Haneda Hai

Haneda Hai
Domestic Grade I (JpnI) race
LocationOi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo
Inaugurated1956
Race typeThoroughbred flat racing
Race information
Distance1,800 meters (approx. 10 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o
Weightcolts 56 kg / fillies 54 kg
Purse¥50,000,000 (2024)

The Haneda Hai (羽田盃, "Haneda Cup") is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track only for three years old. It is graded as a Domestic Grade I. It is run over a distance of 1,800 meters (about 9 furlongs) at Oi Racecourse in Shinagawa, Tokyo in April or May.

History

It began in 1955 as the Oi Hai. Its name was changed to Haneda Hai in commemoration of Haneda racecourse which used to be situated next to Shinagawa.[1]

Its distance has been changed several times. It has been run as follows:

  • from its inception until 1966 at 1800 meters
  • from 1967 to 1995 at 2000 meters
  • from 1996 to 1998 at 1800 meters
  • from 1999 to 2001 at 1600 meters
  • from 2002 to 2003 at 1790 meters
  • from 2004 onwards at 1800 meters

Until 2023, this race was the first leg of the South Kanto (Minami-Kanto) triple crown with Tokyo Derby and Japan Dirt Derby and only horses belonging to Minami-Kanto Horseracing can run.[2]

Dirt Grade Promotion

Starting from 2024, this race will be graded as Domestic Grade 1 (Jpn1) along with Tokyo Derby.[3] Formerly the first leg of the South Kanto (Minami-Kanto) Triple Crown, it will become the first leg of new Japanese Triple Crown of Dirt.[4] Entries will be expanded to 16 horses with 4 JRA horses and 12 NAR horses.[5]

Winners since 2004

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Organization
 Time
2004 Tokino Kojiro Nobuhiro Yamada Rentaro Hasegawa Hisatsugu Tanaka Kawasaki 1:53.5
2005 Sea Chariot Hiroyuki Uchida Masayuki Kawashima Darley Japan Farm Co. Ltd. Funabashi 1:53.5
2006 Thank You Win Seiji Sakai Mitsuhiro Okabayashi Yoshimitsu Itaka Funabashi 1:53.1
2007 Top Sabaton Shun Ishizaki Masao Kakimoto Tsuya Kiya Funabashi 1:51.1
2008 Nick Bunyan Fumio Matoba Youichi Sasaki Yasushi Tsumura Oi 1:52.8
2009 Nike High Grade Keita Tosaki Masayuki Kawashima Seiji Ono Funabashi 1:54.9
2010 Seize the Gold Hiroyuki Uchida Katsunori Arayama Daiten Farm Co. Ltd. Oi 1:53.7
2011 Clave Secleta Keita Tosaki Masayuki Kawashima Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. Funabashi 1:52.1
2012 Art Sahara Tadanari Konno Katsunori Arakawa Daiten Farm Co. Ltd. Oi 1:52.9
2013 Outgeneral Norifumi Mikamoto Masayuki Kawashima Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. Funabashi 1:52.8
2014 Happy Sprint Hiroto Yoshihara Jyunpei Morishita Tsuji Bokujo Oi 1:52.6
2015 Studium Shun Ishizaki Yoshiyuki Yano Nicks Funabashi 1:54.6
2016 Turbulence Taito Mori Takashi Mizuno Nobuhiko Yoshiki Urawa 1:55.5
2017 Captain King Takayuki Yano Naoyuki Matoba Toshio Hiramoto Oi 1:54.4
2018 Yamano Fight Kota Motohashi Masakazu Murakami Akihiko Yamaguchi Funabashi 1:53.7
2019 Mutually Norifumi Mikamoto Yoshiyuki Yano Jotaro Ishise Funabashi 1:53.5
2020 Gold Heuer Seiji Yamazaki Hiroshi Iwamoto Hatsue Okada Kawasaki 1:53.3
2021 Transcendence Taito Mori Satoshi Kokubo Eishu Tokuhara Urawa 1:51.5
2022 Miyagi Zao Daisuke Mashima Jumpei Morishita Masatoshi Suzuki Oi 1:52.4
2023 Mick Fire Norifumi Mikamoto Kazuo Watanabe Koichi Hoshika Oi 1:50.9

References

  1. ^ "第57回 羽田盃(SI)" [57th Haneda Cup] (in Japanese). Tokyo City Keiba. 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. ^ "平成26年度　第2回大井競馬競走番組表(決定)" [race program of Oi, April 2014] (PDF) (in Japanese). Tokyo City Keiba. 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ^ "2024年(令和6年)　開催日程及び重賞競走日程について". nankankeiba.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  4. ^ "3歳ダート三冠競走を中心とした2･3歳馬競走の体系整備について、地方競馬情報サイト上に掲載しました。詳細はこちら". Twitter.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. ^ "3歳ダート三冠競走等における地方所属馬の出走馬選定方法" (PDF). TCK. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ^ "羽田盃". Netkeiba.