Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes

Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes

Domestic Grade 1 race
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.