Challenge Cup (horse race)

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Challenge Cup
チャレンジカップ

Grade 3 race
Air Windsor wins the 2018 Challenge Cup
Location	Hanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated	1950
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 54 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg
Purse	1st: ¥43,000,000 (as of 2023)

The Challenge Cup (Japanese チャレンジカップ (中央競馬)) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in late November or early December over a distance of 2000 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.^[1]

The Challenge Cup was first run in 1950 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1966 and 1995 and at Chukyo Racecourse in 1979, 1990, 1991, 1994 and 2006. It was run over 1800 metres from 2012 to 2016.