Tokyo Racecourse ( 東京競馬場 , Tōkyō Keiba-jō ) is located in Fuchū , Tokyo , Japan . Built in 1933 for horse racing , it is considered the "racecourse of racecourses" in Japanese horseracing. It has a capacity of 223,000, with seating for 13,750.
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48-647: A brown colt as a result of this mating. She was subsequently bred back to Sea the Stars, resulting in the following named foals: She was also bred to Frankel , producing Tanino Frankel (colt foaled 2015) - placed at Grade III Nakayama Kimpai. Vodka died on 1 April 2019, from laminitis in Newmarket, Suffolk . She was 14 years old. Below data is based on data available on JBIS Search and netkeiba.com. Legend: Turf All Weather An anthropomorphized version of Vodka appears in
72-642: A total of four times that year. Daiwa Scarlet bested her in three of those races. One of those contests was not a win for Daiwa Scarlet though, in the 2007 G1 Arima Kinen at Nakayama Racecourse , Daiwa Scarlet finished second to Matsurida Gogh , with Vodka finishing 11th. Vodka's next race start was in the G1 Tokyo Yūshun , also known as the Japanese Derby, the second jewel in the Japanese Triple Crown. Fillies are usually entered in
96-6051: Is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for four-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Tokyo Racecourse in May. Winners [ edit ] Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2006 Dance in the Mood 5 Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo Fujisawa Shadai Race Horse 1:34.0 2007 Koiuta 4 Masami Matsuoka Masashi Okuhira Maekawa Kikaku 1:32.5 2008 Asian Winds 4 Shinji Fujita Hideaki Fujiwara Yoshimi Ota 1:33.7 2009 Vodka 5 Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii Yuzo Tanimizu 1:32.4 2010 Buena Vista 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Hiroyoshi Matsuda Sunday Racing 1:32.4 2011 Apapane 4 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:31.9 2012 Whale Capture 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Kiyotaka Tanaka Ken Shimada 1:32.4 2013 Verxina 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuo Tomomichi Kazuhiro Sasaki 1:32.4 2014 Verxina 5 Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuo Tomomichi Kazuhiro Sasaki 1:32.3 2015 Straight Girl 6 Keita Tosaki Hideaki Fujiwara Toshihiro Hirosaki 1:31.9 2016 Straight Girl 7 Keita Tosaki Hideaki Fujiwara Toshihiro Hirosaki 1:31.5 2017 Admire Lead 4 Christophe Lemaire Naosuke Suga Riichi Kondo 1:33.9 2018 Jour Polaire 5 Hideaki Miyuki Masato Nishizono G1 Racing 1:32.3 2019 Normcore 4 Damian Lane Kiyoshi Hagiwara Seiichi Iketani 1:30.5 2020 Almond Eye 5 Christophe Lemaire Sakae Kunieda Silk Racing 1:30.6 2021 Gran Alegria 5 Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa Sunday Racing 1:31.0 2022 Sodashi 4 Hayato Yoshida Naosuke Sugai Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:32.2 2023 Songline 5 Keita Tosaki Toru Hayashi Sunday Racing 1:32.2 2024 Ten Happy Rose 6 Akihide Tsumura Daisuke Takayanagi Yasushi Tenpaku 1:31.8 See also [ edit ] Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races References [ edit ] Netkeiba: 2006 en , 2007 en , 2008 en , 2009 en , 2010 en , 2011 en , 2012 en , 2013 en , 2014 en , 2015 en , 2016 en , 2017 en , 2018 en , 2019 en , 2020 en , 2021 en , 2022 en , 2023 en , 2024 en Racing Post : 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024 galopp-sieger.de – Victoria Mile v t e List of Japanese Grade I horse races Japan Racing Association (JRA) GI Races (International GI) February Stakes (dirt) Takamatsunomiya Kinen Ōsaka Hai Oka Sho ( Japanese 1000 Guineas ; 3-year-old fillies) Satsuki Sho ( Japanese 2000 Guineas ; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Spring) NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) Victoria Mile (fillies and mares) Yushun Himba ( Japanese Oaks ; 3-year-old fillies) Tokyo Yūshun ( Japanese Derby ; 3-year-olds) Yasuda Kinen Takarazuka Kinen Sprinters Stakes Shūka Sho (3-year-old fillies) Kikuka Shō ( Japanese St. Leger ; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Autumn) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (fillies and mares) Mile Championship Japan Cup (invitational) Champions Cup (dirt) Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) Arima Kinen ( Grand Prix ) Hopeful Stakes (2-year-olds) National Association of Racing (NAR) GI Races (international GI, dirt) Tokyo Daishōten National Association of Racing (NAR) JpnI Races (Domestic GI, dirt) Kawasaki Kinen Haneda Hai (3-year-old) Kashiwa Kinen Tokyo Derby (3-year-old) Sakitama Hai Teio sho Japan Dirt Classic (3-year-old) Mile Championship Nambu Hai Japan Breeding Farms' Cup ( Sprint - Ladies' Classic [fillies and mares] - Classic ) Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (2-year-olds) JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GI races) Nakayama Grand Jump (international) Nakayama Daishogai (international) Domestic Grade I Equivalent Ban'ei Races Ban'ei Kinen ( Ban'ei , Obihiro) See also Japan Racing Association National Association of Racing Horse racing in Japan ^ "ヴィクトリアM" . Netkeiba . ^ "Victoria Mile" . Netkeiba . