Hankyu Hai

The Hankyu Hai (Japanese 阪急杯) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on turf at Hanshin Racecourse.

[1] The race serves as a trial for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.

The Hankyu Hai was first run in 1957 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984.

The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse in 1959, 1966, 1969, 1991 and 1995.

It was run over a variety of distances before being run over 1400 metres for the first time in 1981: it was run over 1200 metres from 1996 to 2005.