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Victoria Mile

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History

SONGLINE winning the Victoria Mile at Tokyo in Japan.
SONGLINE winning the Victoria Mile at Tokyo in Japan. Picture: Japan Racing Association

The Victoria Mile is a Grade 1 race run under Set Weight conditions for four year olds and above mares at Tokyo racecourse conducted by the Japan Racing Association.

The Victoria Mile is run over 1600m. It was first run in 2006 and was won by Dance In The Mood.

This is the mares chance in Japan to get a G1.

The Victoria Mile was worth JPY281,800,000 in 2023.

Tokyo racecourse is a left handed course with the start at the top of the back straight.

The majority of wins since it began are with the four year olds.

Vodka won the Derby in 2007 and two years on she won some top races including this by seven lengths and also the Japan Cup.

Buena Vista rarely ran a bad race. She took out the Victoria Mile after dropping back in trip from the Sheema Classic in Dubai.

Almond Eye was kept in training as a 5yo and returned in the 2020 edition. She absolutely bolted in four lengths.

Gran Alegria won her Victoria Mile then placed in the Yasuda Kinen and Tenno Sho before ending her career taking out the Mile Championship in November.

Sodashi, the pure white mare, scored a big win in 2022. She went so close again in 2023.

The most successful recent jockeys are Christophe Lemaire and Keita Tosaki with three wins.

Damian Lane won his first Japanese G1 on a riding stint on Normcore in 2019.

Hideaki Fujiwara has three wins as a trainer.

Notable winners of the Victoria Mile include Sodashi (2022), Gran Alegria (2021), Almond Eye (2020), Straight Girl (2015/2016), Verxina (2013/2014), Apapane (2011), Buena Vista (2010), Vodka (2009) and Dance In The Mood (2006).

The 2023 Victoria Mile was won by Songline from Sodashi and Stars On Earth.


Racing and Sports

Previous Victoria Mile Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
SONGLINE (JPN) 5M
KIZUNA (JPN) - LUMINOUS PARADE (JPN) SYMBOLI KRIS S (USA)
K TOSAKI 56.0 TORU HAYASHI 6
SODASHI (JPN) 4F
KUROFUNE (USA) - BUCHIKO (JPN) KING KAMEHAMEHA (JPN)
HAYATO YOSHIDA 55.0 N SUGAI 5
GRAN ALEGRIA (JPN) 5M
DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - TAPITSFLY (USA) TAPIT (USA)
C P LEMAIRE 55.0 K FUJISAWA 6
ALMOND EYE (JPN) 5M
LORD KANALOA (JPN) - FUSAICHI PANDORA (JPN) SUNDAY SILENCE (USA)
C P LEMAIRE 55.0 SAKAE KUNIEDA 12
NORMCORE (JPN) 4F
HARBINGER (GB) - CHRONOLOGIST (JPN) KUROFUNE (USA)
DAMIAN LANE 55.0 K HAGIWARA 4
JOUR POLAIRE (JPN) 5M
DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - SUMMER NIGHT CITY (JPN) HELISSIO (FR)
H MIYUKI 55.0 M NISHIZONO 4
ADMIRE LEAD (JPN) 4F
STAY GOLD (JPN) - BELLE ALLURE (IRE) NUMEROUS (USA)
C P LEMAIRE 55.0 N SUGAI 5
STRAIGHT GIRL (JPN) 7M
FUJI KISEKI (JPN) - NEVER PERIOD (JPN) TAIKI SHUTTLE (USA)
K TOSAKI 55.0 H FUJIWARA 13
STRAIGHT GIRL (JPN) 6M
FUJI KISEKI (JPN) - NEVER PERIOD (JPN) TAIKI SHUTTLE (USA)
K TOSAKI 55.0 H FUJIWARA 5
VERXINA (JPN) 5M
DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - HALWA SWEET (JPN) MACHIAVELLIAN (USA)
H UCHIDA 55.0 Y TOMOMICHI 14
VERXINA (JPN) 4M
DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - HALWA SWEET (JPN) MACHIAVELLIAN (USA)
H UCHIDA 55.0 Y TOMOMICHI 11
WHALE CAPTURE (JPN) 4M
KUROFUNE (USA) - GLOBAL PEACE (JPN) SUNDAY SILENCE (USA)
N YOKOYAMA 55.0 K TANAKA 12
APAPANE (JPN) 4M
KING KAMEHAMEHA (JPN) - SALTY BID (USA) SALT LAKE (USA)
M EBINA 55.0 SAKAE KUNIEDA 16
BUENA VISTA (JPN) 4M
SPECIAL WEEK (JPN) - BIWA HEIDI (JPN) CAERLEON (USA)
N YOKOYAMA 55.0 H MATSUDA 11
VODKA (JPN) 5M
TANINO GIMLET (JPN) - TANINO SISTER (JPN) ROUSILLON (USA)
YUTAKA TAKE 55.0 KATSUHIKO SUMII 6
ASIAN WINDS (JPN) 4M
FUJI KISEKI (JPN) - SAKURASAKU (JPN) DANEHILL (USA)
S FUJITA 55.0 H FUJIWARA 6
KOIUTA (JPN) 4M
FUJI KISEKI (JPN) - VIOLET LOVE (JPN) DR DEVIOUS (IRE)
MASAMI MATSUOKA 55.0 M OKUHIRA 4
DANCE IN THE MOOD (JPN) 5M
SUNDAY SILENCE (USA) - DANCING KEY (USA) NIJINSKY (CAN)
H KITAMURA 55.0 K FUJISAWA 1

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