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Tokyo City Cup

Tokyo City Cup
Grade III race
Location Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated 1957
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Santa Anita Park
Tokyo City Cup website
Race information
Distance 1 12 miles (12 furlongs)
Surface Dirt
Track Left-handed
Qualification Four-year-olds & up
Weight Handicap
Purse $100,000

The Tokyo City Cup Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Grade III event raced on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt at a distance of 1 12 miles (12 furlongs), it is open to horses aged four and older.

Run as the San Bernardino Handicap prior to 2005, the race's name honors the partnership between Santa Anita Park and Ohi Racecourse in Tokyo, Japan.

The race was open to three-year-olds only in 1957 and for three-year-olds and up from 1958 through 1967. Raced on dirt at 1 116 miles from 1957 through 1966 and on turf at 1 18 miles from 1967 through 1972 and 1974 through 1978 at which point it switched back to dirt.

Since inception it has been contested at various distances and run on both dirt and turf:

The Tokyo City Cup was run in two divisions in 1971 and again in 1974.

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