The Yomiuri Milers Cup (Japanese マイラーズカップ) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds of at least four years of age. It was run over a distance of 1600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse until 2011 in April but is now run at Kyoto Racecourse over the same distance. The race serves as a major trial for the Yasuda Kinen.
The Milers Cup was first run in 1970 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984.
Among the winners of the race have been Daiwa Major, Company, Grand Prix Boss and Isla Bonita.
Race details The race is run at Kyoto Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on dirt, using the outer curve.
Weight 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.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
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Meiner Max 6 Tetsuzo Sato Hitoshi NakamuraThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:34.3 2001 Joten Brave 4 Masayoshi Ebina Ikuo AizawaHisao Tanabe 1:32.8 2002 Millennium Bio 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Masazo RyokeBio 1:32.6 2003 Lohengrin 4 Hiroki Goto Masanori ItoShadai Race Horse 1:31.9 2004 My Sole Sound 4 Masaru Honda Katuichi NishiuraKiyoshi Sano 1:32.9 2005 Lohengrin 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Masanori ItoShadai Race Horse 1:33.5 2006 Daiwa Major 5 Katsumi Ando Hiroyuki UeharaKeizo Oshiro 1:36.2 2007 Kongo Rikishio 5 Shinji Fujita Kenji YamauchiHisao Kaneoka 1:32.2 2008 Company 7 Norihiro Yokoyama Hidetaka Otonahi Hideko Kondo 1:33.6 2009 Super Hornet 6 Yusuke Fujioka Yoshito YahagiMasamitsu Tajima 1:33.9 2010 Reach The Crown 4 Katsumi Ando Kojiro HashiguchiHiroyoshi Usuda 1:32.9 2011 Silport 6 Futoshi Komaki Masato NishizonoTakeo Hyakuman 1:32.3 2012 Silport 7 Futoshi Komaki Masato NishizonoGoichi Kawasaki 1:33.2 2013 Grand Prix Boss 5 Suguru Hamanaka Yoshito YahagiGrand Prix 1:32.6 2014 World Ace 5 Andrasch Starke Yasutoshi IkeeSunday Racing 1:31.4 2015 Red Arion 5 Haruhiko Kawasu Kojiro HashiguchiTokyo Horse Racing 1:32.6 2016 Kluger 4 Kohei Matsuyama Tomokazu TakanoCarrot Farm 1:32.6 2017 Isla Bonita 6 Christophe Lemaire Hironori KuritaShadai Race Horse 1:32.2 2018 Sungrazer 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Hidekazu AsamiG1 Racing 1:31.3 2019 Danon Premium 4 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaDanox 1:32.6 2020 Indy Champ 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Hidetaka OtonashiSilk Racing 1:32.4 2021 Cadence Call 5 Yoshihiro Furukawa Takayuki YasudaSunday Racing 1:31.4 2022 Soul Rush 4 Suguru Hamanaka Yasutoshi IkeeTatsue Ishikawa 1:33.3 2023 Schnell Meister 5 Christophe Lemaire Takahisa TezukaSunday Racing 1:31.5 2024 Soul Rush 6 Taisei Danno Yasutoshi IkeeTatsue Ishikawa 1:32.5 2025 Long Run 7 Yasunari Iwata Yusuke WadaAkira Umezawa 1:31.7 2026 Admire Zoom 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo TomomichiJunko Kundo 1:31.7
The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.
Earlier winners
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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