The runners enter the straight in the 2010 Kokura Kinen
Location
Kokura Racecourse
Inaugurated
1965
Race type
Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance
2000 metres
Surface
Turf
Track
Right-handed
Qualification
3-y-o+
Weight
Handicap
Purse
¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)
The Kokura Kinen (Japanese 小倉記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Kokura Racecourse.[1]
The Kokura Kinen was first run in 1965 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run over 1800 metres at Kyoto Racecourse in 1998.
The KokuraKinen (Japanese 小倉記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at...
the Yasuda Kinen, saw Kenichi Ikezoe be the horse's jockey for the first time, but finished at 10th place. The next race, the KokuraKinen on August 3...
Kokura Racecourse (小倉競馬場, Kokura-keibajō) is located in Kokura Minami-ku Kitakyushu, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It was built in 1994. It has a...
won 4 major races, the KokuraKinen, the Kyoto Shimbun Hai, and Naruo Kinen, all in 1991, as well as the Takamatsunomiya Kinen in 1994. Nice Nature has...
The Chukyo Kinen (Japanese 中京記念) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at...
taking part mainly at local racecourses such as Chukyo Racecourse and Kokura Racecourse. Within a few years he had already placed in Japan's major Grade...
1998) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Grade I Takarazuka Kinen in 1998. In the same year, his career and life were cut short by an injury...
As a four-year-old in 2023 he won the Kyoto Kinen in February and ended the year by taking the Arima Kinen. Do Deuce is a bay colt with a white blaze bred...
win after six races on July 29, 2008, when he won at Kokura. He then picked up another win at Kokura on August 10, 2008. This sparked a 4 race winstreak...
his season was ended by injuries. He returned in 2016 to win the Nakayama Kinen and finish second in the Dubai Sheema Classic before his racing career was...
race on the 20th of that same month. Kawada won his first graded race, the Kokura Daishoten, with Mejiro Meyer [ja] in 2006. Kawada won his first Grade I...
Kokura Racecourse. In July he won the Kitakyushu Tankyori Stakes in a record time of 1:06.5 and in the following month he added a win in the Kokura Nikkei...
won his first graded race at the Kitakyushu Kinen, which was held at Hanshin that year due to the usual Kokura Racecourse going through renovations.。Ikezoe...
better in 2013 winning the Takamatsunomiya Kinen before stepping up in distance to take the Yasuda Kinen. In the autumn he repeated his wins in the Sprinters...
Zenrin's head office is in the Zenrin-Asahi Building at 1-1-1, Muromachi, Kokura-Kita Ward, Kitakyūshū. The building stands in the midst of a modern shopping...
2016 she showed great promise by winning her first two races including the Kokura Nisai Stakes and went on to be placed in both the Keio Hai Nisai Stakes...
minute. Later on, the horse was sent to run in the Japan Cup and Arima Kinen but finished unplaced in both races. Eishin Flash started the 2011 season...
placed in the Oka Sho, Prix de la Nonette Kyoto Daishoten and Takarazuka Kinen (twice). She has had success as a broodmare, producing several good winners...
in 1999, and won his first graded race in Japan in 2001 when he won the Kokura Daishoten with Misuzu Chardon [ja]. Demuro won his first Japanese Grade...
was initially campaigned over 1600 metres but after winning the Shinzan Kinen on his seasonal debut he was well beaten in his next two starts. He was...
Japanese cities. At the top of the list were Kyoto, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Kokura, and Niigata. Ultimately, Kyoto was removed from the list at the insistence...
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