Kashiwa Kinen

Horse race

Kashiwa Kinen
Race information
Domestic Grade I (JpnI) race
2022 Kashiwa Kinen winner, Shonan Nadeshiko
Location	Funabashi Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba
Inaugurated	1978
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1,600 meters (About 8 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	4-y-o & Up
Weight	4-y-o & up horses & geldings 57kg / 4-y-o & up mares 55 kg
Purse	¥ 136,000,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 80,000,000 2nd: ¥ 28,000,000 3rd: ¥ 16,000,000

The Kashiwa Kinen (かしわ記念, Kashiwa Memorial) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race run on dirt track for four years old and above. It is run over a distance of 1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs) at Funabashi Racecourse during the period known as Golden Week from the end of April to the beginning of May.

The Funabashi Racecourse is located in Funabashi, Chiba, but the race was named after the Kashiwa Racecourse (柏競馬場), which was located in Toyoshiki, Kashiwa City. The race began as a non grade race in 1978, when its distance was 1,800 meters. In 1997, it was graded Domestic Grade 3. And in 2002, it was elevated to Domestic Grade 2. Finally, after three years, it was graded Domestic Grade 1 race. It is considered "the dirt mile championship in spring".^[1]

The top two finishers will be granted a participation right in Teio sho, if they are not coming from Japan Racing Association(JRA).

Records

Most successful horses (3 wins):

Espoir City – 2009, 2010, 2012
Copano Rickey – 2014, 2016, 2017

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Organization	Time
2000	Be My Nakayama	6	Yuichi Shikato	Keiji Takaichi	Nakayama Bokujyo Ltd.	JRA	1:40.8
2001	Tamamo Strong	6	Takao Koike	Masao Sato	Tamamo Co.	JRA	1:38.1
2002	Toshin Blizzard	4	Takayuki Ishizaki	Kenji Sato	Eiichi Izumi	Funabashi	1:36.5
2003	Starring Rose	6	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	Kyouei co.	JRA	1:38.2
2004	Nike a Delight	4	Takayuki Ishizaki	Ryuichi Degawa	Sumi Ono	Funabashi	1:39.7
2005	Strong Blood	6	Hiroyuki Uchida	Sueo Masuzawa	Atsushi Muraki	JRA	1:37.9
2006	Adjudi Mitsuo	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Masayuki Kawashima	Masao Orido	Funabashi	1:38.6
2007	Blue Concorde	7	Hideaki Miyuki	Toshiyuki Hattori	Ogifushi Racing Club Co.	JRA	1:37.4
2008	Bonneville Record	6	Fumio Matoba	Masahiro Horii	Kiyoshi Shioda	JRA	1:37.6
2009	Espoir City	4	Tetsuzo Sato	Akio Adachi	Yushun Horse Club Co.	JRA	1:35.9
2010	Espoir City	5	Tetsuzo Sato	Akio Adachi	Yushun Horse Club Co.	JRA	1:36.8
2011	Furioso	7	Keita Tosaki	Masayuki Kawashima	Darley Japan K.K.	Funabashi	1:38.2
2012	Espoir City	7	Tetsuzo Sato	Akio Adachi	Yushun Horse Club Co.	JRA	1:36.5
2013	Hokko Tarumae	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Katsuichi Nishiura	Koichi Yabe	JRA	1:37.8
2014	Copano Rickey	4	Hironobu Tanabe	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	JRA	1:39.2
2015	Wonder Acute	9	Ryuji Wada	Masao Sato	Nobuyuki Yamamoto	JRA	1:37.4
2016	Copano Rickey	6	Yutaka Take	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	JRA	1:39.2
2017	Copano Rickey	7	Yutaka Take	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	JRA	1:39.9
2018	Gold Dream	5	Christophe Lemaire	Osamu Hirata	Katsumi Yoshida	JRA	1:39.2
2019	Gold Dream	6	Christophe Lemaire	Osamu Hirata	Katsumi Yoshida	JRA	1:40.2
2020	Wide Pharaoh	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Katsuhiko Sumii	Masanobu Habata	JRA	1:38.6
2021	Casino Fountain	5	Akira Harita	Takayuki Yamashita	Kosei Yoshihashi	Funabashi	1:39.3
2022	Shonan Nadeshiko	5	Hayato Yoshida	Naosuke Sugai	Tetsuhide Kunimoto	JRA	1:38.9
2023	Meisho Hario	6	Suguru Hamanaka	Inao Okada	Yoshio Matsumoto	JRA	1:39.3
2024	Shamal	6	Haruhiko Kawasu	Takeshi Matsushita	Toshiya Kanayama	JRA	1:39.0

References

Netkeiba:^[2]
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^ "The Announcement of the Elevation of the Kashiwa Kinen to Domestic Grade 1 (in Japanese)". The committee of grading dirt races of NAR. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
^ "かしわ記念". Netkeiba.