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Mile&oldid=1241320757 " Categories : Mile category horse races for fillies and mares Horse races in Japan Turf races in Japan Horse races established in 2006 Hidden categories: Sports articles needing translation from Japanese Misplaced Pages Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles containing Japanese-language text Tokyo Racecourse Tokyo Racecourse hosts numerous G1 (Grade 1) races, including
120-671: The Japan Cup , Tokyo Yushun (the Japanese Derby) and the Yasuda Kinen , a part of the Asian Mile Challenge . Tokyo Race Course's grass course measures 2083m (1¼ miles + 234 feet) with two chutes (1800m and 2000m). Races can be run on the "A Course" rail setting (on the hedge), the "B Course" setting (rail out 3 meters), the "C Course" setting (rail out 6 meters), the "D Course" setting (rail out 9 meters) or
144-609: The Yushun Himba , also known as the Japanese Oaks, which is the second jewel of the Japanese Filly Triple Crown which is a week before the race, however, in a move that shocked the racing world, Vodka won handily, defeating a field of some of the best three-year-old colts in the country. She became the first filly to win the race in 64 years. Vodka was unplaced in her next start before racing in
168-629: The world's largest title with an 84-foot (26 m) by 104-foot (32 m) is 8,736-square-foot (811.6 m ) screen. The racecourse is linked to Fuchūkeiba-seimommae Station by a footbridge. Another footbridge connects the racecourse with the Fuchuhonmachi Station of JR East . Source: レコードタイム表 (Record time table) -> 東京競馬場 (Tokyo Racecourse) 35°39′46.8″N 139°29′6″E / 35.663000°N 139.48500°E / 35.663000; 139.48500 Vodka (horse) Vodka ( ウオッカ , 4 April 2004 – 1 April 2019)
192-491: The "E Course" setting (rail out 12 meters). The dirt course measures 1899 meters (1⅛ mile + 290 feet), with a 1600m chute. The jump course measures 1675 meters (1 mile + 215 feet). There was a chute for 3200m races (used for the Tenno Sho Autumn races), but when the race was shortened to 2000m, the 3200m chute was useless and is not in use as of today. The course was renovated in 2007 (started in 2000), adding
216-622: The 2002 Tokyo Yushun (Derby) winner, Tanino Gimlet out of Tanino Sister by Rousillon (USA). Vodka was owned by Yuzo Tanimizu and trained by Katsuhiko Sumii. In 2006, Vodka won her first race start and was second in the ungraded Kigiku Sho race which was also contested at the Kyoto Racecourse before she won the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies race at the Hanshin Racecourse . Vodka was then awarded
240-607: The 2006 JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly . In 2007, Vodka won her first start in the ungraded Elfin Stakes, followed by another win in the G3 Tulip Sho, from Daiwa Scarlet, who finished in second place. At her next start on 8 April, in the G1 Oka Sho (Cherry Blossom Awards), the first race of the Japanese Filly Triple Crown , Daiwa Scarlet relegated Vodka to second place. Daiwa Scarlet and Vodka would go on to meet
264-460: The 2007 running to Admire Moon and 3rd in the 2008 running to Screen Hero, in which the latter ran 13th in the 2009 race. Vodka had a nosebleed during the Japan Cup and was prohibited from racing for a month following her triumphant Japan Cup run according to Japan Racing Association rules. Her 7 race starts of the season resulted in 3 wins, 1 second and 1 third placing. Vodka was voted Horse of
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#1732798332689288-492: The 2009 running, another photo finish decided the winner, in which the five-year-old mare Vodka on her third Japan Cup try with the French jockey Christophe Lemaire won by a nose over the 2008 Kikuka Sho winner Oken Bruce Lee, in a time of 2 minutes and 22.4 seconds, the third-fastest Japan Cup ever run at the standard 2,400-meter distance. Vodka's win would make her the second highest earning racehorse in Japan. Vodka placed 4th in
