Mainichi Ōkan
{{Infobox horseraces
| surface = Turf
| class = Grade 2
| horse race = Mainichi Ōkan
毎日王冠
| image = 250px
| caption = 2017 Mainichi Okan
| location = Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū
| inaugurated = 1950
| race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing
| website =
| distance = 1800 metres
| track = Left-handed
| qualification = 3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
| weight = Special Weight
| purse = {{JRA-purse-calculator|67|2024}}
| bonuses =
}}
The Mainichi Ōkan (毎日王冠, mainichi ōkan) is a Grade 2 horse race in Japan for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 1,800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.
The race is run in October and serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.{{cite web|url=http://japanracing.jp/en/racing/schedule/graded/list/2017/1008mainichi-okan.html|title=Mainichi Okan (G2)|publisher=japanracing.jp}}
It was first run in 1950 over 2500 metres. The distance was reduced to 2300 metres in 1959 and to 2000 metres in 1962 before the race was run over its current distance for the first time in 1984. It has been rated JRA Grade II since that year and was promoted to International Grade II in 2001. 2014, winner is received priority ballot for Tenno Sho (Autumn).
Among the winners of the race have been Katsuragi Ace, Oguri Cap, Bubble Gum Fellow, Silence Suzuka, Grass Wonder, Eishin Preston, Daiwa Major and A Shin Hikari
Weight
55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.{{Cite web |title=List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan |url=https://japanracing.jp/en/racing/schedule/graded/list/2024/1006mainichi-okan.html |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Horse Racing in Japan |language=en}}
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
- 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 2 win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- 1 kg for a grade 1 win
Records
Winners since 1994
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| 1994
| Nehai Caesar | 4 | Katsumi Shiomura | Tadashi Fuse |Daimaru Kigyo | 1:44.6 |
| 1995
| Sugano Oji | 4 | Tomio Yasuda | Hiroyuki Uehara |Motohide Sugawara | 1:48.4 |
| 1996
| Annus Mirabilis | 4 | 1:45.8 |
| 1997
| 4 |Shadai Race Horse | 1:46.1 |
| 1998
| 4 | Mituru Hashida |Keiji Nagai | 1:44.9 |
| 1999
| 4 | Hitoshi Matoba | Mitsuhiro Ogata |Hanzawa | 1:45.8 |
| 2000
| Tunante | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Shoichi Matsumoto |Shadai Race Horse | 1:46.1 |
| 2001
| 4 | Shuji Kitahashi |Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:45.3 |
| 2002
| Magnaten | 6 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa |Takao Komai | 1:46.1 |
| 2003
| Balance of Game | 4 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata |Hiroyuki Sonobe | 1:45.7 |
| 2004
| Telegnosis | 5 | Masaki Katsuura | Hiroaki Sugiura |Shadai Race Horse | 1:46.0 |
| 2005
| Sunrise Pegasus | 7 | Hiroshi Goto | Sei Ishizaka |Takao Matsuoka | 1:46.5 |
| 2006
| 5 | Katsumi Ando | Hiroyuki Uehara |Keizo Oshiro | 1:45.5 |
| 2007
| Chosan | 5 | Masami Matsuoka | Toshiaki Shimizu |Naoyoshi Nagayama | 1:44.2 |
| 2008
| Super Hornet | 5 | Yusuke Fujioka |Tokuo Morimoto | 1:44.6 |
| 2009
| Company | 8 | Hideuki Otonashi |Hideko Kondo | 1:45.3 |
| 2010
| Aliseo | 3 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Noriyuki Hori |Shadai Race Horse | 1:46.4 |
| 2011
| Dark Shadow | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Noriyuki Hori |Tomokazu Iida | 1:46.7 |
| 2012
| Curren Black Hill | 3 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Osamu Hirata |Takashi Suzuki | 1:45.0 |
| 2013
| 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideaki Fujiwara |Katsuhiko Hirai | 1:46.7 |
| 2014
| Air Saumur | 5 |Lucky Field | 1:45.2 |
| 2015
| 4 | Yutaka Take | Masanori Sakaguchi |Eishindo | 1:45.6 |
| 2016
| Rouge Buck | 4 | Masahiro Otake |Carrot Farm | 1:46.6 |
| 2017
| 5 | Yoshito Yahagi |Sunday Racing | 1:45.6 |
| 2018
| Aerolithe | 4 | Takanori Kikuzawa |Sunday Racing | 1:44.5 |
| 2019
| 3 | Keita Tosaki | Kiyoshi Hagiwara |Danox | 1:44.4 |
| 2020
| Salios | 3 | Noriyuki Hori |Silk Racing | 1:45.5 |
| 2021
| 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Takahisa Tezuka |Sunday Racing | 1:44.8 |
| 2022
| Salios | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori |Silk Racing | 1:44.1 |
| 2023
| Elton Barows | 3 | Atsuya Nishimura | Haruki Sugiyama |Koji Inokuma | 1:45.3 |
| 2024
|Sixpence |3 |Christophe Lemaire |Sakae Kunieda |Carrot Farm |1:45.1 |
Earlier winners
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- 1950 – Hatakaze
- 1952 – Mitsuhata
- 1952 – New Moana
- 1953 – Track O
- 1954 – Hakuryo
- 1955 – Susquehanna
- 1956 – Fair Manna
- 1957 – Hakuchikara
- 1958 – Hishi Maaru
- 1959 – Kuripero
- 1960 – Unebi Hikari
- 1961 – Harrow More
- 1962 – Emroan
- 1963 – Yamano O
- 1964 – Toast
- 1965 – Umeno Chikara
- 1966 – Theftway
- 1967 – Tama Queen
- 1968 – Shesky
- 1969 – Takeshiba O
- 1970 – Kurishiba
- 1971 – Tokino Shin O
- 1972 – Hustler
- 1973 – Takuma O
- 1974 – Takekuma Hikaru
- 1975 – White Fontaine
- 1976 – Harbor Young
- 1977 – C B Queen
- 1978 – Press Toko
- 1979 – C B Cross
- 1980 – Kane Minobu
- 1981 – Juji Arrow
- 1982 – Kyoei Promise
- 1983 – Takara Tenryu
- 1984 – Katsuragi Ace
- 1985 – Gold Way
- 1986 – Sakura Yutaka O
- 1987 – Dyna Actress
- 1988 – Oguri Cap
- 1989 – Oguri Cap
- 1990 – Lucky Guerlain
- 1991 – Prekrasnie
- 1992 – Daitaku Helios
- 1993 – Shinko Lovely
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See also
References
- Netkeiba:{{cite web|title=毎日王冠 |url=https://race.netkeiba.com/special/index.html?id=0101 |website=Netkeiba}}{{cite web|title=Mainichi Okan |url=https://en.netkeiba.com/race/special.html?id=0101 |website=Netkeiba}}
- {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1994|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1995|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1996|05050211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1997|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1998|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1999|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2000|05050211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2001|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2002|06030211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2003|05030211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2004|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2005|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2006|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2007|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2008|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2009|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2010|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2011|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2012|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2013|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2014|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2015|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2016|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2017|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2018|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2019|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2020|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2021|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2022|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2023|05040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2024|05040211}}
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