Sekiya Kinen

Horse race

Sekiya Kinen
関屋記念
Race information
Grade 3 race
Location	Niigata Racecourse
Inaugurated	1966
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 53 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg
Purse	¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner)

The Sekiya Kinen (Japanese 関屋記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Niigata Racecourse.^[1]

The Sekiya Kinen was first run in 1966 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race distance was 2000 metres before being reduced to 1800 metres in 1970 and to 1600 metres in 1975. The race was run twice at Fukushima Racecourse, over 1200 metres in 1988 and 1700 metres in 2000.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Daiwa Texas	7	Hiroshi Kitamura	Sueo Masuzawa	1:43.5
2001	Magnaten	5	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:31.8
2002	Magnaten	6	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:31.8
2003	Osumi Cosmo	4	Katsuyoshi Tsuneishi	Tadashi Nakao	1:31.8
2004	Blue Eleven	4	Minoru Yoshida	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:32.3
2005	Sidewinder	7	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	1:32.3
2006	Camphor Best	7	Teruo Eda	Yoshikatsu Sato	1:32.5
2007	Company	6	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hideataka Otonashi	1:31.8
2008	Maruka Shenck	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hiroshi Kawachi	1:32.8
2009	Smile Jack	4	Kosei Miura	Satoru Kobiyama	1:32.7
2010	Lets Go Kirishima	5	Hiroshi Kitamura	Shoichi Tenma	1:32.9
2011	Rainbow Pegasus	6	Katsumi Ando	Ippo Sameshima	1:32.6
2012	Donau Blue	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Sei Ishizaka	1:31.5
2013	Red Spada	7	Hiroshi Kitamura	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:32.5
2014	Clarente	5	Hironobu Tanabe	Kojiro Hahiguchi	1:32.5
2015	Red Arion	5	Haruhiko Kawasu	Kojiro Hahiguchi	1:32.6
2016	Young Man Power	4	Keita Tosaki	Takahisa Tezuka	1:31.8^[2]
2017	Maltese Apogee	5	Tomoharu Bushizawa	Masahiro Horii	1:32.2^[3]
2018	Primo Scene	3	Hiroshi Kitamura	Tetsuya Kimura	1:31.6^[4]
2019	Mikki Glory	6	Christophe Lemaire	Sakae Kunieda	1:32.1
2020	Satono Arthur	6	Keita Tosaki	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:33.1
2021	Lotus Land	4	Hironobu Tanabe	Yasuyuki Tsujino	1:32.7
2022	Win Carnelian	5	Kosei Miura	Yuichi Shikato	1:33.3
2023	Avverare	5	Keita Tosaki	Tetsuya Kimura	1:32.1

Earlier winners

1984 - Hayate Mig
1985 - Takara Steel
1986 - Island Goddess
1987 - Cool Heart
1988 - Hishino Lypheor
1989 - Mr Brandy
1990 - Makiba Cyclone
1991 - Nifty Niece
1992 - Sprite Passer
1993 - Meiteringer
1994 - My Superman
1995 - Festive King
1996 - Eishin Guymon
1997 - Eishin Guymon
1998 - Daiwa Texas
1999 - Reward Ninfa

References

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^ "Sekiya Kinen". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 14 August 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 13 August 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 12 August 2018.
^ "関屋記念". Netkeiba.
^ "Sekiya Kinen". Netkeiba.

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