Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Japan)
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Grade 1 race | |
¥ 281,800,000 (as of 2023)1st: ¥ 130,000,000 |
The Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup until 2012) is an
History
The race was first run in 1976 over a distance of 2,400 metres (1 mile 4 furlongs). It was originally for three-year-old fillies only and was the third leg of the
Since 1999 it turned into International Grade 1 race. In 2010 Snow Fairy from England, being the first winner outside Japan. The following year she made Japanese flat racing history of being the first ever non-Japanese trained horse to win the same Grade 1 flat race back-to-back (second ever including Steeplechase, which Karasi winning Nakayama Grand Jump between 2005 and 2007).
It is the only Grade 1 race that is restricted to fillies and mares aged three or above. The other Grade 1 races for older female horses in Japan, the Victoria Mile, excludes three-year-olds.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Mejiro Dober – 1998, 1999
- Admire Groove – 2003, 2004
- Snow Fairy – 2010, 2011
- Lucky Lilac – 2019, 2020
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Distance (meters) | Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Diamante | 3 | 2400 | Yukiharu Matsuda | Yukio Inaba | Hiroyoshi Sato | 2:28.5 |
1977 | Inter Gloria | 3 | 2400 | Yoichi Fukunaga | Tsugio Yanagida | Masao Matsuoka | 2:28.7 |
1978 | Lead Swallow | 3 | 2400 | Kunihiko Take | Masatoshi Hattori | Yoshio Kumamoto | 2:29.1 |
1979 | Miss Kaburaya | 3 | 2400 | Yukio Okabe | Tokachi Nishizuka | Kaburaya | 2:32.6 |
1980 | Hagino Top Lady | 3 | 2400 | Kiyoaki Ito | Shuji Ito | Kokichi Hinokuma | 2:27.9 |
1981 | Agnes Tesco | 3 | 2400 | Katsuichi Nishiura | Michio Kubo | Takao Watanabe | 2:28.1 |
1982 | Victoria Crown | 3 | 2400 | Isao Shimada | Yukio Inaba | Masahi Iida | 2:29.2 |
1983 | Long Grace | 3 | 2400 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Minoru Kobayashi | Choichi Nakai | 2:30.1 |
1984 | Kyowa Thunder | 3 | 2400 | Hiroshi Higuchi | Hachiro Yoshioka | Yoshio Asakawa | 2:28.4 |
1985 | Reward Wing | 3 | 2400 | Kunio Uchida | Akio Tsurudome | Tadahiko Miyazaki | 2:26.8 |
1986 | Mejiro Ramonu | 3 | 2400 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Shinji Okuhira | Mejiro Bokujo | 2:29.1 |
1987 | Talented Girl | 3 | 2400 | Seiji Ebisawa | Hironori Kurita | Masako Iida | 2:29.3 |
1988 | Miyama Poppy | 3 | 2400 | Yukiharu Matsuda | Yoshitaro Matsuda | Ryogo Omiya | 2:27.2 |
1989 | Sand Peeress | 3 | 2400 | Shigehiko Kishi | Shinobu Yoshioka | Hidaka Breeders Union | 2:28.8 |
1990 | Kyoei Tap | 3 | 2400 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kenji Hieda | Masao Matsuoka | 2:25.5 |
1991 | Rinden Lilly | 3 | 2400 | Junichiro Oka | Akira Nomoto | Akitoshi Hayashida | 2:29.6 |
1992 | Takeno Velvet | 3 | 2400 | Shinji Fujita | Minoru Kobayashi | Daikichi Takeoka | 2:27.1 |
1993 | Hokuto Vega | 3 | 2400 | Kazuhiro Kato | Takao Nakano | Kanamorimori Shoji | 2:24.9 |
1994 | Hishi Amazon | 3 | 2400 | Eiji Nakadate | Takao Nakano | Masaichiro Abe | 2:24.3 |
1995 | Sakura Candle | 3 | 2400 | Futoshi Kojima | Kazunori Sakai | Sakura Commerce | 2:27.3 |
