Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes
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History
The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes is a Grade 1 race run under Set Weight conditions for two year old colts and fillies at Hanshin racecourse conducted by the Japan Racing Association.
The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes is run over 1600m. It was first run in 1949.
The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes was worth JPY152,900,000 in 2025.
Hanshin racecourse is a right handed course with the start halfway up the back straight.
This is effectively the championship race for all the 2yos each year.
After previously being held at Nakayama, it was moved to Hanshin in 2014.
After winning this race in 2009 and good runs in the Japanese Classics, Rose Kingdom would controversially have a Japan Cup on the mantelpiece a year later.
Craig Williams won this race aboard Alfredo during a stint in 2011.
Admire Mars would win a NHK Mile Cup and then the Hong Kong Mile at the end of his 3yo season.
Do Deuce won the Tokyo Yushun in 2022 before attacking overseas missions and winning big ones at home as an older horse.
The trainers have spread this race around although in the last seven years Yasuo Tomomichi has won 3 times.
Yuga Kawada has won 4 of the last 9 as a jockey.
Notable winners of the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes include Admire Zoom (2024), Jantar Mantar (2023), Do Deuce (2021), Salios (2019), Admire Mars (2018), Logotype (2012), Grand Prix Boss (2010), Rose Kingdom (2009), Eishin Preston (1999), Grass Wonder (1997), Bubble Gum Fellow (1995) and Narita Brian (1993).
The 2025 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes was won by Cavallerizzo from Diamond Knot and Admire Quads.
Previous Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CAVALLERIZZO
(JPN)
2C SATURNALIA (JPN) - BALLADIST (JPN) HEART'S CRY (JPN) |
CRISTIAN DEMURO | 56.0 | TATSUYA YOSHIOKA | 8 |
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ADMIRE ZOOM
(JPN)
2C MAURICE (JPN) - DAIWA ZOOM (JPN) HEART'S CRY (JPN) |
YUGA KAWADA | 56.0 | Y TOMOMICHI | 2 |
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JANTAR MANTAR
(JPN)
2C PALACE MALICE (USA) - INDIA MANTUANA (USA) WILBURN (USA) |
YUGA KAWADA | 56.0 | TOMOKAZU TAKANO | 3 |
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|
DOLCE MORE
(JPN)
2C RULERSHIP (JPN) - AYUSAN (JPN) DEEP IMPACT (JPN) |
RYUSEI SAKAI | 55.0 | N SUGAI | 2 |
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DO DEUCE
(JPN)
2C HEART'S CRY (JPN) - DUST AND DIAMONDS (USA) VINDICATION (USA) |
YUTAKA TAKE | 55.0 | Y TOMOMICHI | 9 |
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GRENADIER GUARDS
(JPN)
2C FRANKEL (GB) - WAVELL AVENUE (CAN) HARLINGTON (USA) |
YUGA KAWADA | 55.0 | MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA | 2 |
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SALIOS
(JPN)
2C HEART'S CRY (JPN) - SALOMINA (GER) LOMITAS (GB) |
RYAN MOORE | 55.0 | N HORI | 6 |
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ADMIRE MARS
(JPN)
2C DAIWA MAJOR (JPN) - VIA MEDICI (IRE) MEDICEAN (GB) |
M DEMURO | 55.0 | Y TOMOMICHI | 6 |
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DANON PREMIUM
(JPN)
2C DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - INDIANA GAL (IRE) INTIKHAB (USA) |
YUGA KAWADA | 55.0 | MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA | 1 |
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SATONO ARES
(JPN)
2C DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - SATONO AMAZONES (IRE) DANEHILL (USA) |
H SHII | 55.0 | K FUJISAWA | 17 |
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LEONTES
(JPN)
2C KING KAMEHAMEHA (JPN) - CESARIO (JPN) SPECIAL WEEK (JPN) |
M DEMURO | 55.0 | KATSUHIKO SUMII | 15 |
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DANON PLATINA
(JPN)
2C DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - BADEELAH (USA) UNBRIDLED'S SONG (USA) |
M EBINA | 55.0 | SAKAE KUNIEDA | 2 |
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ASIA EXPRESS
(USA)
2C HENNY HUGHES (USA) - RUNNING BOBCATS (USA) RUNNING STAG (USA) |
RYAN MOORE | 55.0 | T TEZUKA | 6 |
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LOGOTYPE
(JPN)
2C LOHENGRIN (JPN) - STEREOTYPE (JPN) SUNDAY SILENCE (USA) |
M DEMURO | 55.0 | TSUYOSHI TANAKA | 14 |
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ALFREDO
(JPN)
2C SYMBOLI KRIS S (USA) - PRINCESS CAMELLIA (JPN) SUNDAY SILENCE (USA) |
CRAIG WILLIAMS | 55.0 | T TEZUKA | 3 |
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GRAND PRIX BOSS
(JPN)
2C SAKURA BAKUSHIN O (JPN) - ROSY MIST (JPN) SUNDAY SILENCE (USA) |
M DEMURO | 55.0 | Y YAHAGI | 11 |
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ROSE KINGDOM
(JPN)
2C KING KAMEHAMEHA (JPN) - ROSEBUD (JPN) SUNDAY SILENCE (USA) |
F KOMAKI | 55.0 | K HASHIGUCHI | 8 |
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SEIUN WONDER
(JPN)
2C GRASS WONDER (USA) - SEIUN KUNOICHI (JPN) SUNDAY SILENCE (USA) |
Y IWATA | 55.0 | M RYOKE | 3 |
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GOSHAWK KEN
(USA)
2C BERNSTEIN (USA) - ALLTHEWAYBABY (USA) GRAND SLAM (USA) |
M KATSUURA | 55.0 | M SAITO | 1 |
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DREAM JOURNEY
(JPN)
2C STAY GOLD (JPN) - ORIENTAL ART (JPN) MEJIRO MCQUEEN (JPN) |
M EBINA | 55.0 | Y IKEE | 3 |
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FUSAICHI RICHARD
(JPN)
2C KUROFUNE (USA) - FUSAICHI AIREDALE (JPN) SUNDAY SILENCE (USA) |
Y FUKUNAGA | 55.0 | K MATSUDA | 12 |
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MEINER RECOLTE
(JPN)
2C CHIEF BEARHART (CAN) - MIYAGI MINORU (JPN) TAI TEHM (JPN) |
HIROKI GOTO | 55.0 | M HORII | 7 |
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COSMO SUNBEAM
(JPN)
2C ZAGREB (USA) - ROBBIES RAINBOW (GB) RAINBOW QUEST (USA) |
DARIO VARGIU | 55.0 | SHOZO SASAKI | 1 |
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EISHIN CHAMP
(USA)
2C MI CIELO (USA) - EISHIN MICHIGAN (USA) MANILA (USA) |
Y FUKUNAGA | 55.0 | TSUTOMU SETOGUCHI | 5 |
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