Grade 1 race | |
Location | Chukyo Racecourse, Toyoake, Aichi |
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Inaugurated | 2000 (as the Japan Cup Dirt) |
Race type | Thoroughbred |
Website | japanracing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,800 meters (About 9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o & Up |
Weight | 3-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 |
Bonuses | Winning 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.