The Saudi Arabia Royal Cup (Japanese サウジアラビアロイヤルカップ) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.
The race was first run as an open class race named Ichō Stakes from 1988 until 2014. In 2014, the race was established as an unrated graded stakes race while still retaining its old name. The race was first run under its current name in 2015 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2016.
Winners since 2014 Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2014 Clarity Sky Norihiro Yokoyama Yasuo Tomomichi Tadakuni Sugiyama1:33.5 2015 Brave Smash Norihiro Yokoyama Michihiro Ogasa Takaya Shimakawa1:34.2 2016 Bless Journey Yoshitomi Shibata Shinobu Homma Takaya Shimakawa1:34.5 2017 Danon Premium Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Danox Co. Ltd.1:33.0 2018 Gran Alegria Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.1:34.0 2019 Salios Shu Ishibashi Noriyuki Hori Silk Racing Co. Ltd.1:32.7 2020 Stella Veloce Norihiro Yokoyama Naosuke Sugai Teruo Ono1:39.6 2021 Command Line Christophe Lemaire Sakae Kunieda Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.1:36.4 2022 Dolce More Kazuo Yokoyama Naosuke Sugai Three H Racing Co. Ltd.1:33.4 2023 Gonbade Qabus Kohei Matsuyama Noriyuki Hori G1 Racing Co. Ltd.1:33.42024Arte VeloceDaisuke SasakiNaosuke SugaiTeruo Ono1:33.02025Ecoro AlbaRyusei SakaiYasuhito TamuraMasatoshi Haramura1:33.8
Earlier Winners
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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