Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic

Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic
Domestic Grade I (JpnI) race
Chuwa Wizard winning the JBC Classic in 2019
LocationChanges yearly
InauguratedOctober 31, 2001
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
DistanceChanges yearly
SurfaceDirt
Qualification3-y-o & Up
Weight3-y-o horses & geldings 55kg/fillies 53kg
4-y-o & up horses & geldings 57kg / mares 55 kg
Purse¥170,000,000 (as of 2023)
1st: ¥ 100,000,000
2nd: ¥ 35,000,000
3rd: ¥ 20,000,000

Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic (ジャパンブリーディングファームズカップクラシック) is an annual race that is usually held on November 3, the national holiday Culture Day. This race and the JBC Sprint were started in 2001, following American the Breeders' Cup, though the JBC has only two category race. In 2011, JBC Lady's Classic was added for fillies and mares.

The track is changed yearly like the American Breeders' Cup, so that the distances may differ. The distance was 2,000 meters from 2001 to 2004, in 2007 and 2011; 1,900 meters in 2005 and 2009; 2,100 meters in 2006; 1,870 meters in 2008; and 1800 meters in 2010. In both 2012 and the following year, it will be 2,100 meters.

This is the highest-prized race in National Association of Racing (NAR), and the third highest-prized dirt event in Japan, following Champions Cup and February Stakes both organized by Japan Racing Association(JRA). Until 2011, the winner's prize was one hundred million yen. Although its prize money is high, this race is regarded as preparation for Champions Cup.

To date, the only horse to win this race that is not affiliated with the JRA was Mutually in 2021.

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Organization
 Time
 Racecourse
 Distance
2001 Regular Member 4 Mikio Matsunaga Yamamoto Syouji North Hills Ltd. JRA 2:05.2 Oi 2,000 meters
2002 Admire Don 3 Shinji Fujita Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo JRA 2:05.6 Morioka 2,000 meters
2003 Admire Don 4 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo JRA 2:04.3 Oi 2,000 meters
2004 Admire Don 5 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo JRA 2:02.4 Oi 2,000 meters
2005 Time Paradox 7 Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi Matsuda Shadai Racing Ltd. JRA 2:00.9 Nagoya 1,900 meters
2006 Time Paradox 8 Yasunari Iwata Hiroyoshi Matsuda Shadai Racing Ltd. JRA 2:16.1 Kawasaki 2,100 meters
2007 Vermillion 5 Yutaka Take Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing Ltd. JRA 2:04.8 Oi 2,000 meters
2008 Vermillion 6 Yutaka Take Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing Ltd. JRA 1:56.7 Sonoda 1,870 meters
2009 Vermillion 7 Yutaka Take Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing Ltd. JRA 2:00.2 Nagoya 1,900 meters
2010 Smart Falcon 5 Yutaka Take Ken Kozaki Touru Okawa JRA 1:49.9 Funabashi 1,800 meters
2011 Smart Falcon 6 Yutaka Take Ken Kozaki Touru Okawa JRA 2:02.1 Oi 2,000 meters
2012 Wonder Acute 6 Ryuji Wada Masao Sato Nobuyuki Yamamoto JRA 2:12.5 Kawasaki 2,100 meters
2013 Hokko Tarumae 4 Hideaki Miyuki Katsuichi Nishiura Koichi Yabe JRA 2:12.6 Kanazawa 2,100 meters
2014 Copano Rickey 4 Hironobu Tanabe Akira Murayama Sachiaki Kobayashi JRA 2:00.8 Morioka 2,000 meters
2015 Copano Rickey 5 Yutaka Take Akira Murayama Sachiaki Kobayashi JRA 2:04.4 Oi 2,000 meters
2016 Awardee 6 Yutaka Take Mikio Matsunaga Koji Maeda JRA 2:15.3 Kawasaki 2,100 meters
2017 Sound True 7 Takuya Ono Noboru Takagi Hiroshi Yamada JRA 2:04.5 Oi 2,000 meters
2018 K T Brave 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Haruki Sugiyama Kazuyoshi Takimoto JRA 1:56.7 Kyoto 1,900 meters
2019 Chuwa Wizard 4 Yuga Kawada Ryuji Okubo Shinobu Nakanishi JRA 2:06.1 Urawa 2,000 meters
2020 Chrysoberyl 4 Yuga Kawada Hidetaka Otonashi U Carrot Farm JRA 2:02.5 Oi 2,000 meters
2021 Mutually 5 Hiroto Yoshihara Yoshiyuki Yano Jotaro Ishise Funabashi 2:13.1 Kanazawa 2,100 meters
2022 T O Keynes 5 Kohei Matsuyama Daisuke Takayanagi Tomoya Ozasa JRA 2:02.1 Morioka 2,000 meters
2023 King's Sword 4 João Moreira Ryo Terashima Hidaka Breeders Union Co., Ltd. JRA 2:05.1 Oi 2,000 meters

References

  1. ^ "JBCクラシック". Netkeiba.