Domestic Grade 1 (JpnI) race | |
Location | Kawasaki Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 1950 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,600 meters |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Two-years-olds |
Weight | 55 kg Allowances 1 kg for fillies |
Purse | ¥71,400,000 (as of 2023) 1st: ¥ 42,000,000 2nd: ¥ 14,700,000 3rd: ¥ 8,400,000 |
The Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (全日本2歳優駿) is an internationally listed, Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Kawasaki Racecourse over a distance of 1600 metres.
The race was first run in 1999 and is an important race in Japan for two-year-olds on dirt. In 2017, the race began to be included as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series.[1]