Nippon TV Hai

Japanese thoroughbred race

Horse race

Nippon TV Hai
日本テレビ盃
Race information
Domestic Grade II (JpnII) race
2010 Nippon TV Hai
Location	Funabashi Racecourse
Inaugurated	1954
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance	1,800 meters
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds and up
Weight	Special Weight
Purse	1st: ¥35,000,000

The Nippon TV Hai (in Japanese: 日本テレビ盃), is a horse race for three-year-olds and up at Funabashi Racecourse.

Race details

The first edition of the race took place on August 4, 1954.^[1]

The race is usually held in the fall with no set month.^[1]

The race is named after the Japanese television station, Nippon TV.

Winners since 2015

Winners since 2015 include:^[1]^[2]

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2015	Sound True^[3]	Takuya Oono	Noboru Takagi	1:50.2
2016	Awardee^[4]	Yutaka Take	Mikio Matsunaga	1:52.0
2017	Apollo Kentucky^[5]	Hiroyuki Uchida	Kenji Yamauchi	1:52.9
2018	K T Brave^[6]	Yuichi Fukunaga	Haruki Sugiyama	1:52.5
2019	Chrysoberyl	Yuga Kawada	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:52.1
2020	Lord Bless	Kousei Miura	Yutaka Okumura	1:50.5
2021	Salsa Dione	Takayuki Yano	Chiaki Hori	1:53.5
2022	Field Sense	Kouta Motohashi	Takayuki Yamashita	1:53.0
2023	Ushba Tesoro^[7]	Yuga Kawada	Noboru Takagi	1:51.7

Past winners

Past winners include:^[1]

1954: My Moon
1955: Kiyo Strong^[8]
1956: Homare O^[9]
1957: Ratsky Mami
1958: Daini Kotobuki
1959: O Tajima ^[10]
1960: Fusaryu
1961: Tosaboshi
1962: Harrow More
1963: Chest O
1964: Royal Knight
1965: Kotobukino Ni
1966: Kotobukino Ni

1967: Higashi Jo O
1968: Tsuru Hagoromo
1969: China Cap
1970: Maruyama Okan
1971: Owner's Taifu
1972: Mitsuru O
1973: Meiji Midori
1974: Askit
1975: Todoroki Musashi
1976: Fine Port

1977: Die Hard Kotobuki
1978: Edo Noboru
1979: Gold Lark
1980: Gold Spencer
1981: Star Reich
1982: Hiryu Shinzan
1983: Tagawa Ryu O
1984: Tom Count
1985: Brand Oscar
1986: Fujimi Power
1987: Shinano George
1988: Happy Chateau
1989: Honin Megohime

1990: Iioka Swallow
1991: Hikari Little
1992: King Eagle
1993: Hana Sale
1994: Allez Azuma
1995: K.F. Neptune
1996: Amazon Opera
1997: C.B. Daikoku
1998: Abukuma Poro

1999: Snow Endeavor
2000: Surprise Power
2001: Agnes Digital
2002: Makiba Sniper
2003: Star King Man
2004: Nike a Delight
2005: Saqalat
2006: Seeking the Dia
2007: Nike a Delight
2008: Bonneville Record
2009: Makoto Sparviero
2010: Furioso
2011: Smart Falcon
2012: Solitary King
2013: Wonder Acute
2014: Chrysolite

References

Netkeiba:^[11]
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^ "Nippon TV". Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ "Sound True". JBIS. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ "Awardee". JBIS. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ "Apollo Kentucky". JBIS. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ "K T Brave". JBIS. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ "【船橋・日本テレビ盃】ウシュバテソーロが完勝！ＢＣクラシックへ向け好発進川田「ここでは負けてはいけないという思いでした」". 東スポ競馬 (in Japanese). Tokyo Sports. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
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^ "Homare O". JBIS. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ "O Tajima". Ahonoora. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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