The 39th Running of The Japan Cup in association with LONGINES Deep Impact Memorial Press Information THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION November 2019 SCHEDULE Date Event Nov. 24 (Sun.) ... JAPAN CUP (11th Race, 3:40 p.m) After the race, a press conference attended by the trainer and jockey of the winning horse will be held near the weighing room on the 1st floor of the Fuji View Stand. (Starting Time is TBA) Last year’s Winner: Almond Eye (JPN, by Lord Kanaloa) *1Information is as of November 10, 2019 *2Race record of Japanese horses includes both JRA the regional and races overseas, while record of JRA trainers and jockeys includes JRA flat races only unless otherwise indicated. 1 Japan Autumn International 39th JAPAN CUP Date of Race: Sunday, November 24, 2019 Racecourse: Tokyo Racecourse Distance: 2,400 meters (about 12 furlongs), turf, left-handed Age: 3-year-olds & up Weight: 4-year-olds & up: 57 kilograms (about 126 lbs.) 3-year-olds: 55 kilograms (about 121 lbs.) Allowance: Fillies and Mares: 2 kilograms Southern Hemisphere Horses born in 2016: 2 kilograms Safety Factor: 18 runners Total Value: JPY 648,000,000 (about US$ 5,634,783) (Note: US$1 = ¥115) Prize Money Participation Incentive Money Winner JPY 300,000,000 (US$ 2,608,696) 6th JPY 24,000,000 (US$ 208,696) 2nd JPY 120,000,000 (US$ 1,043,478) 7th JPY 21,000,000 (US$ 182,609) 3rd JPY 075,000,000 (US$ 0,652,174) 8th JPY 18,000,000 (US$ 156,522) 4th JPY 045,000,000 (US$ 0,391,304) 9th JPY 09,000,000 (US$ 078,261) 5th JPY 030,000,000 (US$ 0,260,870) 10th JPY 06,000,000 (US$ 052,174) Bonus System: Japan Cup For the winners of races below in 2019 Bonus 2019 Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE) / Dubai World Cup (UAE) The Derby (UK) / Prix du Jockey Club (FR) Winner US$ 2,000,000 Prince of Wales’s Stakes (UK) / The Irish Derby (IRE) Eclipse Stakes (UK) / Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (FR) Grand Prix de Paris (FR) King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (UK) 2nd US$ 400,000 Arlington Million (USA) / International Stakes (UK) will be Sword Dancer Stakes (USA) awarded Irish Champion Stakes (IRE) Grosser Preis von Baden (GER) 3rd US$ 250,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (USA) Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (FR) / Champion Stakes (UK) Caulfield Cup (AUS) / Canadian International (CAN) 4th or Cox Plate (AUS) / Breeders’ Cup Turf (USA) US$ 100,000 below Breeders’ Cup Classic (USA) / Melbourne Cup (AUS) *The winners of the races designated for the aforementioned bonus system which are held after the closing date of the Early Nomination and those horses deemed equivalent may be considered by the JRA Selection Committee as qualified runners for the bonus. 2 Number of Titles: Name # Winning Horse (Year) Jockey Yutaka Take 4 Special Week (JPN; ’99) / Deep Impact (JPN; ’06) Rose Kingdom (JPN; ’10) / Kitasan Black (JPN; ’16) Lanfranco Dettori 3 Singspiel (IRE; ’96) / Falbrav (IRE; ’02) Alkaased (USA; ’05) Yasunari Iwata 3 Admire Moon (JPN; ’07) / Buena Vista (JPN; ’11) Gentildonna (JPN; ’12) Yukio Okabe 2 Symboli Rudolf (JPN; ’85) / Tokai Teio (JPN; ’92) Olivier Peslier 2 Jungle Pocket (JPN; ’01) / Zenno Rob Roy (JPN; ’04) Christophe Lemaire 2 Vodka (JPN; ’09) / Almond Eye (JPN; ’18) Trainer Michael Stoute 2 Singspiel (IRE; ’96) / Pilsudski (IRE; ’97) Hiroyoshi Matsuda 2 Admire Moon (JPN; ’07) / Buena Vista (JPN; ’11) Sei Ishizaka 2 Gentildonna (JPN; ’12&’13) Katsuhiko Sumii 2 Vodka (JPN; ’09) / Epiphaneia (JPN; ’14) Owner Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. 