Epsom Cup

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Horse race

Epsom Cup
エプソムカップ

2021 Epsom Cup Winner, Zadar

Class| Grade 3
Location| Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated| 1984
Race type| Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance| 1800 metres
Surface| Turf
Track| Left-handed
Qualification| 3-y-o+
Weight| Special Weight
Purse| ¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2025)
1st: ¥ 43,000,000
2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Epsom Cup (Japanese エプソムカップ) is a Japanese Grade 3 Handicap horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in June over a distance of 1800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1984 and has held Grade 3 status ever since.[2]

## Weight

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53 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[3]

Allowances:

* 2 kg for fillies / mares
* 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
* 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred four-year-olds

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

* If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
* 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares)
* 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
* 1 kg for a grade 3 win
* If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
* 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
* 1 kg for a grade 2 win

## Winners since 1984

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Year
| Winner
| Age
| Jockey
| Trainer
| Owner  | Time

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1984  | Sakura Symboli  | 5  | Futoshi Kojima  | Kubota Hikoyuki  | Jeon Yong Shook  | 1:51.7
1985  | Suzu Mach  | 4  | Shoichi Osaki  | Yoshio Nakazumi  | Yoshio Komurasaki  | 1:50.4
1986  | Super Gura Third  | 4  | Eiji Nakano  | Yoshinami Shimizu  | Masahiro Hiranoi  | 1:50.1
1987  | Dyna Fairy  | 4  | Sueo Masuzawa  | Yasuhiro Suzuki  | Shadai Race Horse  | 1:48.1
1988  | Soshin Hoju  | 4  | Shoji Kashiwazaki  | Suoki Koga  | Fusako Soman  | 1:48.1
1989  | Nihon Pillow Brave  | 4  | Masato Shibata  | Yuji Ito  | Hyakutaro Kobayashi  | 1:50.2
1990  | Samantha Tojo  | 5  | Koichi Tsunoda  | Sakae Watanabe  | Tosho Sangyo  | 1:47.7
1991  | Prekrasnie  | 4  | Teruo Eda  | Terumasa Yano  | Eijiro Tajima  | 1:47.2
1992  | Marumatsu Ace  | 4  | Tomio Yasuda  | Yoshio Nakazumi  | Toshio Matsuda  | 1:47.1
1993  | Sakura Sakai O  | 4  | Futoshi Kojima  | Masakatsu Sakai  | Sakura Commerce  | 1:46.8
1994  | Wako Chikako  | 4  | Yukio Okabe | Yuji Ito  | Takao Ishida  | 1:47.5
1995  | Kanetsu Cross  | 4  | Hitoshi Matoba  | Yasuo Nishizuka  | Kanetsu Kyosoba  | 1:48.0
1996  | Marvelous Sunday  | 4  | Yutaka Take | Makoto Osawa  | Sadao Sasahara  | 1:45.7
1997  | Taiki Marshal  | 5  | Yukio Okabe  | Kazuo Fujisawa | Taiki Farm  | 1:46.6
1998  | Tsukuba Symphony  | 5  | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masanori Ito  | Akio Hosoya  | 1:48.2
1999  | American Boss  | 4  | Teruo Eda  | Fuyuki Tago  | Abiru Fudosan  | 1:46.0
2000  | American Boss  | 5  | Teruo Eda  | Fuyuki Tago  | Abiru Fudosan  | 1:49.5
2001  | Admire Kaiser  | 5  | Jun'ichi Serizawa  | Mitsuru Hashida  | Riichi Kondo  | 1:45.1
2002  | Joten Brave  | 5  | Masayoshi Ebina | Ikuo Aizawa  | Hisao Tanabe  | 1:46.9
2003  | Meiner Amundsen  | 4  | Masayoshi Ebina  | Kiyotaka Tanaka  | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian  | 1:47.7
2004  | Meiner Amundsen  | 5  | Naohiro Onishi  | Kiyotaka Tanaka  | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian  | 1:47.8
2005  | Suzuno March  | 5  | Hiroshi Kitamura  | Kazuo Fujisawa  | Yoshio Koshiba  | 1:46.6
2006  | Top Gun Joe  | 4  | Hiroki Goto  | Masamichi Wada  | Takao Kawachi  | 1:49.2
2007  | Eishin Deputy | 5  | Katsuhara Tanaka  | Akira Nomoto  | Toyomitsu Hirai  | 1:48.3
2008  | Sunrise Max  | 4  | Norihiro Yokoyama  | Yutaka Masumoto  | Takao Matsuoka  | 1:45.9
2009  | Shingen  | 6  | Shinji Fujita  | Hirofumi Toda  | Teruhito Hanaki  | 1:45.5
2010  | Seiun Wonder  | 4  | Yuichi Fukunaga | Masazo Ryoke  | Takao Otani  | 1:46.1
2011  | Dark Shadow  | 4  | Yuichi Fukunaga  | Noriyuki Hori  | Tomokazu Iizuka  | 1:47.3
2012  | Tosen Reve  | 4  | Craig Williams | Yasutoshi Ikee  | Takaya Shimakawa  | 1:46.7
2013  | Clarente  | 4  | Yasunari Iwata | Kojiro Hashiguchi  | Shinji Maeda  | 1:45.7
2014  | Decipher  | 5  | Hirofumi Shii  | Futoshi Kojima  | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | 1:46.2
2015  | A Shin Hikari | 4  | Yutaka Take  | Masanori Sakaguchi  | Eishindo  | 1:45.4
2016  | Rouge Buck  | 4  | Keita Tosaki | Masahiro Otake  | Carrot Farm  | 1:46.2[4]
2017  | Dashing Blaze  | 5  | Suguru Hamanaka  | Keiji Yoshimura  | Green Fields  | 1:45.9[5]
2018  | Satono Arthur  | 4  | Keita Tosaki  | Yasutoshi Ikee  | Satomi Horse Company  | 1:47.4[6]
2019  | Leyenda  | 4  | Christophe Lemaire | Kazuo Fujisawa  | Carrot Farm  | 1:49.1
2020  | Daiwa Cagney  | 6  | Hiroyuki Uchida  | Takanori Kikuzawa  | Keizo Oshiro  | 1:47.7
2021  | Zadar  | 5  | Shu Ishibashi  | Masahiro Otake  | Carrot Farm  | 1:45.1
2022  | North Bridge  | 4  | Yasunari Iwata  | Takeshi Okumura  | Noboru Iyama  | 1:46.7
2023  | Justin Cafe  | 5  | Kazuo Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda  | Masahiro Miki  | 1:45.5
2024  | Lebensstil  | 4  | Christophe Lemaire  | Hiroyasu Tanaka  | Carrot Farm  | 1:44.7
2025  | Seiun Hades  | 6  | Hideaki Miyuki  | Shinsuke Hashiguchi  | Shigeyuki Nishiyama  | 1:43.9[a]

1. ^ Broke the course record

## See also

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* Horse racing in Japan
* List of Japanese flat horse races

## References

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* Netkeiba:[7][8]
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1. ^ "Epsom Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. ^ "歴史・コース：エプソムカップ 今週の注目レース JRA". jra.jp. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
3. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
4. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 June 2016.
5. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 11 June 2017.
6. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 10 June 2018.
7. ^ "エプソムカップ". Netkeiba.
8. ^ "Epsom Cup". Netkeiba.

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