JRA doubles Japan Cup winner's bonus money to $2 million|Racing News|Japan Horse Racing Tips-Umanity.jp

The Japan Racing Association announced that the bonus money for the winner of the 2017 Japan Cup will be increased to $2 million (previously $1 million), in an effort to attract the highest level horses to run in the JRA's flagship Grade 1 race of the autumn season.

The $2 million bonus will be provided to the winner of the upcoming Japan Cup, if the horse was a winner of any of the 24 designated races overseas this year, including the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Dubai Sheema Classic, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Breeders' Cup Turf. For winners of such designated races, a bonus will be given for finishing runner-up ($400,000), third place ($250,000) and fourth place or below ($100,000) in the Japan Cup.

This year's Japan Cup will be run with a total purse of 648,000,000 yen (about $5.6 million) – with 300,000,000 yen (about $2.6 million) going to the winner. It will be held over 2,400m at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday, Nov. 26.