Saudi Arabia Royal Cup

The Saudi Arabia Royal Cup (Japanese サウジアラビアロイヤルカップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

Saudi Arabia Royal Cup
Grade 3 race
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated2014
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification2-y-o
WeightColts 55kg, Fillies 54 kg
Purse¥71,180,000 (total), ¥33,000,000 (winner)

The race was first run under its current name in 2014 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2016. It had previously been known as the Icho Stakes.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2014 Clarity Sky Norihiro Yokoyama Yasuo Tomomichi 1:33.5
2015 Brave Smash Norihiro Yokoyama Michihiro Ogasa 1:34.2
2016 Bless Journey Yoshitomi Shibata Shozo Sasaki 1:34.5 [2]
2017 Danon Premium Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida 1:33.0 [3]
2018 Gran Alegria Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa 1:34.0 [4]
2019 Salios Shu Ishibashi Noriyuki Hori 1:32.7
2020 Stella Veloce Norihiro Yokoyama Naosuke Sugai 1:39.6

See also

References

  1. "Saudi Arabia Royal Cup". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 8 October 2016.
  3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 7 October 2017.
  4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 6 October 2018.
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