Tokai Derby

Tokai Derby

Location	Nagoya Racecourse
Inaugurated	1971
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2,100 meters (about 10.5 furlongs / 1.3 miles)
Surface	Dirt
Qualification	Three-year-olds from the Tokai region
Purse	¥7,000,000 1st: ¥ 1,050,000

The Tokai Derby (in Japanese: 東海優駿), is a race for three-year-olds from the Tokai region in the Aichi Prefectural Horse Racing Association.

Race details

The race was established in 1971. It was known as the "Tokai Yugo" and had multiple name changes before becoming the "Tokai Derby".

The race was originally 1,800 meters long and briefly ran on turf. Starting in 1980, it was run over 1,900 meters until 2022. The Tokai Derby had its distance increased to 2,000 meters for the 2022 running of the race, then again to 2,100 meters starting with the 2023 running.

Winners since 2014

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2014	Cage Kinkan	Masayoshi Aoyagi	Masaya Suzuki	2:03.8
2015	Bazooka	Takahiro Imai	Yoshi Kawanisho	2:04.3
2016	Katsugeki Kitokito	Masaaki Ohata	Takeo Nishimi	2:06.8
2017	Dreams Line	Masaaki Ohata	Yoshi Kawanisho	2:07.5
2018	Vip Raising	Mikio Fujiwara	Hiroshi Kanno	2:05.9
2019	M S Queen	Takahiro Imai	Naoto Takeshita	2:03.2
2020	New Town Girl	Tomonori Sato	Teruya Tsunoda	2:05.9
2021	Tomiken Shairi	Takahiro Imai	Daisuke Mesaku	2:04.7
2022	Tanino Tabito	Makoto Okabe	Teruya Tsunoda	2:12.6
2023	Seven Colors	Sachio Yamada	Tsuyoshi Kawanishi	2:18.2
2024	Fuku Pygmalion	Takahiro Imai	Hideki Uto	2:17.7
2025	Sanyo Teio	Junki Mochizuki	Kazuhisa Yamada	2:19.2
2026	Astra Bianco	Satoshi Hosokawa	Teruya Tsunoda	2:16.3

Past winners

Past winners include:

1971: Shinano Hoster 1972: Shinano Ruler 1973: One Eight 1974: Sun China 1975: Tokino Kinzan 1976: Keiunzan 1977: Brave Boy 1978: Ishino Sammy 1979: Ryu Walk 1980: Izumi Dapper 1981: Ryu Meiji 1982: Gold Ret 1983: Ryu French 1984: Ryu Zuisho 1985: Fujino Jiyotsu King 1986: Minami Madonna 1987: Wise Rullah

1988: Fujino Northern 1989: San Rinaru 1990: S.M.Great 1991: Max Brain 1992: Tomishino Porunga 1993: Sabrina Cherry 1994: Life Asahi 1995: Loui Boss Gold 1996: Cheers Silence 1997: Shimpu Raiden 1998: Wing Arrow

1999: Taiki Herakles 2000: Agnes Digital 2001: Narita On the Turf 2002: Homan Cute 2003: Big Wolf 2004: Takara Adjudi 2005: Centrair Riki 2006: Horai Missile 2007: Maruyo Phoenix 2008: Hishi Worthy

2009: Dynamite Body 2010: Helene 2011: Amuro 2012: Meiner Segment 2013: Water Pride

See also

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