Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun
Domestic Grade 1 (JpnI) race
2009 Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun
LocationKawasaki Racecourse
Inaugurated1950
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1,600 meters
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-years-olds
Weight55 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]