-year-olds and up from 1958 through 1967. Raced on dirt at 1 116 miles from 1957 through 1966 and on turf at 1 18 miles from 1967 through 1972 and 1974 through 1978 at which point it switched back to dirt.

Since inception it has been contested at various distances and run on both dirt and turf:

  • 1 116 miles : 1957-1966 on dirt
  • 1 18 miles : 1967-1972, 1974-1978 on turf
  • 1 18 miles : 1979-2007 on dirt
  • 1 12 miles : 2008 on dirt
  • The Tokyo City Cup was run in two divisions in 1971 and again in 1974.

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    Records

    Speed record:

  • 2:28.79 - Big John B (2016) (at current distance of 1 12 miles on dirt)
  • Most wins:

  • 3 - Del Mar Dennis (1994, 1995, 1996)
  • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 7 - Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1985, 1989)
  • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 12 - Charles Whittingham (1960, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991)
  • Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 - Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan (1994, 1995, 1996, 2002)
  • Other North American Marathon races

    On dirt:

  • Brooklyn Handicap
  • Fort Harrod Stakes
  • Gallant Man Handicap
  • Valedictory Stakes
  • On turf:

  • Canadian International Stakes
  • Carleton F. Burke Handicap
  • San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap
  • References

    Tokyo City Cup Wikipedia


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