4 Rose Kingdom (JPN; ’10) / Buena Vista (JPN; ’11) Gentildonna (JPN; ’12&’13) Sire Sunday Silence (USA) 3 Special Week (JPN; ’99) / Zenno Rob Roy (JPN; ’04) Deep Impact (JPN; ’06) Deep Impact (JPN) 3 Gentildonna (JPN; ’12&’13) / Shonan Pandora (JPN; ’15) Kingmambo (USA) 2 El Condor Pasa (USA; ’98) / Alkaased (USA; ’05) Winner Gentildonna (JPN) 2 (’12&’13) Results by Trainer: Name Country Starts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Below 6th Hiroyoshi Matsuda Japan 9 2 3 0 0 1 3 Katsuhiko Sumii Japan 16 2 2 4 1 1 6 Sei Ishizaka Japan 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 Michael Stoute Great Britain 10 2 0 0 1 0 7 Kojiro Hashiguchi Japan 13 1 2 0 0 0 10 Kazuo Fujisawa Japan 20 1 1 5 3 1 9 Ichizo Iwamoto Japan 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Yasuo Tomomichi Japan 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 Robert Frankel United States 11 1 0 1 1 0 8 Toshiaki Shirai Japan 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 Hisashi Shimizu Japan 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Yuji Nohira Japan 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 Yasuo Ikee Japan 9 1 0 0 2 0 6 Sakae Kunieda Japan 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 Frank Dunne Ireland 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Stanley Hough United States 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Dave O’Sullivan New Zealand 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Sakae Watanabe Japan 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Results by Jockey: Name Country Starts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Below 6th Yutaka Take Japan 24 4 1 2 5 2 10 Yasunari Iwata Japan 10 3 1 1 0 0 5 Lanfranco Dettori Great Britain 8 3 0 3 0 0 2 Christophe Lemaire France / Japan 14 2 3 0 0 0 9 Olivier Peslier France 12 2 1 3 1 0 5 Yukio Okabe Japan 15 2 0 4 2 0 7 Katsumi Minai Japan 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 Mirco Demuro Italy / France / Japan 12 1 1 1 2 1 6 Ryan Moore Great Britain 11 1 1 0 3 2 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Japan 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 Christophe Soumillon France 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 Ryuji Wada Japan 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Cash Asmussen United States / France 10 1 0 3 1 1 4 Hiroshi Kawachi Japan 8 1 0 1 1 1 4 Christopher McCarron United States 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 Masayoshi Ebina Japan 16 1 0 0 1 2 12 Michael Kinane Ireland 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 Donald MacBeth United States 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Patrick Eddery Great Britain 9 1 0 0 0 1 7 Lance O’Sullivan New Zealand 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Results by Country / Affiliation: Country / Affiliation Starts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Below 6th Japan Racing Association (JRA) 333 24 24 25 21 21 218 National Association of Racing (local public racing) 16 0 2 0 1 0 13 Japan total 349 24 26 25 22 21 231 India 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hong Kong 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 United States 57 4 4 2 5 8 34 Canada 10 0 1 0 1 0 8 Great Britain 61 4 2 4 2 2 47 France 44 1 3 5 4 1 30 Ireland 