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Champions Cup (horse race)
| Grade 1 race | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Jun_Light_Bolt_Champions_Cup_2022(IMG1).jpg) 2022 Champions Cup winner Jun Light Bolt | |
| Location | Chukyo Racecourse, Toyoake, Aichi |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2000 (as the Japan Cup Dirt) |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Website | japanracing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,800 meters (About 9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o & Up |
| Weight | 3-y-o colts & geldings 56 kg 4-y-o & up horses & geldings 58 kg Allowance : 2 kg fillies & mares |
| Purse | ¥ 259,200,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 120,000,000 2nd: ¥ 48,000,000 3rd: ¥ 30,000,000 |
| Bonuses | Winning horse owner will receive a ¥3,000,000 bonus. |
The Champions Cup (JPN G-1, formerly the Japan Cup Dirt until 2013) is a thoroughbred horse race contested in Japan in early December. It is run for three-year-olds and older at a distance of 1,800 meters. In recent years, the race has followed the Japan Cup on the Japanese racing calendar.
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