Shion Stakes
Horse race
Grade 2 race | |
The Grandstand at Nakayama | |
Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
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Inaugurated | 2000 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 2000 metres |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o fillies |
Weight | 55 kg |
Purse | ¥ 112,520,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 52,000,000 2nd: ¥ 21,000,000 3rd: ¥ 13,000,000 |
The Shion Stakes (Japanese 紫苑ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run in September over a distance of 1800 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]
The race, which serves as a trial race for the Shuka Sho, was first contested in 2000 and has been run at Grade 3 level since 2016. The Shion Stakes was originally run over 1800 metres before the distance was increased to 2000 metres in 2007. The 2002 and 2014 editions were held at Niigata Racecourse. It was promoted to Grade 2 in 2023.[2]
Winners since 2016
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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2016 | Biche | Keita Tosaki | Yuichi Shikato | Yasushi Kubota | 1:59.7[3] |
2017 | Deirdre | Yasunari Iwata | Mitsuru Hashida | Touji Morita | 1:59.8[4] |
2018 | Normcore | Christophe Lemaire | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | Seiichi Iketani | 1:58.0 [5] |
2019 | Passing Through | Keita Tosaki | Yoichi Kuroiwa | Carrot Farm | 1:58.3 |
2020 | Maltese Diosa | Hironobu Tanabe | Takahisa Tezuka | Nagako Fujita | 2:02.1 |
2021 | Fine Rouge | Yuichi Fukunaga | Takaki Iwato | Genichi Mutsui | 1:58.2 |
2022 | Stunning Rose | Ryusei Sakai | Tomokazu Takano | Sunday Racing | 1:59.9 |
2023 | Moryana | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yoshinori Muto | Fumio Takahashi | 1:58.0 |
2024 | Christmas Parade | Yukito Ishikawa | Shizuya Kato | G1 Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:56.6[a] |
- ^ Set the current course record
Earlier winners
- 2000 - Mejiro Marie
- 2001 - Lady Pastel
- 2002 - Osumi Cosmo
- 2003 - Rendo Felice
- 2004 - Ingot
- 2005 - Cosmo Marvelous
- 2006 - Cendrillon
- 2007 - Arco Senora
- 2008 - Moere Katrina
- 2009 - Diana Barows
- 2010 - Dear Arethusa
- 2011 - Calmato
- 2012 - Para La Salud
- 2013 - Sekisho
- 2014 - Reve d'Etoiles
- 2015 - Queens Milagro
See also
References
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List of Japanese Grade II horse races
(Note: JRA races bracketed with "exchange" below, and all dirt/3-year-old races are Japan Racing Association(JRA)-National Association of Racing(NAR) exchange races)
(International GII)
- Nikkei Shinshun Hai
- American Jockey Club Cup
- Tokai Stakes
- Kyoto Kinen
- Nakayama Kinen
- Tulip Sho
- Yayoi Sho
- Fillies' Revue
- Hanshin Daishōten
- Spring Stakes
- Kinko Sho
- Nikkei Shō
- Hanshin Himba Stakes
- New Zealand Trophy
- Yomiuri Milers Cup
- Flora Stakes
- Aoba Sho
- Kyoto Shimbun Hai
- Keio Hai Spring Cup
- Meguro Kinen
- Sapporo Kinen
- Shion Stakes
- Centaur Stakes
- St. Lite Kinen
- Rose Stakes
- Sankei Sho All Comers
- Kobe Shimbun Hai
- Mainichi Ōkan
- Kyōto Daishōten
- Daily Hai Nisai Stakes
- Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes
- Fuchu Himba Stakes
- Swan Stakes
- Copa Republica Argentina
- Keio Hai Nisai Stakes
- Stayers Stakes
- Hanshin Cup
(Domestic GII, dirt)
- Empress Hai (fillies and mares)
- Diolite Kinen
- Keihin Hai (3-year-old)
- Hyōgo Championship (3-year-old)
- Kantō Oaks (3-year-old fillies)
- Kozukata Sho (3-year-old)
- Nippon TV Hai
- Tōkyo Hai
- Ladies' Prelude
- Urawa Kinen
- Hyōgo Junior Grand Prix (2-year-old)
- Nagoya Grand Prix
- Hanshin Spring Jump
- Kyōto High Jump
- Tōkyō High Jump