Fuji Stakes
Grade 2 race
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1986
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
Weight4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 54kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

The Fuji Stakes (Japanese 富士ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1984 and held Grade 3 status from 1998 until 2019. The race was run over 1800 metres until 1996, and over 1400 metres from 1997 to 1999. It serves as a trial race for the Mile Championship.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Daiwa Caerleon 7 Hiroki Tanaka Yoshitaka Ninomiya 1:33.9
2001 Kris The Brave 7 Yutaka Yoshida Masakazu Akiyama 1:33.2
2002 Meisho Ramses 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Yuji Ito 1:32.3
2003 Millenium Bio 5 Yutaka Take Masaozo Ryoke 1:32.0
2004 Admire Max 5 Yutaka Take Mitsuru Hashida 1:33.2
2005 Win Radius 7 Katsuharu Tanaka Kazuo Fujisawa 1:32.9
2006 Kinetics 7 Megumu Shinkawa Megumu Shinkawa 1:32.8
2007 Meiner Segal 3 Hiroki Goto Sakae Kunieda 1:33.3
2008 Silent Pride 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Sakae Kunieda 1:32.7
2009 Absolute 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Yoshitada Munakata 1:33.3
2010 Danon Yoyo 4 Kousei Miura Hidetaka Otonashi 1:32.8
2011 Eishin Apollon 4 Hironobu Tanabe Masahiro Matsunaga 1:35.0
2012 Clarente 3 Yasunari Iwata Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:32.4
2013 Danon Shark 5 Suguru Hamanaka Ryuji Okubo 1:33.5
2014 Staphanos 3 Keita Tosaki Hideaki Fujiwara 1:33.2
2015 Danon Platina 3 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda 1:32.7
2016 Young Man Power 4 Keita Tosaki Takahisa Tezuka 1:34.0[2]
2017 Air Spinel 4 Yutaka Take Kazuhide Sasada 1:34.8[3]
2018 Logi Cry 5 Christophe Lemaire Naosuke Sugai 1:31.7[4]
2019 Normcore 4 Christophe Lemaire Kiyoshi Hagiwara 1:33.0
2020 Vin de Garde 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki Fujiwara 1:33.4
2021 Songline 3 Kenichi Ikezoe Toru Hayashi 1:33.2
2022 Serifos 3 Yusuke Fujioka Mitsumasa Nakauchida 1:32.0
2023 Namur 4 Joao Moreira Tomokazu Takano 1:31.4

Earlier winners

  • 1986 - Waverley Star
  • 1987 - Triptych
  • 1988 - Salem Drive
  • 1989 - Oracle Asuka
  • 1990 - Mogami Champion
  • 1991 - Stabilizer
  • 1992 - Shinko Lovely
  • 1993 - Matikanetannhauser
  • 1994 - Sakura Chitose O
  • 1995 - Fujiyama Kenzan
  • 1996 - Shinko King
  • 1997 - Biko Alpha
  • 1998 - Air Jihad
  • 1999 - Red Chili Pepper

See also

References

  1. "Fuji Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 22 October 2016.
  3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 21 October 2017.
  4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 20 October 2018.
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