Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun

Kawasaki • Kawasaki, Japan 20-10-6-4-2
December 17, 2025

Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun Race History

 

The Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun, the second event on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, offers points on a 20-10-6-4-2 scale to the top five finishers. The mid-December highlight attracts Japan’s leading dirt two-year-olds, representing both the elite Japan Racing Association (JRA) and the generally lesser National Association of Racing (NAR), to Kawasaki Racecourse. Inaugurated in 1950, it was lengthened to its current distance of a metric mile in 1959.

Results

Win

Place

Show

Pyromancer20

Tamamo Freesia10

Best Green6

Ayasan Jotaro4

Cosmo Gigantea2

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Entries

Jockey

Owner

Trainer

Current odds

Wagers

1

Tamamo Freesia

2

Fleur D'or

Sunday Racing Co Ltd

3

Ayasan Jotaro

Yoshitomo Takayama

4

Pyromancer

Godolphin

5

Best Green

Yasuhide Kuninobu

6

Life Of Raccoon

Issei Shinkuma

7

Balcanicus

Akihiro Imamura

8

Idaten Shacho

Miki House Hk Service Co Ltd

9

Cosmo Gigantea

Big Red Farm Co Ltd

10

Tamamo Freesia

Tamamo Co Ltd

11

Fleur D'or

Sunday Racing Co Ltd

12

Ayasan Jotaro

Yoshitomo Takayama

13

Pyromancer

Godolphin

14

Best Green

Yasuhide Kuninobu

15

Life Of Raccoon

Issei Shinkuma

16

Balcanicus

Akihiro Imamura

17

Idaten Shacho

Miki House Hk Service Co Ltd

18

Cosmo Gigantea

Big Red Farm Co Ltd

Road to the Kentucky Derby

Lecomte

January 17, 2026

Fair Grounds • New Orleans, LA, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

UAE 2000 Guineas

January 23, 2026

Meydan Racecourse • Dubai, UAE

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Withers

January 31, 2026

Aqueduct • New York, NY, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Holy Bull

January 31, 2026

Gulfstream Park • Hallandale Beach, FL, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Southwest

January 31, 2026

Oaklawn Park • Hot Springs, AR, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Sam F. Davis

February 7, 2026

Tampa Bay Downs • Tampa, FL, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Robert B. Lewis

February 7, 2026

Santa Anita Park • Arcadia, CA, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Saudi Derby

February 14, 2026

King Abdulaziz Racecourse

Points: 30-15-9-6-3

Fasig-Tipton Risen Star

February 14, 2026

Fair Grounds • New Orleans, LA, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Sunland Derby

February 15, 2026

Sunland Park • Sunland Park, NM, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Dubai Road to the Kentucky Derby Stakes

February 20, 2026

Meydan Racecourse • Dubai, UAE

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Hyacinth

February 21, 2026

Tokyo Racecourse • Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Points: 30-15-9-6-3

John Battaglia Memorial

February 21, 2026

Turfway Park • Florence, KY

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes

February 25, 2026

Kempton • Sunbury-on-Thames, England, UK

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

Fountain of Youth

February 28, 2026

Gulfstream Park • Hallandale Beach, FL, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Gotham

February 28, 2026

Aqueduct • New York, NY, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Rebel

March 1, 2026

Oaklawn Park • Hot Springs, AR, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

The Patton

March 6, 2026

Dundalk • Louth, Ireland

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

ESMARK Tampa Bay Derby

March 7, 2026

Tampa Bay Downs • Tampa, FL, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

San Felipe

March 7, 2026

Santa Anita Park • Arcadia, CA, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Virginia Derby

March 14, 2026

Colonial Downs • New Kent, VA, USA

Points: 50-25-15-10-5

Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby

March 21, 2026

Fair Grounds • New Orleans, LA, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Jeff Ruby Steaks

March 21, 2026

Turfway Park • Florence, KY

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Fukuryu

March 28, 2026

Nakayama • Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

Points: 40-20-12-8-4

UAE Derby

March 28, 2026

Meydan Racecourse • Dubai, UAE

Points: 100-60-30-15-10

Arkansas Derby

March 28, 2026

Oaklawn Park • Hot Springs, AR, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Florida Derby

March 28, 2026

Gulfstream Park • Hallandale Beach, FL, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Santa Anita Derby

April 4, 2026

Santa Anita Park • Arcadia, CA, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Blue Grass

April 4, 2026

Keeneland • Lexington, KY, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Wood Memorial

April 4, 2026

Aqueduct • New York, NY, USA

Points: 100-50-25-15-10

Lexington

April 11, 2026

Keeneland • Lexington, KY, USA

Points: 20-10-6-4-2

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