Japan Dirt Classic

Japan Dirt Classic
ジャパンダートクラシック
Domestic Grade I (JpnI) race
	Mick Fire and his jockey, Norifumi Mikamoto, winning the 2023 edition of the race
Location	Oi Racecourse; Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Inaugurated	1999
Race type	Thoroughbred
Race information
Distance	2000 meters
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-year-old, no geldings
Weight	57 kg; Allowance: Fillies 2 kg
Purse	¥ 119,000,000 (as of 2024); 1st: ¥ 70,000,000; 2nd: ¥ 24,500,000; 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

The Japan Dirt Classic (ジャパンダートクラシック) is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 meters (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at the Oi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo in early October. It is the third and final leg of the Japanese Triple Crown of Dirt.

History

The race was first run in 1999 as the Japan Dirt Derby and was the Japanese equivalent of the American Kentucky Derby. Though the race was the last leg of triple crown of minami-kanto keiba (nankan keiba), while Kentucky Derby is the first one of American triple crown races.

The majority of winners comes from the Japan Racing Association (JRA), another Japan horse racing governing body, as JRA do not host any dirt Grade 1 race exclusively for 3-year-old horses.

In June 2022, it was announced that from 2024 that it will become the third leg of the Japanese Triple Crown of Dirt along with Haneda Hai and Tokyo Derby. The name of the race was changed to Japan Dirt Classic and the schedule was moved to October. Geldings will no longer be able to enter and prize money for 1st place was increased to ¥ 70,000,000.^[1]^[2]

Trial races

Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.^[3]


Race	Grade	Racecourse	Distance	Condition
Kuroshio Hai	SIII^[a]	Oi	1,800 meters	Winner and runner-up
Leopard Stakes	GIII	Niigata	1,800 meters	Winner
Kozukata Sho	JpnII	Morioka	2,000 meters	Winner

Notes:

^ Classified as a local, South Kanto Grade 3 event

Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Organization	Time
1999	Orion The Thanks	Shuji Hayata	Kiyomatsu Akama	Keiko Hiura	Oi	2:06.9
2000	Meiner Combat	Naohiro Onishi	Ryuichi Inaba	Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co. Ltd.	JRA	2:06.4
2001	Toshin Blizzard	Takayuki Ishigaki	Kenji Sato	Eiichi Waizumi	Funabashi	2:05.8
2002	Gold Allure	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	Shadai Racehorse	JRA	2:04.1
2003	Big Wolf	Yutaka Take	Tadashi Nakao	U Big	JRA	2:04.9
2004	Cafe Olympus	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yasuhisa Matsuyama	Koichi Nishikawa	JRA	2:04.5
2005	Kane Hekili	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd.	JRA	2:04.9
2006	Friendship	Hiroyuki Uchida	Katsuhiko Sumii	Teruya Yoshida	JRA	2:06.1
2007	Furioso	Tadanari Konno	Masayuki Kawashima	Darley Japan Farm Co. Ltd.	Funabashi	2:02.9
2008	Success Brocken	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hideaki Fujiwara	Tetsu Takashima	JRA	2:04.5
2009	Testa Matta	Yasunari Iwata	Akira Murayama	Katsumi Yoshida	JRA	2:04.5
2010	Magnifica	Keita Tosaki	Masayuki Kawashima	Teruya Yoshida	Funabashi	2:05.2
2011	Grape Brandy	Norihiro Yokoyama	Takayuki Yasuda	Shadai Racehorse	JRA	2:04.9
2012	Hatano Vainqueur	Hirofumi Shii	Mitsugu Kon	Good Luck Farm Co. Ltd.	JRA	2:05.3
2013	Chrysolite	Hiroyuki Uchida	Hidetaka Otonashi	U Carrot Farm	JRA	2:04.8
2014	Kazenoko	Shinichiro Akiyama	Kenji Nonaka	Koji Nudejima	JRA	2:03.9
2015	Nonkono Yume	Christophe Lemaire	Yukihiro Kato	Kotaro Yamada	JRA	2:05.6
2016	Kyoei Gere	Keita Tosaki	Yoshito Yahagi	Haruo Tanaka	JRA	2:05.7
2017	Higashi Will Win	Masashige Honda	Kenji Sato	MMC Co. Ltd.	Funabashi	2:05.8
2018	Le Vent Se Leve	Mirco Demuro	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	G1 Racing	JRA	2:05.8
2019	Chrysoberyl	Yuga Kawada	Hidetaka Otonashi	U Carrot Farm	JRA	2:06.1
2020	Danon Pharaoh	Ryusei Sakai	Yoshito Yahagi	Danox Co. Ltd.	JRA	2:05.9
2021	Castle Top	Kazuma Nakano	Nobuhiro Shibuya	Hiroshi Joichi	Funabashi	2:05.9
2022	Notturno	Yutaka Take	Hidetaka Otonashi	Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd.	JRA	2:04.6
2023	Mick Fire	Norifumi Mikamoto	Kazuo Watanabe	Koichi Hoshika	Oi	2:04.6
Triple Crown of Dirt Series
2024	Forever Young	Ryusei Sakai	Yoshito Yahagi	Susumu Fujita	JRA	2:04.1

References

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^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "ジャパンダートクラシック". Netkeiba.

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[4] Classified as a local, South Kanto Grade 3 event

[1] "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.

[2] "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.

[3] "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.

[5] "ジャパンダートクラシック". Netkeiba.

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v t e List of Japanese Grade I horse races
Japan Racing Association (JRA) GI Races (International GI)	February Stakes (dirt) Takamatsunomiya Kinen Ōsaka Hai Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas; 3-year-old fillies) Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Spring) NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) Victoria Mile (fillies and mares) Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks; 3-year-old fillies) Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby; 3-year-olds) Yasuda Kinen Takarazuka Kinen Sprinters Stakes Shūka Sho (3-year-old fillies) Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Autumn) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (fillies and mares) Mile Championship Japan Cup (invitational) Champions Cup (dirt) Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) Hopeful Stakes (2-year-olds)
National Association of Racing (NAR) GI Races (international GI, dirt)	Tokyo Daishōten
National Association of Racing (NAR) JpnI Races (Domestic GI, dirt)	Kawasaki Kinen Haneda Hai (3-year-old) Kashiwa Kinen Tokyo Derby (3-year-old) Sakitama Hai Teio sho Japan Dirt Classic (3-year-old) Mile Championship Nambu Hai Japan Breeding Farms' Cup (Sprint - Ladies' Classic [fillies and mares] - Classic) Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (2-year-olds)
JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)	Nakayama Grand Jump (international) Nakayama Daishogai (international)
Domestic Grade I Equivalent Ban'ei Races	Ban'ei Kinen (Ban'ei, Obihiro)
See also	Japan Racing Association National Association of Racing Horse racing in Japan