The New Zealand Trophy (Japanese ニュージーランドトロフィー) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds.
It is run over a distance of 1600 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in April.
[1] The New Zealand Trophy was first run in 1983, where it was held at Tokyo Racecourse, and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1984 before being promoted to Grade 2 in 1987.
Following the inauguration of the NHK Mile Cup in 1996, the race was moved to Nakayama and was shortened to 1400 meters, before returning to 1600m in 2000.
[2] Among the winners of the race have been Oguri Cap, Eishin Preston and El Condor Pasa.