13 1 0 0 1 1 10 Germany 21 1 0 0 2 1 17 Italy 7 1 0 0 0 1 5 Australia 16 1 1 1 0 0 13 New Zealand 10 1 0 1 0 3 5 Overseas total 244 14 12 14 15 17 172 4 Results by Post Position: PP Starts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Below 6th Win Ratio Top 2 Ratio Top 3 Ratio 1 38 5 4 3 2 3 21 0.132 0.237 0.316 2 38 2 3 2 1 0 30 0.053 0.132 0.184 3 37 1 3 1 3 2 27 0.027 0.108 0.135 4 38 4 3 2 3 4 22 0.105 0.184 0.237 5 37 1 1 3 3 2 27 0.027 0.054 0.135 6 38 3 2 2 5 5 21 0.079 0.132 0.184 7 37 1 4 2 2 2 26 0.027 0.135 0.189 8 37 2 2 4 4 3 22 0.054 0.108 0.216 9 36 1 3 3 3 2 24 0.028 0.111 0.194 10 38 4 3 4 2 5 20 0.105 0.184 0.289 11 38 2 0 4 3 1 28 0.053 0.053 0.158 12 36 0 3 2 2 2 27 0.000 0.083 0.139 13 37 1 2 2 1 3 28 0.027 0.081 0.135 14 37 6 0 2 1 1 27 0.162 0.162 0.216 15 31 3 1 2 1 1 23 0.097 0.129 0.194 16 20 2 3 0 1 1 13 0.100 0.250 0.250 17 12 0 1 1 0 0 10 0.000 0.083 0.167 18 8 0 0 0 0 1 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 Results by Favorite: Fav. Starts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Below 6th Win Ratio Top 2 Ratio Top 3 Ratio 1 38 8 6 10 5 1 8 0.211 0.368 0.632 2 38 4 12 6 2 5 9 0.105 0.421 0.579 3 38 6 2 3 3 5 19 0.158 0.211 0.289 4 38 5 2 4 6 6 15 0.132 0.184 0.289 5 38 4 4 1 4 4 21 0.105 0.211 0.237 6 38 4 2 5 4 1 22 0.105 0.158 0.289 7 38 1 3 3 3 2 26 0.026 0.105 0.184 8 38 1 0 2 2 6 27 0.026 0.026 0.079 9 38 4 2 1 2 2 27 0.105 0.158 0.184 10 38 1 1 1 2 1 32 0.026 0.053 0.079 11 38 0 3 1 1 1 32 0.000 0.079 0.105 12 37 0 1 0 0 0 36 0.000 0.027 0.027 13 37 0 0 1 0 1 35 0.000 0.000 0.027 14 37 0 0 1 2 1 33 0.000 0.000 0.027 15 27 0 0 0 0 2 25 0.000 0.000 0.000 16 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0.000 0.000 0.000 17 12 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.000 0.000 0.000 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 5 Results by Sex & Age: *1Dead Heat *2C=Colt, H=Horse, G=Gelding, F=Filly, M=Mare Starts Results Starts Results Year 3 4 5 6YO C,H, Year 3 4 5 6YO C,H, F,M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th F,M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th YO YO YO &Up G YO YO YO &Up G 1981 2 5 4 4 11 4 M5 G3 M6 H5 H5 2000 5 7 1 3 13 3 C4 C4 C4 F4 H7 1982 3 6 4 2 11 4 C3 F3 F4 F4 H5 2001 2 2 5 6 14 1 C3 H5 H5 H7 H5 1983 4 6 4 2 13 3 M5 H6 C3 C4 C4 2002 4 5 3 4 13 3 C4 G5 C3 G6 C4 1984 4 6 2 2 12 2 C4 G4 C3 H5 G4 2003 3 5 5 5 15 3 H6 C3 C4 C3 H6 1985 4 5 4 2 12 3 C4 C4 G5 F3 C4 2004 6 4 3 3 14 2 C4 C3 C3 C4 H5 1986 4 7 1 2 12 2 H7 C3 C4 C3 G4 2005 2 5 5 6 16 2 H5 C4 H5 H5 F4 1987 3 5 3 3 10 4 C3 C4 F4 M5 C4 2006 4 2 4 1 8 3 C4 C3 M5 H5 F3 1988 1 5 5 3 14 0 C4 C4 C3 G5 H5 2007 4 6 3 5 16 2 C4 H6 C4 F3 H6 1989 2 7 3 3 13 2 M6 C4 H5 C4 C3 2008 3 4 7 3 16 1 C4 C3 F4 H5 C3 1990 2 7 5 1 13 2 G5 F4 C4 C3 H5 2009 2 4 3 9 16 2 M5 C4 F3 C4 H8 1991 2 4 7 2 12 3 H5 F3 G5 C4 G5 2010 6 5 4 3 16 2 C3 F4 C3 H6 C3 1992 4 4 6 0 11 3 C4 C4 H5 G3 C3 2011 3 7 2 4 12 4 M5 H5 H7 C4 C3 1993 2 7 6 1 15 1 G4 H5 C3 C4 H5 2012 2 2 7 6 15 2 F3 C4 H5 H5 C3 1994 0 4 5 5 14 0 G4 H5 C4 C4 H5 2013 1 4 6 6 14 3 F4 F3 H7 H5 H7 1995 2 5 4 3 11 3 H5 F4 H5 C4 H5 2014 3 6 6 3 15 3 C4 H5 H5 M5 F3 H5/F3* 1996 6 4 3 2 12 3 C4 F3 H6 2015 3 7 3 5 15 3 F4 H5 H5 G6 C4 1 1997 4 8 2 0 13 1 H5 F4 C4 C3 C3 2016 3 8 3 3 14 3 C4 H5 C4 H5 C4 1998 2 6 6 1 13 2 C3 M5 C3 H5 M5 2017 2 4 6 5 16 1 H5 C3 H5 C4 C4 1999 5 5 3 1 13 3 C4 G6 C4 C3 C3 2018 2 4 5 3 13 1 F3 C4 C4 H6 C4 Attendance (Japan Cup day) & Turnover (Japan Cup only): Year Att.