 Trend Hunter wins the Flower Cup in 2011 | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1987 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o fillies |
| Weight | 55 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2025)
|
The Flower Cup (Japanese フラワーカップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies organized by Japan Racing Association (JRA). It is run in March over a distance of 1800 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]
The race was first run in 1987 and has been run at Grade 3 level ever since.
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Maltese Superb | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masahiro Horii | Yoshio Fujita | 1:50.8 |
| 2001 | Time Fair Lady | Masayoshi Ebina | Eiji Nakano | Takao Tokizaki | 1:50.3 |
| 2002 | Smile Tomorrow | Yukio Okabe | Kazuhiro Seishi | Masatsune Iida | 1:49.1 |
| 2003 | Meine Nouvelle | Norihiro Yokoyama | Ryuichi Inaba | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:49.5 |
| 2004 | Dance in the Mood | Yutaka Take | Kazuo Fujisawa | Shadai Race Horse | 1:50.9 |
| 2005 | Cesario | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumii | Carrot Farm | 1:49.0 |
| 2006 | Kiss To Heaven | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hirofumi Toda | Kazuko Yoshida | 1:48.9 |
| 2007 | Shonan Talent | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Shonan | 1:49.6 |
| 2008 | Black Emblem | Masami Matsuoka | Shigeyuki Kojima | Kunio Tabara | 1:49.5 |
| 2009 | Viva Vodka | Issei Murata | Kazuhiro Seishi | Seiichi Serizawa | 1:49.3 |
| 2010 | Oken Sakura | Hiroki Goto | Hidetaka Otonashi | Akira Fukui | 1:50.3 |
| 2011 [a] | Trend Hunter | Yasunari Iwata | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Masatsune Iida | 1:47.0 |
| 2012 | Omega Heartland | Shu Ishibashi | Noriyuki Hori | Reiko Hara | 1:53.3 |
| 2013 | Sakura Plaisir | Norihiro Yokoyama | Tomohito Ozeki | Sakura Commerce | 1:50.0 |
| 2014 | Bounce Shasse | Hiroshi Kitamura | Kazuo Fujisawa | Carrot Farm | 1:51.3 |
| 2015 | Albiano | Yuichi Shibayama | Tetsuya Kimura | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:49.4 |
| 2016 | Angel Face | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideaki Fujiwara | Lord Horse Club | 1:49.3 |
| 2017 | Fan Dii Na | Yasunari Iwata | Tomokazu Takano | Turf Sport | 1:48.7[2] |
| 2018 | Cantabile | Mirco Demuro | Katsuhiko Sumii | Tatsue Ishikawa | 1:49.2 [3] |
| 2019 | Contra Check | Genki Maruyama | Kazuo Fujisawa | Carrot Farm | 1:47.4[4] |
| 2020 | Ablaze | Kanichiro Fujii | Yasutoshi Ikee | Koki Maeda | 1:48.2 |
| 2021 | Ho O Ixelles | Kyosuke Maruta | Mizuki Takayanagi | Yoshihisa Ozaki | 1:49.2 |
| 2022 | Stunning Rose | Yuga Kawada | Tomokazu Takano | Sunday Racing | 1:48.5 |
| 2023 | Emu | Mirco Demuro | Shoichiro Wada | North Hills | 1:53.2 |
| 2024 | Mi Anhelo | Akihide Tsumura | Toru Hayashi | Silk Racing | 1:48.0 |
| 2025 | Lesedrama | Keita Tosaki | Yasuyuki Tsujino | Shadai Race Horse | 1:47.8 |
a The 2011 running took place at Hanshin Racecourse.
Earlier winners
- 1987 - Hase Vertex
- 1988 - Free Talk
- 1989 - Real Sapphire
- 1990 - Yukino Surprise
- 1991 - Flash Shower
- 1992 - Brand Art
- 1993 - Hokuto Vega
- 1994 - Onward Noble
- 1995 - Ibuki New Star
- 1996 - Hishi Batalie
- 1997 - Seeking the Pearl
- 1998 - Sugino Cutie
- 1999 - Sayaki
See also
References
- Netkeiba:[5][6]
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- ^ "Flower Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 20 March 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 March 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 16 March 2019.
- ^ "フラワーC". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Flower Cup". Netkeiba.
