The Saudi Arabia Royal Cup (Japanese サウジアラビアロイヤルカップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]
| Grade 3 race | |
 2023 winner of Sauri Arabia Royal Cup, Gonbade Qabus | |
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2014 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 2-y-o |
| Weight | 56 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 70,880,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 33,000,000 2nd: ¥ 13,000,000 3rd: ¥ 8,000,000 |
The race was first run as an open class race named Ichō Stakes from 1988 until 2014. In 2014, the race was established as an unrated graded stakes race while still retaining its old name. The race was first run under its current name in 2015 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2016.
Winners since 2014
edit| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Clarity Sky | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yasuo Tomomichi | Tadakuni Sugiyama | 1:33.5 |
| 2015 | Brave Smash | Norihiro Yokoyama | Michihiro Ogasa | Takaya Shimakawa | 1:34.2 |
| 2016 | Bless Journey | Yoshitomi Shibata | Shozo Sasaki | Takaya Shimakawa | 1:34.5 [2] |
| 2017 | Danon Premium | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Danox Co. Ltd. | 1:33.0 [3] |
| 2018 | Gran Alegria | Christophe Lemaire | Kazuo Fujisawa | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:34.0 [4] |
| 2019 | Salios | Shu Ishibashi | Noriyuki Hori | Silk Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:32.7 |
| 2020 | Stella Veloce | Norihiro Yokoyama | Naosuke Sugai | Teruo Ono | 1:39.6 |
| 2021 | Command Line | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:36.4 |
| 2022 | Dolce More | Kazuo Yokoyama | Naosuke Sugai | Three H Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:33.4 |
| 2023 | Gonbade Qabus | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori | G1 Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:33.4 |
| 2024 | Arte Veloce | Daisuke Sasaki | Naosuke Sugai | Teruo Ono | 1:33.0 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Saudi Arabia Royal Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 8 October 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 7 October 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 October 2018.