The NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

 Mile Cup is a Grade 1

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

 flat

Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...

 horse race

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 for three-year-old and above thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 colts

Colt (horse)

A colt is a young male horse, under the age of four. The term "colt" is often confused with foal, which refers to a horse of either sex under one year of age....

 and fillies

Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....

, run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Tokyo Racecourse

Tokyo Racecourse

is located in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1933 for horse racing, it is considered the "racecourse of racecourses" in Japanese horseracing. It has 13,750 seats, with a capacity of 223,000....

 in May.

The NHK Mile Cup is sponsored by the Japanese public broadcasting organization NHK, and as such, this race is broadcasted not only on Fuji TV (one of NHK's competitors) but on both of the NHK channels that cover horse racing (General TV

NHK General TV

is the main television service of NHK . It shows news, drama, quiz/variety shows, music, sports, anime and specials which directly compete with its commercial counterparts. It is well known for its nightly newscasts, regular documentary specials and popular historical dramas...

 and BS-hi).

It is considered one of the prep races for both the Yushun Himba

Yushun Himba

The , also known as the is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in May....

 (the Japanese Oaks) and the Tokyo Yushun

Tokyo Yushun

The , also called as the is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in late May or early June....

 (the Japanese Derby).

Step Races

	Race name	Grade	Racecourse	Distance
1	Mainichi Hai	GIII	Hanshin Hanshin Racecourse is located in Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan. It is used for horse racing. The land was originally owned by Kawanishi Aircraft Company, which manufactured combat planes during World War II. After the WWII, GHQ ordered the company to stop manufacturing combat planes, which ended in closing the factory. In...	Turf 1800m
2	Margelet Stakes	OP	Hanshin	Turf 1400m
3	New Zealand Trophy	GII	Nakayama Nakayama Racecourse is located in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 165,676. It was built in 1990. It has 15,944 seats.-Physical attributes:Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course, and a jump course....	Turf 1600m
4	Oka Sho Oka Sho The is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres at the Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo in April....	GI	Hanshin	Turf 1600m
5	Satsuki Sho Satsuki Sho The is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba, in April....	GI	Nakayama	Turf 2000m

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1996	Taiki Fortune	Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshitomi Shibata is a Japanese jockey .Shibata has had a successful career, winning many Japanese races multiple times.He was Eastern Japan champion jockey in 2002, 2003 and 2004.-Career wins in Japan:- Major wins : Japan...	Yoshiyasu Takahashi	Taiki Farm	1:32.6
1997	Seeking the Pearl	Yutaka Take Yutaka Take is a Japanese jockey who is a multiple champion in his homeland and won the Japan Cup in 1999 on the horse Special Week...	Hideyuki Mori	Tomoko Uenaka	1:33.1
1998	El Condor Pasa El Condor Pasa (horse) El Condor Pasa was a Japanese racehorse that won the Japan Cup. He became second in Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.- Progeny :Daughters/Sons...	Hitoshi Matoba	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	Takashi Watanabe	1:33.7
1999	Symboli Indy	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kazuo Fujisawa Kazuo Fujisawa is a trainer of Thoroughbred race horses. He has been a licensed trainer in Japan since 1987 and since 1993 has won the training title eleven times....	Symboli Bokujo	1:33.8
2000	Eagle Cafe	Yukio Okabe	Futoshi Kojima	Kiyoshi Nishikawa	1:33.5
2001	Kurofune	Yutaka Take Yutaka Take is a Japanese jockey who is a multiple champion in his homeland and won the Japan Cup in 1999 on the horse Special Week...	Kunihide Matsuda	Makoto Kaneko Makoto Kaneko is the President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan...	1:33.0
2002	Telegnosis	Masaki Katsuura	Hiroaki Sugiura	Shadai Racehorse co.	1:33.1
2003	Win Kluger	Koshiro Take Koshiro Take is a Japanese jockey. He is the younger brother of Yutaka Take.-Major wins: Japan* Kikuka Sho - - Song of Wind * NHK Mile Cup - - Win Kluger * Shuka Sho - - Tico Tico Tac ...	Shigeki Matsumoto	Win Co. Ltd.	1:34.2
2004	King Kamehameha	Katsumi Ando	Kunihide Matsuda	Makoto Kaneko Makoto Kaneko is the President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan...	1:32.5
2005	Rhein Kraft	Yuichi Fukunaga	Tsutomu Setoguchi	Shigemasa Ohsawa	1:33.6
2006	Logic	Yutaka Take Yutaka Take is a Japanese jockey who is a multiple champion in his homeland and won the Japan Cup in 1999 on the horse Special Week...	Kojiro Hashiguchi	Koji Maeda	1:33.2
2007	Pink Kameo	Hiroyuki Uchida	Sakae Kunieda	Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd. Makoto Kaneko is the President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan...	1:34.3
2008	Deep Sky Deep Sky (horse) is a Japanese racehorse which won the 2007 Tokyo Yūshun and NHK Mile Cup.-- 2007 -:Deep Sky became 2 years old, and it was left with Kon of the trainer...	Hirofumi Shii	Mitsugu Kon	Toshio Fukami	1:34.2
2009	Jo Cappuccino	Kota Fujioka	Kazuya Nakatake	Keiko Ueda	1:32.4
2010	Danon Chantilly	Katsumi Ando	Kunihide Matsuda	Danox Co. Ltd.	1:31.4
2011	Grand Prix Boss	Craig Williams Craig Williams Craig Williams may refer to:* Human Tornado, real name Craig Williams, professional wrestler* Craig Williams , Namibian cricketer* Craig Williams , Australian rules footballer...	Yoshihito Yahagi	Grand Prix Co. Ltd.	1:32.2