Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

The Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (全日本2歳優駿) is an internationally listed, Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan open for two-year-old Thoroughbreds. It is run at Kawasaki Racecourse over a distance of 1600 metres.

The race was first run in 1950 and is an important race in Japan for two-year-olds on dirt. In 2017, the race began to be included as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series.History of the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

Trial races Trial races provide automatic berths to the winners that belongs to National Association of Racing. + Race Name Class Racecourse Distance Condition Kamakura Kinen SII Kawasaki1,600 meters Winner Heiwa Sho SIII Funabashi1,600 meters Haiseiko Kinen SI Ohi1,600 meters JBC Nisai Yushun JpnIII Monbetsu1,800 meters Hyogo Junior Grand Prix JpnII Sonoda1,400 meters

In addition to the above, horses that finish in the top two in dirt graded races are eligible to be selected as designated horses.

Winners since 1997 Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time 1997 Hideyuki Mori (JRA) 1:41.7 1998 Mitsuru Hashida (JRA) 1:43.3 1999 Toshiaki Shirai (JRA) 1:41.1 2000 Kenji Sato (FUN) 1:42.6 2001 Haruo Narita (HOK) 1:42.5 2002 Kojiro Hashiguchi (JRA) 1:42.4 2003 Mitsuru Hashida (JRA) 1:42.8 2004 Kaneo Ikezoe (JRA) 1:40.6 2005 Takahisa Tezuka (JRA) 1:42.3 2006 Masayuki Kawashima (FUN) 1:41.8 2007 Mitsugu Kon (JRA) 1:41.8 2008 Naohiro Yoshida (JRA) 1:40.5 2009 Hitoshi Yanae (KAS) 1:40.0 2010 Michifumi Kono (JRA) 1:41.2 2011 Kiyoshi Hagiwara (JRA) 1:41.6 2012 Kenichi Fujioka (JRA) 1:41.9 2013 Junji Tanaka (HOK) 1:40.4 2014 Yutaka Takahashi (JRA) 1:45.3 2015 Masao Sato (JRA) 1:43.1 2016 Ryo Takei (JRA) 1:42.8 2017 Kiyoshi Hagiwara (JRA) 1:41:6 2018 Takashi Saito (JRA) 1:42.6 2019 Kenichi Takatsuki (KAW) 1:41.9 2020 Masato Hayashi (FUN) 1:40.7 2021 Mitsunori Makiura (JRA) 1:39.2 2022 Hidetaka Otonashi (JRA) 1:43.3 2023 Yoshito Yahagi (JRA) 1:43.5 2024 Koichi Shintani (JRA) 1:42.4 2025 Keiji Yoshimura (JRA) 1:44.2

Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

Bron en licentie