Nakayama Kinen
{{Expand Japanese|topic=sport}}{{Infobox horseraces
| surface = Turf
| class = Grade 2
| horse race = Nakayama Kinen
中山記念
| image = Hishi_Iguazu_20230226.jpg
| caption = Hishi Iguazu winning the 2023 Nakayama Kinen
| location = Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
| inaugurated = 1937
| race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing
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| distance = 1800 metres
| track = Right-handed
| qualification = 4-y-o+
| weight = 4-y-o 55kg, 5-y-o+ 56kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
| purse = {{JRA-purse-calculator|67|2025}}
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The Nakayama Kinen (中山記念, Nakayama Kinen) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and older run over a distance of 1,800 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in late February or early March.{{cite web|url=http://japanracing.jp/en/racing/schedule/graded/list/2019/0224nakayama-kinen.html|title=Nakayama Kinen (G2)|publisher=japanracing.jp}}{{Cite web |title=歴史・コース：中山記念 今週の注目レース JRA |url=https://jra.jp/keiba/thisweek/2024/0225_1/race.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218133730/https://jra.jp/keiba/thisweek/2024/0225_1/race.html |archive-date=2024-02-18 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=jra.jp |publisher=Japan Racing Association |language=ja}}
The race was first run in 1937. It was originally run twice a year, in spring and autumn, before a single annual race was established in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Silence Suzuka, Victoire Pisa, Just A Way, and Panthalassa.
Weight
57 kg for four-year-olds above.{{Cite web |title=List of JRA Graded Races 2025｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan |url=https://japanracing.jp/en/racing/schedule/graded/list/2025/0302nakayama-kinen.html |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Horse Racing in Japan |language=en}}
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 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
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Kane Mikasa – 1978, 1979
- Eighty Tosho – 1982, 1983
- Lohengrin – 2003, 2007
- Balance of Game – 2005, 2006
- Company – 2008, 2009
- Win Bright – 2018, 2019
- Hishi Iguazu - 2021, 2023
Winners since 1990
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| 1990
| Hokuto Helios |6 | Takao Nakano |Kanamorimori Shoji | 1:48.3 |
| 1991
| Yukino Sunrise |4 | Sueo Masuzawa | Yasuhiro Suzuki |Motoyuki Inoue | 1:47.7 |
| 1992
| Dynamite Daddy |4 | Kazuhiro Kato | Yasuhiro Suzuki |Seiichi Iketani | 1:47.0 |
| 1993
| Movie Star |7 | Shigehiko Kishi | Noriaki Tsubo |Teruya Yoshida | 1:47.0 |
| 1994
| Sakura Chitose O |4 | Futoshi Kojima | Katsutaro Sakai |Sakura Commerce | 1:48.9 |
| 1995
| Fujiyama Kenzan |7 | Hideyuki Mori |Tatsuya Fujimoto | 1:50.3 |
| 1996
| 5 | Kazunori Sakai |Sakura Commerce | 1:47.1 |
| 1997
| King of Daiya | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Shimizu Toshiaki |Toshiyasu Ishige | 1:48.7 |
| 1998
| 4 | Mitsuru Hashida |Keiji Nagai | 1:48.6 |
| 1999
| 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masahiro Sakaguchi |Yoshio Asakawa | 1:47.5 |
| 2000
| Daiwa Texas | 7 | Hiroki Goto | Sueo Masuzawa |Daiwa Co., Ltd | 1:46.8 |
| 2001
| American Boss | 6 | Teruo Eda | Fuyuki Tago |Abiru Fudosan | 1:46.9 |
| 2002
| Tokai Point | 6 | Yoshiyuki Goto |Masanori Uchimura | 1:45.4 |
| 2003
| Lohengrin | 4 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito |Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.6 |
| 2004
| Sakura President | 4 | Futoshi Kojima |Sakura Commerce | 1:44.9 |
| 2005
| Balance of Game | 6 | Katsuhara Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata |Hiroyuki Sonobe | 1:46.5 |
| 2006
| Balance of Game | 7 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata |Hiroyuki Sonobe | 1:48.9 |
| 2007
| Lohengrin | 8 | Hiroki Goto | Masanori Ito |Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.2 |
| 2008
| Company | 7 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi |Hideko Kondo | 1:47.3 |
| 2009
| Company | 8 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi |Hideko Kondo | 1:49.2 |
| 2010
| Tosen Crown | 6 | Teruo Eda | Yasuo Sugawara |Takaya Shimakawa | 1:51.7 |
| 2011
| 4 |Yoshimi Ichikawa | 1:46.0 |
| 2012
| Federalist | 5 | Tsuyoshi Tanaka |Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.3 |
