Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes

Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes
Grade 1 race
The 63rd (2011) winner Alfredo
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan
Inaugurated1949
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs / one mile)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed (outer course)
QualificationTwo-y-o, Colts & Fillies
WeightColt 56 kg, Filly 55 kg
Purse¥ 152,200,000 (as of 2023)
1st: ¥ 70,000,000

The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (朝日杯フューチュリティステークス) is a one mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred colts two years old. It is considered the de facto year-end championship for Japanese thoroughbred racing in the two-year-olds division.

This race had historically been held at the Nakayama Racecourse. From 2014, the race was relocated to the Hanshin Racecourse.[1]

  1. ^ 平成26年度の重賞競走の主な変更点について (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. 20 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.