Victoria Mile

Victoria Mile
Race information
Grade 1 race
The 4th (2009) Winner is Vodka
Location	Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchu, Tokyo, Tokyo
Inaugurated	2006
Race type	Thoroughbred
Website	japanracing.jp/
Distance	1600 meters (About 8 furlongs / 1 mile)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	4-y-o & Up, Fillies & Mares only, Thoroughbreds
Weight	55 kg
Purse	¥ 172,000,000 (as of 2015) 1st: ¥ 90,000,000

The Victoria Mile (ヴィクトリアマイル (Vikutoria Mairu)) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for four-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Tokyo Racecourse in May.

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2006	Dance in the Mood	5	Hiroshi Kitamura	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shadai Race Horse	1:34.0
2007	Koiuta	4	Masami Matsuoka	Masashi Okuhira	Maekawa Kikaku	1:32.5
2008	Asian Winds	4	Shinji Fujita	Hideaki Fujiwara	Yoshimi Ota	1:33.7
2009	Vodka	5	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	Yuzo Tanimizu	1:32.4
2010	Buena Vista	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Sunday Racing	1:32.4
2011	Apapane	4	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	Kaneko Makoto Holdings	1:31.9
2012	Whale Capture	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kiyotaka Tanaka	Ken Shimada	1:32.4
2013	Verxina	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Yasuo Tomomichi	Kazuhiro Sasaki	1:32.4
2014	Verxina	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Yasuo Tomomichi	Kazuhiro Sasaki	1:32.3
2015	Straight Girl	6	Keita Tosaki	Hideaki Fujiwara	Toshihiro Hirosaki	1:31.9
2015	Straight Girl	7	Keita Tosaki	Hideaki Fujiwara	Toshihiro Hirosaki	1:31.5

List of Japanese Grade I horse races

Japan Racing Association (JRA) GI Races (International GI)	February Stakes (dirt) Takamatsunomiya Kinen Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas; 3-year-old fillies) Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Spring) NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) Victoria Mile (fillies and mares) Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks; 3-year-old fillies) Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby; 3-year-olds) Yasuda Kinen Takarazuka Kinen Sprinters Stakes Shūka Sho (3-year-old fillies) Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Autumn) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (fillies and mares) Mile Championship Japan Cup (invitational) Champions Cup (dirt) Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) Arima Kinen (Grand Prix)

National Association of Racing (NAR) JpnI and GI Races (Domestic or international GI races, dirt)	Kawasaki Kinen Kashiwa Kinen Teio sho Japan Dirt Derby (3-year-old) Mile Championship Nambu Hai Japan Breeding farm's Cup (Sprint - Ladies' Classic [fillies and mares] - Classic) Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (2-year-olds) Tokyo Daishōten (international)

JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)	Nakayama Grand Jump (international) Nakayama Daishogai (international)

Domestic Grade I Equivalent Races	Haneda Hai (Ohi) Tokyo Derby (Ohi) Ban'ei Kinen (Ban'ei, Obihiro)

See also	Japan Racing Association National Association of Racing Horse racing in Japan

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