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LEGENDSOF JAPANESE RACING
The field in the 52nd Arima Kinen

REAL RACING ARCHIVE(documented racing history)

GREAT RACE · Nakayama Racecourse

Arima Kinen

有馬記念

2500MRight-handedGI

The year-end Grand Prix at Nakayama — with the Takarazuka Kinen, one of Japan’s two “all-star” races.

The 52nd Arima Kinen, Nakayama Racecourse, 23 December 2007 — Photo: Chabata_k(Japan) / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Current conditions

These are today’s conditions; past runnings may have differed.
Distance
2500m
Grade (current)
GI
Racecourse
Nakayama Racecourse
Direction
Right-handed
Eligibility
Three-year-olds and up
Surface
Turf
First run
23 Dec 1956

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Historical context

  • First run in 1956 under the title Nakayama Grand Prix.

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Runnings in the archive

Race records are taken from the “Racing record” tables of each horse’s Japanese Wikipedia article (which cite netkeiba.com and JBIS-Search) and cross-checked against the career start count. Grades are shown as printed for that year’s running — current grades are never applied retroactively.

1984

1985

1988

1989

  • 5thOguri CapKatsumi MinaiWinner: イナリワンGI · 2500m · 2:32.5

1990

1991

1992

  • 11thTokai TeioSeiki TabaraGI · 2500m · 2:34.8

1993

  • 1stTokai TeioSeiki TabaraGI · 2500m · 2:30.9

1994

  • 1stNarita BrianKatsumi MinaiGI · 2500m · 2:32.2

1995

1999

2000

  • 1stT.M. Opera ORyuji Wada2nd: メイショウドトウGI · 2500m · 2:34.1

2001

  • 5thT.M. Opera ORyuji WadaWinner: マンハッタンカフェGI · 2500m · 2:33.3

2005

2006

2007

  • 2ndDaiwa ScarletKatsumi AndoWinner: マツリダゴッホGI · 2500m · 2:33.8
  • 11thVodkaHirofumi ShiiWinner: マツリダゴッホGI · 2500m · 2:35.7

2008

  • 1stDaiwa ScarletKatsumi Ando2nd: アドマイヤモナークGI · 2500m · 2:31.5

2011

2012

  • 1stGold ShipHiroyuki Uchida2nd: オーシャンブルーGI · 2500m · 2:31.9

2013

  • 1stOrfevreKenichi Ikezoe2nd: ウインバリアシオンGI · 2500m · 2:32.3
  • 3rdGold ShipRyan MooreWinner: オルフェーヴルGI · 2500m · 2:33.8

2014

  • 3rdGold ShipYasunari IwataWinner: ジェンティルドンナGI · 2500m · 2:35.4

2015

2016

2017

2019

2022

FILM

On film

Published on the JRA official YouTube channel.

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The venue

The grandstand and lawn at Nakayama Racecourse

Nakayama Racecourse

中山競馬場

Stage of the Arima Kinen and the Satsuki Sho, and one of Japan’s four major racecourses.

SOURCES & REFERENCES

Sources & References

  1. 01
    有馬記念 — Wikipedia(日本語版)

    Wikipedia · Reference · Accessed 2026-09-26

  2. 02
    Arima Kinen — Wikipedia (English)

    Wikipedia · Reference · Accessed 2026-09-26

IMAGE CREDITS

Image credits

Each photograph was checked on its individual Wikimedia Commons file page for author and licence.