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Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes

Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes
Domestic Grade 1 race
Alfredo(horse)20111218(1).jpg
The 63rd (2011) winner Alfredo
Location Hanshin Racecourse
Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan
Inaugurated 1949
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance 1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs / one mile)
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed (outer course)
Qualification Two-y-o, Colts & Fillies
Weight Colt 55 kg, Filly 54 kg
Purse ¥ 134,000,000 (as of 2014)
1st: ¥ 70,000,000

The Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (朝日杯フューチュリティステークス) is a one mile turf stakes race for thoroughbred colts two years old. It is considered the de facto year-end championship for Japanese thoroughbred racing in the two-year-olds division.

In 2014, the race will be moved to Hanshin Racecourse near Osaka.



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