Spring Stakes (Japan)

Spring Stakes
スプリングステークス
Bellagio Opera, winner of the 2023 Spring Stakes
ClassGrade 2
LocationNakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated1952
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o Colts & Fillies
Weight57 kg
Allowance: Fillies 2 kg
Purse¥ 117,540,000 (as of 2025)
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 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, which is run at the same racecourse in April.[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
 Owner Time
1994 Narita Brian Katsumi Minai Masaaki Ookubo Hidenori Yamaji 1:49.1
1995 Narita King O Katsumi Minai Kentaro Nakao Hidenori Yamaji 1:54.5
1996 Bubble Gum Fellow Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa Shadai Race Horse 1:50.1
1997 Big Sunday Masayoshi Ebina Tadashi Nakao Big 1:52.2
1998 Courir Cyclone Masayoshi Ebina Ryuichi Inaba Shuji Yokoyama 1:49.8
1999 Wonder Fang Miyuki Hideaki Masazo Ryoke Nobuyuki Yamamoto 1:51.2
2000 Daitaku Riva Ryo Takahashi Kojiro Hashiguchi Taiyo Farm 1:49.1
2001 Agnes Gold Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki Nagahama Takao Watanabe 1:50.1
2002 Tanino Gimlet Hirofumi Shii Kunihide Matsuda Yuzo Tanimizu 1:46.9
2003 Neo Universe Mirco Demuro Tsutomu Setoguchi Shadai Race Horse 1:48.2
2004 Black Tide Norihiro Yokoyama Yasuo Ikee Makoto Kaneko 1:48.3
2005 Dance in the More Masayoshi Ebina Ikuo Aizawa Iwao Kinami 1:47.3
2006 Meisho Samson Mamoru Ishibashi Tsutomu Setoguchi Yoshio Matsumoto 1:48.9
2007 Flying Apple Noriyuki Hori Kazuo Fujisawa Hidetoshi Yamamoto 1:49.0
2008 Smile Jack Futoshi Komaki Satoru Kobiyama Yomoji Saito 1:48.9
2009 Unrivaled Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Tomomichi Sunday Racing 1:50.8
2010 Aliseo Norihiro Yokoyama Noriyuki Hori Shadai Race Horse 1:48.2
2011 Orfevre Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing 1:46.4
2012 Grandezza Mirco Demuro Oamu Hirata Shadai Race Horse 1:50.7
2013 Logotype Cristian Demuro Tsuyoshi Tanaka Teruya Yoshida 1:47.8
2014 Rosa Gigantea Mirco Demuro Kazuo Fujisawa Shadai Race Horse 1:48.4
2015 Kitasan Black Hiroshi Kitamura Hisashi Shimizu Ono Shoji 1:49.1
2016 Mount Robson Andrasch Starke Noriyuki Hori Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:48.1
2017 Win Bright Masami Matsuoka Yoshihiro Hatakeyama Win 1:48.4
2018 Stelvio Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya Kimura Sunday Racing 1:48.1
2019 Emeral Fight Yukito Ishikawa Ikuo Aizawa Tsutomu Takahashi 1:47.8
2020 Galore Creek Lyle Hewitson Hiroyuki Uehara Yukio Minakami 1:49.8
2021 Victipharus Kenichi Ikezoe Manabu Ikezoe G1 Racing 1:52.0
2022 Be Astonished Yasunari Iwata Yuzo Iida Toru Muranaka 1:48.4
2023 Bellagio Opera Takeshi Yokoyama Hiroyuki Uemura Shorai Hayashida 1:48.9
2024 Sixpence Christophe Lemaire Sakae Kunieda Carrot Farm 1:49.4
2025 Piko Chan Black Shu Ishibashi Yuki Uehara Mieko Ishibe 1:51.5

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

  1. ^ "SPRING STAKES (G2)". japanracing.jp.
  2. ^ "スプリングS". Netkeiba.
  3. ^ "Fuji TV Sho Spring Stakes". Netkeiba.
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