Nakayama Grand Jump
2009 Nakayama Grand Jump winner Spring Ghent | |
| Class | Jump Grade 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1999 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred-Steeplechase |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 4250 meters (About 2 and 2/3 miles) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right and Left-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds |
| Weight | 4-y-o 62 kg, 5-y-o + 63 kg Allowance: Fillies & mares 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 151,700,000 (as of 2025) 1st: ¥ 70,000,000 2nd: ¥ 28,000,000 3rd: ¥ 18,000,000 |
The Nakayama Grand Jump (中山グランドジャンプ) is a Japanese horse racing steeplechase, held at Nakayama Racecourse every year in mid-April. It is for thoroughbreds, four years old and older, run at a distance of 4250m (2 5/8 miles + 84 feet).
With a purse of over 142,660,000 yen, (about US$1.3 million), the Nakayama Grand Jump is one of the richest steeplechase races in the world. Held as "Nakayama Daishogai spring" until 1998, it was first run in 1999 as a 4100m race. It is one of two Grade I steeplechase races on Japanese turf, beside the Nakayama Daishogai, which slightly reconfigures the same racecourse.
The race is run on Nakayama's steeplechase course, which follows a twisted path on the racecourse interior over a series of jumps, inclines and declines. The dirt course is also crossed several times. On the final lap, with about 1200 m (3/4 mile) remaining, horses enter the outer turf course along the backstretch for the race's final three jumps. Since the inauguration of the race in 1999, it has been won by five foreign runners: St Steven (New Zealand 2002), Karasi (Australia 2005, 2006, 2007) and Blackstairmountain (Ireland 2013).