Copa Republica Argentina

The Copa Republica Argentina (Japanese アルゼンチン共和国杯) is a Grade 2 handicap horse race for Thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three and over run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.

Copa Republica Argentina
アルゼンチン共和国杯

Grade 2 race
Breakup winning the 2022 Copa Republica Argentina
Location	Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū
Inaugurated	1963
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2500 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	3-y-o +, Colts & Fillies
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 123,120,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 57,000,000 2nd: ¥ 23,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

The race is run in November and serves as a trial race for the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen.

It was first run in 1963 over 2300 metres. The distance was changed to 3200 metres in 1966, 2600 metres in 1969, 2500 metres in 1970 and 2400 metres in 1972. The race distance has been fixed at 2500 metres since 1981.

Among the winners of the race have been Admire Jupiter, Screen Hero, Tosen Jordan, Gold Actor, Cheval Grand and Suave Richard.

Records

Speed record:

• 2:29.0 Hayayakko – 2024

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Eyeful – 1976, 1977
• Minagawa Manna – 1982, 1983
• Authority – 2020, 2021

Winners since 1992

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1992	Minamino Akari	4	Shinji Fujita	Hozumi Shono	2:33.5
1993	Monsieur Siecle	5	Shinji Fujita	Minoru Kobayashi	2:32.6
1994	Machikane Allegro	3	Hiroshi Kawachi	Shuichi Asami	2:31.3
1995	Go Go Z	4	Yoshiyuki Muramoto	Hitoshi Arai	2:31.3
1996	L-Way Win	6	Katsumi Minai	Noriaki Tsubo	2:31.8
1997	Taiki El Dorado	3	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:32.2
1998	Yusei Top Run	5	Tetsuzo Sato	Hidetaka Otonashi	2:32.9
1999	Marvelous Timer	5	Hitoshi Matoba	Terumasa Yano	2:32.0
2000	Matikane Kinnohosi	4	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:33.9
2001	Tokai Oza	4	Masayoshi Ebina	Shoichi Matsumoto	2:32.0
2002	Sunrise Jaeger	4	Yukio Okabe	Hajime Fukunaga	2:30.6
2003	Active Bio	6	Koshiro Takeshi	Hiroki Sakiyama	2:31.9
2004	Leningrad	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hidetaka Otonashi	2:33.8
2005	Sakura Century	5	Tetsuzo Sato	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:32.4
2006	Tosho Knight	6	Tomoharu Bushizawa	Kuzukada Yasuda	2:31.0
2007	Admire Jupiter	4	Issei Murata	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:30.9
2008	Screen Hero	4	Masayoshi Ebina	Yuichi Shikato	2:30.8
2009	Miyabi Ranveli	6	Yuichi Kitamura	Keiji Kato	2:30.9
2010	Tosen Jordan	4	Kousei Miura	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:30.0
2011	Trailblazer	4	Katsumi Ando	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:31.5
2012	Lelouch	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:29.9
2013	Asuka Kurichan	6	Keita Tosaki	Naosuke Sugai	2:30.9
2014	Fame Game	4	Hiroshi Kitamura	Yoshitada Munakata	2:30.5
2015	Gold Actor	4	Hayato Yoshida	Tadashige Nakagawa	2:34.0
2016	Cheval Grand	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Yasuo Tomomichi	2:33.4
2017	Suave Richard	3	Mirco Demuro	Yasushi Shono	2:30.0
2018	Perform A Promise	6	Colm O'Donoghue	Hideaki Fujiwara	2:33.7
2019	Muito Obrigado	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Koichi Tsunoda	2:31.5
2020	Authority	3	Christophe Lemaire	Tetsuya Kimura	2:31.6
2021	Authority	4	Christophe Lemaire	Tetsuya Kimura	2:32.4
2022	Breakup	4	Hironobu Tanabe	Yoichi Kuroiwa	2:31.1
2023	Zeffiro	4	João Moreira	Yasutoshi Ikee	2:29.9
2024	Hayayakko	8	Yutaka Yoshida	Sakae Kunieda	2:29.0

Earlier winners

• 1963 – Emroan
• 1964 – Toast
• 1965 – Tosa Isami
• 1966 – Korehide
• 1967 – Riko
• 1968 – Speed Symboli
• 1969 – Mejiro Taito
• 1970 – Matsu Sedan
• 1971 – Mejiro Asama
• 1972 – Zenmatsu
• 1973 – Kuri Iwai
• 1974 – Toyo Asami
• 1975 – Kikuno O
• 1976 – Eyeful
• 1977 – Eyeful
• 1978 – Kane Minobu
• 1979 – Kane Mikasa
• 1980 – Blue Max
• 1981 – Western Jet
• 1982 – Minagawa Manna
• 1983 – Minagawa Manna
• 1984 – Mejiro Seton
• 1985 – Inano Lover John
• 1986 – Sakura Sunny O
• 1987 – Kashima Wing
• 1988 – Legend Teio
• 1989 – Kuri Rotary
• 1990 – Mejiro Monterey
• 1991 – Yamanin Global

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

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