The Sapporo Kinen (Japanese 札幌記念) is a Grade 2 Handicap horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over run in August over a distance of 2,000 metres at Sapporo Racecourse.

[1] It was first run in 1965 and was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984.

The race was elevated to Grade 2 class in 1997.

The race serves as a trial race for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho.

1 The 2013 race took place at Hakodate Racecourse.