Mile Championship

Mile Championship
マイルチャンピオンシップ
Grade 1 race
The 28th (2011) winner Eishin Apllon
LocationKyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Inaugurated1984
Race typeThoroughbred
Websitejapanracing.jp/
Race information
Distance1600 meters
(About 8 furlongs / 1 mile)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight3-y-o 57 kg / 4-y-o & up 58kg
Allowance : Fillies & Mares 2kg
Purse¥ 388,800,000 (as of 2023)
1st: ¥ 180,000,000
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The Mile Championship is an International Grade I flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Kyoto Racecourse in November. It was first run in 1984.

It is traditionally considered as a step race of Hong Kong Mile in Japan Racing. Particularly before the introduction of Hanshin Cup (Grade 2, 1400m) in 2006, as being the last graded event in mile distance in the Japan racing season and most of the winners or runners-up will travel to Hong Kong pursuing extra prize money. Including the only Japanese winner by then Hat Trick.

  1. ^ "Mikki Isle Championship". Retrieved 22 May 2017.