Spring Stakes (Japan)
Horse race
Grade 2 race | |
Bellagio Opera, winner of the 2023 Spring Stakes | |
Location | Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. |
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Inaugurated | 1952 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1800 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o Colts & Fillies |
Weight | 57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
Purse | ¥ 117,540,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 54,000,000 2nd: ¥ 22,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000 |
The Spring Stakes (スプリングステークス, supuringu sutēkusu) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1,800 metres at Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho.[1]
It was first run in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Shinzan, Narita Brian, Bubble Gum Fellow, Neo Universe, Meisho Samson and Orfevre.
Winners since 1994
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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1994 | Narita Brian | Katsumi Minai | Masaaki Ookubo | 1:49.1 |
1995 | Narita King O | Katsumi Minai | Kentaro Nakao | 1:54.5 |
1996 | Bubble Gum Fellow | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:50.1 |
1997 | Big Sunday | Masayoshi Ebina | Tadashi Nakao | 1:52.2 |
1998 | Courir Cyclone | Masayoshi Ebina | Ryuichi Inaba | 1:49.8 |
1999 | Wonder Fang | Miyuki Hideaki | Masazo Ryoke | 1:51.2 |
2000 | Daitaku Riva | Ryo Takahashi | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:49.1 |
2001 | Agnes Gold | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 1:50.1 |
2002 | Tanino Gimlet | Hirofumi Shii | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:46.9 |
2003 | Neo Universe | Mirco Demuro | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 1:48.2 |
2004 | Black Tide | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:48.3 |
2005 | Dance in the More | Masayoshi Ebina | Ikuo Aizawa | 1:47.3 |
2006 | Meisho Samson | Mamoru Ishibashi | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 1:48.9 |
2007 | Flying Apple | Noriyuki Hori | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:49.0 |
2008 | Smile Jack | Futoshi Komaki | Satoru Kobiyama | 1:48.9 |
2009 | Unrivaled | Yasunari Iwata | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:50.8 |
2010 | Aliseo | Norihiro Yokoyama | Noriyuki Hori | 1:48.2 |
2011 | Orfevre | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:46.4 |
2012 | Grandezza | Mirco Demuro | Oamu Hirata | 1:50.7 |
2013 | Logotype | Cristian Demuro | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | 1:47.8 |
2014 | Rosa Gigantea | Mirco Demuro | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:48.4 |
2015 | Kitasan Black | Hiroshi Kitamura | Hisashi Shimizu | 1:49.1 |
2016 | Mount Robson | Andrasch Starke | Noriyuki Hori | 1:48.1 |
2017 | Win Bright | Masami Matsuoka | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | 1:48.4 |
2018 | Stelvio | Christophe Lemaire | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:48.1 |
2019 | Emeral Fight | Yukito Ishikawa | Ikuo Aizawa | 1:47.8 |
2020 | Galore Creek | Lyle Hewitson | Hiroyuki Uehara | 1:49.8 |
2021 | Victipharus | Kenichi Ikezoe | Manabu Ikezoe | 1:52.0 |
2022 | Be Astonished | Yasunari Iwata | Yuzo Iida | 1:48.4 |
2023 | Bellagio Opera | Takeshi Yokoyama | Hiroyuki Uemura | 1:48.9 |
2024 | Sixpence | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | 1:49.4 |
Earlier winners
- 1952 - Asatomo
- 1953 - Cheerio
- 1954 - Taka O
- 1955 - Nancy Shine
- 1956 - Kitano O
- 1957 - Hikaru Meiji
- 1958 - Daigo Homare
- 1959 - Meitai
- 1960 - Kodama
- 1961 - Yukiro
- 1962 - Kanetsu Seki
- 1963 - Meizui
- 1964 - Shinzan
- 1965 - Dai Koter
- 1966 - Shogun
- 1967 - Mejiro Flame
- 1968 - Marchs
- 1969 - Wild More
- 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
- 1971 - Mejiro Gekko
- 1972 - Tai Tehm
- 1973 - Haiseko
- 1974 - Kitano Kochidoki
- 1975 - Long Hawk
- 1976 - Ten Point
- 1977 - Yoshino Ryujin
- 1978 - Takeden
- 1979 - Rikiai O
- 1980 - Sir Pen Prince
- 1981 - Sanei Tholon
- 1982 - Hagino Kamui O
- 1983 - Takeno Hien
- 1984 - Bizen Nihiki
- 1985 - Miho Shinzan
- 1986 - Sunny Light
- 1987 - Material
- 1988 - Mogami Nine
- 1989 - Narcisse Noir
- 1990 - Azuma East
- 1991 - Shin Horisky
- 1992 - Mihono Bourbon
- 1993 - Multi Max
See also
References
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(Note: JRA races bracketed with "exchange" below, and all dirt/3-year-old races are Japan Racing Association(JRA)-National Association of Racing(NAR) exchange races)
(International GII)
- Nikkei Shinshun Hai
- American Jockey Club Cup
- Tokai Stakes
- Kyoto Kinen
- Nakayama Kinen
- Tulip Sho
- Yayoi Sho
- Fillies' Revue
- Hanshin Daishōten
- Spring Stakes
- Kinko Sho
- Nikkei Shō
- Hanshin Himba Stakes
- New Zealand Trophy
- Yomiuri Milers Cup
- Flora Stakes
- Aoba Sho
- Kyoto Shimbun Hai
- Keio Hai Spring Cup
- Meguro Kinen
- Sapporo Kinen
- Shion Stakes
- Centaur Stakes
- St. Lite Kinen
- Rose Stakes
- Sankei Sho All Comers
- Kobe Shimbun Hai
- Mainichi Ōkan
- Kyōto Daishōten
- Daily Hai Nisai Stakes
- Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes
- Fuchu Himba Stakes
- Swan Stakes
- Copa Republica Argentina
- Keio Hai Nisai Stakes
- Stayers Stakes
- Hanshin Cup
(Domestic GII, dirt)
- Empress Hai (fillies and mares)
- Diolite Kinen
- Keihin Hai (3-year-old)
- Hyōgo Championship (3-year-old)
- Kantō Oaks (3-year-old fillies)
- Kozukata Sho (3-year-old)
- Nippon TV Hai
- Tōkyo Hai
- Ladies' Prelude
- Urawa Kinen
- Hyōgo Junior Grand Prix (2-year-old)
- Nagoya Grand Prix
- Hanshin Spring Jump
- Kyōto High Jump
- Tōkyō High Jump