The Rose Stakes (Japanese ローズステークス) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Hyōgo Prefecture for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1800 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in September, having been run over 2000 metres until 2006.[1]
| Grade 2 race | |
 2010 Rose Stakes winner | |
| Location | Hanshin Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1983 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o fillies |
| Weight | 54kg |
| Purse | ¥112,520,000 (total) ¥52,000,000 (winner) |
The Rose Stakes was first run in 1983 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It serves as a trial race for the Shuka Sho. Winners of the race have included Daiwa Scarlet, Gentildonna and Sinhalite.
Winners since 2000 edit
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Nihon Pillow Swan | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tanaka Kotaro | 2:00.3 |
| 2001 | Diamond Biko | Mikio Matsunaga | Kazuo Fujisawa | 2:01.9 |
| 2002 | Fine Motion | Mikio Matsunaga | Yuji Ito | 2:00.1 |
| 2003 | Admire Groove | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | 2:01.5 |
| 2004 | Les Clefs d'Or | Katsumi Ando | Yasuo Ikee | 1:59.0 |
| 2005 | Air Messiah | Yutaka Take | Yasunori Ito | 2:00.1 |
| 2006 | Admire Kiss | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:58.2 |
| 2007 | Daiwa Scarlet | Katsumi Ando | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:46.1 |
| 2008 | Meine Ratsel | Yuga Kawada | Tadao Igarashi | 1:47.3 |
| 2009 | Broad Street | Shinji Fujita | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:44.7 |
| 2010 | Animate Bio | Hiroki Goto | Koji Maki | 1:45.8 |
| 2011 | Whale Capture | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kiyotaka Tanaka | 1:48.1 |
| 2012 | Gentildonna | Yasunari Iwata | Sei Ishizaka | 1:46.8 |
| 2013 | Denim And Ruby | Hiroyuki Uchida | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:47.7 |
| 2014 | Nuovo Record | Yasunari Iwata | Makoto Saito | 1:46.0 |
| 2015 | Touching Speech | Christophe Lemaire | Sei Ishizaka | 1:45.2 |
| 2016 | Sinhalite | Kenichi Ikezoe | Sei Ishizaka | 1:46.7[2] |
| 2017 | Rabbit Run | Ryuji Wada | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:45.5[3] |
| 2018 | Cantabile | Christophe Lemaire | Kazuya Nakatake | 1:45.7[4] |
| 2019 | Danon Fantasy | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:44.4 |
| 2020 | Ria Amelia [1] | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:59.9 |
| 2021 | Andvaranaut [1] | Yuichi Fukunaga | Manabu Ikezoe | 2:00.0 |
| 2022 | Art House [1] | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:58.5 |
| 2023 | Masked Diva [R] | Mirai Iwata | Yasuyuki Tsujino | 1:43.0 |
1 The 2020, 2021 and 2022 races took place at Chukyo Racecourse over 2000 metres.
R Broke the previous JRA track record at 1800m.
Earlier winners edit
- 1983 - Long Grace
- 1984 - Long Leather
- 1985 - Takeno Hinami
- 1986 - Mejiro Ramonu
- 1987 - Max Beauty
- 1988 - Shiyono Roman
- 1989 - Shadai Kagura
- 1990 - Katsuno Jo
- 1991 - Rinden Lily
- 1992 - El Casa River
- 1993 - Star Ballerina
- 1994 - Hishi Amazon
- 1995 - Silent Happiness
- 1996 - Hishi Natalie
- 1997 - Kyoei March
- 1998 - Phalaenopsis
- 1999 - Hishi Pinnacle
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Rose Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 18 September 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 17 September 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 16 September 2018.
- ^ "ローズS". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Kansai Television Co. Ltd. Sho Rose Stakes". Netkeiba.