Champions Cup (horse race)

Champions Cup
チャンピオンズカップ
Grade 1 race
2022 Champions Cup winner Jun Light Bolt
LocationChukyo Racecourse, Toyoake, Aichi
Inaugurated2000 (as the Japan Cup Dirt)
Race typeThoroughbred
Websitejapanracing.jp
Race information
Distance1,800 meters (About 9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o & Up
Weight3-y-o colts & geldings 57kg
4-y-o & up horses & geldings 58kg
Allowance : 2kg fillies & mares
Purse¥ 259,200,000 (as of 2022)
1st: ¥ 120,000,000
BonusesWinning horse owner will receive a ¥3,000,000 bonus.

The Champions Cup (JPN G-1, formerly the Japan Cup Dirt until 2013) is a thoroughbred horse race contested in Japan in early December. It is run for three-year-olds and older at a distance of 1,800 meters. In recent years, the race has followed the Japan Cup on the Japanese racing calendar.