The NHK Mile Cup (NHKマイルカップ, NHK Mairu Kappu) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies, run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately one mile) on the turf at Tokyo Racecourse in May.
(In Japanese horseracing, "Sponsor" does not mean that an individual or organization provides prize money.
Before the year 2001, this was the only G1 race for colts and fillies that non-Japanese bred three-year-olds could participate in, which led to this race being considered informally as the "Japanese Derby for non-Japanese bred horses" until foreign-bred entry restrictions were lifted in 2001.
A maximum of nine foreign horses are allowed entry in the NHK Mile Cup.
[2] Of the above races the New Zealand Trophy is the only formal trial for the NHK Mile Cup.