Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Foaled |
Trained |
Owned |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Mairzy Doates | USA | USA | USA | 5 | Cash Asmussen | John Fulton | Arno Schefler | 2:25.3 |
| 1982 | Half Iced | USA | USA | USA | 3 | Don MacBeth | Stanley M. Hough | Bertram R. Firestone | 2:27.1 |
| 1983 | Stanerra | IRE | IRE | IRE | 5 | Brian Rouse | Frank Dunne | Frank Dunne | 2:27.6 |
| 1984 | Katsuragi Ace | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Katsuichi Nishiura | Kazumi Domon | Ichizo Node | 2:26.3 |
| 1985 | Symboli Rudolf | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Yuji Nohira | Symboli Bokujo | 2:28.8 |
| 1986 | Jupiter Island | IRE | UK | UK | 7 | Pat Eddery | Clive Brittain | Marquess of Tavistock | 2:25.0 |
| 1987 | Le Glorieux | FRA | FRA | FRA | 3 | Alain Lequeux | Robert Collet | Sieglinde Wolf | 2:24.9 |
| 1988 | Pay The Butler | USA | USA | USA | 4 | Chris McCarron | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 2:25.5 |
| 1989 | Horlicks | NZL | NZL | NZL | 6 | Lance O'Sullivan | Dave O'Sullivan | Graham de Gruchy | 2:22.2 |
| 1990 | Better Loosen Up | AUS | AUS | AUS | 5 | Michael Clarke | David Hayes | Gabe Farrah, et al. | 2:23.2 |
| 1991 | Golden Pheasant | USA | USA | USA | 5 | Gary Stevens | Charles Whittingham | McNall / Gretzky | 2:24.7 |
| 1992 | Tokai Teio | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Shoichi Matsumoto | Masanori Uchimura | 2:24.6 |
| 1993 | Legacy World | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hideyuki Mori | Horse Tajima Co. | 2:24.4 |
| 1994 | Marvelous Crown | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Katsumi Minai | Makoto Osawa | Sadao Sasahara | 2:23.6 |
| 1995 | Lando | GER | GER | GER | 5 | Michael Roberts | Heinz Jentzsch | Gestüt Haus Ittlingen | 2:24.6 |
| 1996 | Singspiel | IRE | UK | UAE | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Michael Stoute | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:23.8 |
| 1997 | Pilsudski | IRE | UK | UK | 5 | Michael Kinane | Michael Stoute | Lord Weinstock | 2:25.8 |
| 1998 | El Condor Pasa | USA | JPN | JPN | 3 | Masayoshi Ebina | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Takashi Watanabe | 2:25.9 |
| 1999 | Special Week | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Yutaka Take | Toshiaki Shirai | Hiroyoshi Usuda | 2:25.5 |
| 2000 | T M Opera O | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Ryuji Wada | Ichizo Iwamoto | Masatsugu Takezono | 2:26.1 |
| 2001 | Jungle Pocket | JPN | JPN | JPN | 3 | Olivier Peslier | Sakae Watanabe | Yomoji Saito | 2:23.8 |
| 2002 | Falbrav | IRE | ITA | ITA | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Luciano d'Auria | Scuderia Rencati | 2:12.2 |
| 2003 | Tap Dance City | USA | JPN | JPN | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shozo Sasaki | Yushun Horse Syndicate | 2:28.7 |
| 2004 | Zenno Rob Roy | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Kazuo Fujisawa | Shinobu Oosako | 2:24.2 |
| 2005 | Alkaased | USA | UK | UK | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Luca Cumani | Michael Charlton | 2:22.1 |
| 2006 | Deep Impact | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. | 2:25.1 |
| 2007 | Admire Moon | JPN | JPN | UAE | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Darley Japan Farm Co. Ltd. | 2:24.7 |
| 2008 | Screen Hero | JPN | JPN | JPN | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Yuichi Shikato | Teruya Yoshida | 2:25.5 |
| 2009 | Vodka | JPN | JPN | JPN | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Katsuhiko Sumii | Yuzo Tanimizu | 2:22.4 |
| 2010 | Rose Kingdom | JPN | JPN | JPN | 3 | Yutaka Take | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Sunday Racing | 2:25.2 |
| 2011 | Buena Vista | JPN | JPN | JPN | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Sunday Racing Co Ltd | 2:24.2 |
| 2012 | Gentildonna | JPN | JPN | JPN | 3 | Yasunari Iwata | Sei Ishizaka | Sunday Racing Co Ltd | 2:23.1 |
1 The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 2,200 metres. 2 Rose Kingdom finished 2nd to subsequent Japanese Horse of the Year Buena Vista but was promoted as a result of a disqualification.
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