| 2013
| Nakayama Knight | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshitaka Ninomiya |Shinichi Izumi | 1:47.3 |
| 2014
| 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Naosuke Sugai |Akatsuki Yamatoya | 1:49.8 |
| 2015
| Nuovo Record | 4 | Makoto Saito |Reiko Hara | 1:50.3 |
| 2016
| 4 | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori |Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:45.9 |
| 2017
| Neorealism | 6 | Mirco Demuro | Noriyuki Hori |Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. | 1:47.6 |
| 2018
| 4 | Masami Matsuoka | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama |Win Co. Ltd. | 1:47.6 |
| 2019
| Win Bright | 5 | Masami Matsuoka | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama |Win Co. Ltd. | 1:45.5 |
| 2020
| Danon Kingly | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara |Danox | 1:46.3 |
| 2021
| Hishi Iguazu | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori |Masahide Abe | 1:44.9 |
| 2022
| 5 | Yutaka Yoshida |Hiroo Race Co. Ltd. | 1:46.4 |
| 2023
| Hishi Iguazu | 7 | Kohei Matsuyama | Noriyuki Hori |Masahide Abe | 1:47.1 |
| 2024
|Matenro Sky |5 |Norihiro Yokoyama |Mikio Matsunaga |Chiyono Terada |1:48.1 |
| 2025
|Sixpence |4 |Christophe Lemaire |Sakae Kunieda |Carrot Farm |1:44.8 |
Earlier winners
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- 1952 - Kiyo Strong
- 1953 - Brulette
- 1954 - Cheerio
- 1955 - Takagiku
- 1956 - Hide Homare
- 1957 - My Way
- 1958 - Mitsuru
- 1959 - Fillie
- 1960 - Harrow More
- 1961 - Onward Stan
- 1962 - Gin Toshi
- 1963 - Nasuno Midori
- 1964 - Toast
- 1965 - Sweet Lapel
- 1966 - Fuji Isami
- 1967 - Onward Hill
- 1968 - Shesky
- 1969 - Meiji Shiro
- 1970 - Akatsuki Teru
- 1971 - Hida President
- 1972 - Tosho Pit
- 1973 - Jinden
- 1974 - Haiseko
- 1975 - Hikaru Jinden
- 1976 - Yamabuki O
- 1977 - Eyeful
- 1978 - Kane Mikasa
- 1979 - Kane Mikasa
- 1980 - Yoshinosky
- 1981 - Kitano Riki O
- 1982 - Eighty Tosho
- 1983 - Eighty Tosho
- 1984 - Tudenham King
- 1985 - Tosho Pegasus
- 1986 - Kushiro King
- 1987 - Suzu Parade
- 1988 - Mogami Yashima
- 1989 - Kosei
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See also
References
- Netkeiba:{{cite web|title=中山記念 |url=https://race.netkeiba.com/special/index.html?id=0021 |website=Netkeiba}}{{cite web|title=Nakayama Kinen |url=https://en.netkeiba.com/race/special.html?id=0021 |website=Netkeiba}}
- {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1994|06020611}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1995|06020611}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1996|06010611}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1997|06020611}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1998|06020611}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1999|06020611}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2000|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2001|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2002|06010211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2003|06030211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2004|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2005|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2006|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2007|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2008|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2009|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2010|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2011|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2012|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2013|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2014|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2015|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2016|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2017|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2018|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2019|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2020|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2021|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2022|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2023|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2024|06020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2025|06020211}}
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