The Fairy Stakes (Japanese フェアリーステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run in January over a distance of 1600 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]
| Grade 3 race | |
 Nakayama Racecourse Grandstand | |
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1984 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o f |
| Weight | 55 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 38,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The race was first run in 1984 and has been run as a Grade 3 level ever since. It was run over 1200 metres as race for two-year-olds in December until the distance and age specification were increased in 2009. The changes meant that the race was not run in 2008.
Winners since 2000 edit
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tenshino Kiseki | Teruo Eda | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:09.4 |
| 2001 | Saga Novel | Norihiro Yokoyama | Fumio Koga | 1:07.8 |
| 2002 | White Carnival | Dario Vargiu | Keizo Ito | 1:09.2 |
| 2003 | Maltese Heat | Dario Vargiu | Masahiro Sakaguchi | 1:09.2 |
| 2004 | Felicia | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hiroyuki Uehara | 1:08.5 |
| 2005 | Daiwa Passion | Kodai Hasegawa | Sueo Masuzawa | 1:09.8 |
| 2006 | Apollo Tiara | Masaki Katsuura | Isamu Shibasaki | 1:09.4 |
| 2007 | Le Lupin Bleu | Hayato Yoshida | Katsumi Sakamoto | 1:09.8 |
| 2008 | no race | |||
| 2009 | Germinal | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:36.5 |
| 2010 | Cosmo Nemo Shin | Shu Ishibashi | Hidekatsu Shimizu | 1:34.8 |
| 2011 | Dance Fantasia | Anthony Crastus | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:33.7 |
| 2012 | Tosen Benizakura | Akihide Tsumura | Isamu Shibazaki | 1:35.5 |
| 2013 | Crown Rose | Kousei Miura | Shoichi Temma | 1:34.7 |
| 2014 | Omega Heart Rock | Keita Tosaki | Noriyuki Hori | 1:36.3 |
| 2015 | Not Formal | Hiroto Mayuzumi | Eiji Nakano | 1:35.2 |
| 2016 | B B Barrel | Shu Ishibashi | Hideki Kakugawa | 1:34.3 |
| 2017 | Rising Reason | Kyosuke Maruta | Takeshi Okumura | 1:34.7[2] |
| 2018 | Primo Scene | Keita Kosaki | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:34.6[3] |
| 2019 | Figlia Pura | Genki Maruyama | Takanori Kikuzawa | 1:36.0[4] |
| 2020 | Smile Kana | Daichi Shibata | Yoshiyasu Takahashi | 1:34.0 |
| 2021 | Fine Rouge | Christophe Lemaire | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:34.4 |
| 2022 | Lilac | Mirco Demuro | Ikuo Aizawa | 1:35.2 |
| 2023 | Kita Wing | Makoto Sugihara | Shigeyuki Kojima | 1:34.3 |
| 2024 | Ipheion | Atsuya Nishimura | Yoshiaki Sugiyama | 1:34.0 |
Earlier winners edit
- 1984 - Erebus
- 1985 - Mejiro Ramonu
- 1986 - Kosei
- 1987 - Shino Cross
- 1988 - Cutting Edge
- 1989 - Yamatake Sally
- 1990 - Blue Bay Bridge
- 1991 - Disco Hall
- 1992 - Mother Tosho
- 1993 - Nagara Flash
- 1994 - Prime Stages
- 1995 - Max Rose
- 1996 - Hishi Nile
- 1997 - Lady Stella
- 1998 - Tayasu Bloom
- 1999 - Berg Ticket
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Fairy Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 8 January 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 7 January 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 12 January 2018.
- ^ "フェアリーS". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Fairy Stakes". Netkeiba.