312-638: The 2023 race. Sodashi (left) was the winner of the 2022 race. Location Tokyo Racecourse , Fuchu, Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan Inaugurated 2006 Race type Thoroughbred Website japanracing.jp/ Race information Distance 1600 meters (About 8 furlongs / 1 mile) Surface Turf Track Left-handed Qualification 4-y-o & Up, Fillies & Mares only, Thoroughbreds Weight 56 kg Purse ¥ 281,300,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 130,000,000 2nd: ¥ 52,000,000 3rd: ¥ 33,000,000 The Victoria Mile (ヴィクトリアマイル ( Vikutoria Mairu ) )
336-634: The G1 Shuka Sho , which is the last race of the Japanese Filly Triple Crown races. Daiwa Scarlet won the race, with Vodka finishing in third place. She was entered in the 2007 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup , but was scratched a few hours before the race due to what was thought to be a hip problem. In her next start Vodka finished 4th in the G1 Japan Cup Vodka subsequently did not place in her last start of
360-902: The G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn). Finally that season even though she was heavily favored, she was unable to win the G1 Japan Cup and came in a close third to Screen Hero . During 2008 Vodka had 8 starts for the above 2 wins, 2 seconds in the G1 Victoria Mile and G2 Mainichi Okan; 1 third in the G1 Japan Cup and 1 fourth in the G1 Dubai Duty Free . Vodka’s successive wins in the Yasuda Kinen triplicated what had only been achieved twice before, by Sweet Sue in 1952 and 1953 and by Yamanin Zephyr in 1992 and 1993. In
384-654: The Japanese Triple Crown winners Symboli Rudolf and Deep Impact , as well as T.M.Opera O, for the most grade 1 races won in Japan. Vodka was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 2011. Vodka was retired from racing in 2010 and was shipped from Dubai to Ireland to be mated to the 2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, Sea the Stars at the Aga Khan 's Gilltown Stud in County Kildare . On 2 May 2011 Vodka foaled
408-740: The Year, for the second consecutive year and became the first female to win the title twice. Vodka had her first start on the synthetic Tapeta Footings surface in the Dubai International Racing Carnival Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 (G2), after racing exclusively on turf in each of her previous 25 starts. In this race she finished eighth and was retired from racing altogether following another nasal bleeding attack. Her main jockeys included Hirofumi Shii, who rode her in four wins, and Yutaka Take , in three wins. In her final two races Vodka
432-624: The season resulted in 3 wins, 1 second and 1 third place. In her first start of the season Vodka was unplaced in the G2 Kyoto Kinen. Vodka went to Dubai in the spring of 2008 to race in the G1 Dubai Duty Free on Dubai World Cup Night . She came in a fast closing fourth. Then upon her return to Japan Vodka narrowly lost the G1 Victoria Mile in May. She next easily won the G1 Yasuda Kinen in June and defeated Daiwa Scarlet in
456-611: The season. Despite winning the Japanese Derby. She lost to Daiwa Scarlet in Japanese Champion Three Year old Filly, as Vodka never finished above her in the 3 races in which both horses participated, but the achievement in the Derby led to her receiving the JRA Special award (an award given to horses/person achieved special achievements, usually historical records, not awarded every year). Her 9 race starts of
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#1732798332689528-553: The world's largest video screen and upgrading a grandstand, named the "Fuji View Stand", which in today is the main grandstand of the course. The "Memorial 60" grandstand was also added. All races have a US style gate run distance of approximately 5 metres, before official timing begins. The high-definition video screen measured 218 feet (66 m) wide by only 37 feet (11 m) high at 8,066 square feet (749.4 m ). In 2009 Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri took
552-515: Was a Japanese Thoroughbred racemare which won the 2007 Group One (GI) Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby), the first filly to win this race in 64 years, as well as the 2009 Japan Cup . She won seven G1 races in Japan and was the highest earning racemare in Thoroughbred history at the time . Vodka was foaled on 4 April 2004 at Country Bokujo in Shizunai, Hokkaido . She was a bay mare by
576-404: Was ridden by Frenchman Christophe Lemaire, who rode her in the Japan Cup victory. Vodka finished her racing career with a total 10 wins in 22 races in Japan, with wins in seven grade I races, including the 2006 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, the 2007 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), the 2008 Yasuda Kinen and Tenno Sho (Autumn), the 2009 Victoria Mile, Yasuda Kinen and Japan Cup. She equalled the record of
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