Saudi Arabia Royal Cup

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]

Saudi Arabia Royal Cup
サウジアラビアロイヤルカップ
Grade 3 race
2023 winner of Sauri Arabia Royal Cup, Gonbade Qabus
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated2014
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification2-y-o
Weight56 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Saudi Arabia Royal Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 8 October 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 7 October 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 October 2018.