There was the 54th Arima Kinen(有馬記念) today. It is a Grade I flat horse race in Japan open to thoroughbreds which are three-years-old or above. It is a race of 2,500 meters and held at the Nakayama Racecourse (中山競馬場：nakayama keibajo).
The event was first run in 1956, and it was titled the Nakayama Grand Prix (中山グランプリ) first, but from the next year it has been renamed in memory of Yoriyasu Arima(有馬頼寧：1884-1957), the founder of the race.
Until 1999 it was open to Japanese trained horses only, but now it is open to the foreign trained horses too.
This year 5 years old Dream Journey won the race at 2 minutes 30 seconds. The jockey was Kenichi Ikezoe(池添謙一). The prize was yen 180,000,000.
Dream Journey won the GI Takarazuka Kinen(宝塚記念) in June too. Therefore he became the 9th horse which won the two big championships in a year since the Deep Impact did in 2006.
Congratulations!
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