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Spring Stakes (Japan)

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Spring Stakes
スプリングステークス
Grade 2 race
Bellagio Opera, winner of the 2023 Spring Stakes
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 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

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Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
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

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  • 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

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References

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  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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