1996 | Dance Partner | 4 | 2200 | Hirofumi Shii | Toshiaki Shirai | Katsumi Yoshida | 2:14.3 |
1997 | Erimo Chic | 4 | 2200 | Hitoshi Matoba | Yoshio Oki | Shinichi Yamamoto | 2:12.5 |
1998 | Mejiro Dober | 4 | 2200 | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | Mejiro Shoji | 2:12.8 |
1999 | Mejiro Dober | 5 | 2200 | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | Mejiro Shoji | 2:13.5 |
2000 | Phalaenopsis | 5 | 2200 | Mikio Matsunaga | Mitsumasa Hamada | North Hills Management Co Ltd | 2:12.8 |
2001 | To the Victory | 5 | 2200 | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | Makoto Kaneko | 2:11.2 |
2002 | Fine Motion | 3 | 2200 | Yutaka Take | Yuji Ito | Tatsuo Fushikida | 2:13.2 |
2003 | Admire Groove | 3 | 2200 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | Riichi Kondo | 2:11.8 |
2004 | Admire Groove | 4 | 2200 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | Riichi Kondo | 2:13.6 |
2005 | Sweep Tosho | 4 | 2200 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Akio Tsurudome | Tosho Sangyo | 2:12.5 |
2006 | Fusaichi Pandora [a] | 3 | 2200 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Toshiaki Shirai | Fusao Sekiguchi | 2:11.6 |
2007 | Daiwa Scarlet | 3 | 2200 | Katsumi Ando | Kunihide Matsuda | Keizo Oshiro | 2:11.9 |
2008 | Little Amapola | 3 | 2200 | Christophe Lemaire | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Shadai Racehorse Co | 2:12.1 |
2009 | Queen Spumante | 5 | 2200 | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Shigeyuki Kojima | Green Farm | 2:13.6 |
2010 | Snow Fairy | 3 | 2200 | Ryan Moore
|
Ed Dunlop | Anamoine Ltd | 2:12.5 |
2011 | Snow Fairy | 4 | 2200 | Ryan Moore | Ed Dunlop | Anamoine Ltd | 2:11.6 |
2012 | Rainbow Dahlia | 5 | 2200 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Yoshiko Tanaka | 2:16.3 |
2013 | Meisho Mambo | 3 | 2200 | Koshiro Take | Akihiro Iida | Yoshio Matsumoto | 2:16.6 |
2014 | Lachesis | 4 | 2200 | Yuga Kawada | Katsuhiko Sumii | Masaya Oshima | 2:12.3 |
2015 | Marialite | 4 | 2200 | Masayoshi Ebina | Takashi Kubota | U Carrot Farm | 2:14.9 |
2016 | Queens Ring | 4 | 2200 | Mirco Demuro | Keiji Yoshimura | Chizu Yoshida | 2:12.9 |
2017 | Mozu Katchan | 3 | 2200 | Mirco Demuro | Ippo Sameshima | Capital System Co. Ltd | 2:14.3 |
2018 | Lys Gracieux | 4 | 2200 | João Moreira | Yoshito Yahagi | U Carrot Farm | 2:13.1 |
2019 | Lucky Lilac | 4 | 2200 | Christophe Soumillon | Mikio Matsunaga | Sunday Racing | 2:14.1 |
2020 | Lucky Lilac [b] | 5 | 2200 | Christophe Lemaire | Mikio Matsunaga | Sunday Racing | 2:10.3 |
2021 | Akai Ito [b] | 4 | 2200 | Hideaki Miyuki | Kazuya Nakatake | Koji Oka | 2:12.1 |
2022 | Geraldina [b] | 4 | 2200 | Cristian Demuro | Takashi Saito | Sunday Racing | 2:13.0 |
2023 | Brede Weg | 3 | 2200 | Christophe Lemaire | Keisuke Miyata | Sunday Racing | 2:12.6 |
a Kawakami Princess finished first in 2006 but was demoted to 12th place following a Stewards' Inquiry.
b The 2020, 2021 and 2022 races took place at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 2200 metres.
See also
References
- ^ "エリザベス女王杯". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth 2 Cup". Netkeiba.