The Derby Grand Prix (in Japanese: ダービーグランプリ) was a Japanese horserace for three-year-old Thoroughbreds in the Iwate Prefecture Horse Racing Association.
Race details
The race was established in 1986. It was for 4-year-olds, but changed to 3-year-olds in 2001.
The race was graded as a Grade-1 race in 1997 and was then moved down to Grade-M1 in 2016.
The race took place at Morioka Racecourse from 1996-2011.
The race was discontinued in 2023 as it was merged to the , which was given a JpnII grade and status as a trial race for the Japan Dirt Classic.
Winners since 2014 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time2014 Dragon EarHiroto YoshiharaKenichi Takatsuki 2:07.42015 StudiumSatoshi IshizakiYoshiyuki Kano 2:07.52016TrovaoDaisuke MijimaKatsunori Arayama 2:08.02017 SuperstitionRyu AbeHideki Kadokawa 2:08.22018 ChaiyaphumShinobu MurakamiYuki Chiba 2:12.22019Rinno LegendMakoto OkabeKazuhiro HayashiMasao Hayashi2:07.02020Freccia BiancaRyo TakamatsuKoki ChibaKazuo Okubo2:05.72021Giga KingJoji WadaTakahiro InamasuTomohiro Ozaki2:06.82022S'il Te PlaitYamato IshikawaNoboru YonekawaKumiko Hara2:04.92023Mick FireNorifumi MikamotoKazuo WatanabeKoichi Hoshika2:03.0
Past winners
Past winners include:
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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