Kokura Nisai Stakes
| Grade 3 race | |
 The Grandstand at Kokura | |
| Location | Kokura Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1961 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1200 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 2-y-o |
| Weight | 54 kg |
| Purse | ¥66,660,000 (total), ¥31,000,000 (winner) |
The Kokura Nisai Stakes (Japanese 小倉2歳ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in September over a distance of 1200 metres at Kokura Racecourse.[1]
The race was first run in 1961 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984.
Winners since 2000[edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Riki Serenade | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 1:11.1 |
| 2001 | Tamuro Cherry | Takao Koike | Masato Nishizono | 1:10.6 |
| 2002 | Maple Road | Jun'ichi Serizawa | Hidetaka Tadokoro | 1:09.8 |
| 2003 | Meisho Bowler | Yuichi Fukunaga | Toshiaki Shirai | 1:09.3 |
| 2004 | Cosmo Valenti | Koshiro Take | Tadashi Kayo | 1:08.2 |
| 2005 | Alluring Voice | Yutaka Take | Akihiko Nomura | 1:09.1 |
| 2006 | Aston Machan | Ryota Sameshima | Sei Ishizaka | 1:08.4 |
| 2007 | Marubutsu Easter | Ryuji Wada | Hiroaki Sugiura | 1:09.3 |
| 2008 | De Gratia | Suguru Hamanaka | Hiroshi Miyamoto | 1:09.1 |
| 2009 | Jewel of Nile | Ryota Sameshima | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | 1:09.0 |
| 2010 | Brown Wild | Suguru Hamanaka | Masanori Sakaguchi | 1:08.7 |
| 2011 | Epice Arome | Suguru Hamanaka | Sei Ishizaka | 1:08.8 |
| 2012 | Meiner Eternel | Ryuji Wada | Masato Nishizono | 1:07.9 |
| 2013 | Horai Akiko | Ryuji Wada | Katsumi Minai | 1:08.8 |
| 2014 | Omi Alice | Yusaku Kokubun | Norio Fujisawa | 1:08.4 |
| 2015 | Shuji | Yasunari Iwata | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:08.9 |
| 2016 | Reine Minoru | Suguru Hamanaka | Masaru Honda | 1:08.0 [2] |
| 2017 | Asakusa Genki | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:09.1 [3] |
| 2018 | Fantasist | Yutaka Take | Tomoyuki Umeda | 1:08.9 [4] |
| 2019 | Meiner Grit | Yusaku Kokubun | Naohiro Yoshida | 1:10.5 |
| 2020 | Meikei Yell | Yutaka Take | Hidenori Take | 1:09.6 |
| 2021 | Namura Clair | Suguru Hamanaka | Kodai Hasegawa | 1:07.9 |
| 2022 | London Plan | Kohei Matsuyama | Hiroshi Miyamoto | 1:08.1 |
| 2023 | Ask One Time | Mirai Iwata | Tomoyuki Umeda | 1:08.6 |
Earlier winners[edit]
- 1984 - Dyna Super
- 1985 - Kyowa Shinzan
- 1986 - Sankin Hayate
- 1987 - Pot Naopoleon
- 1988 - Dandy Apollo
- 1989 - Hagino High Touch
- 1990 - T M Lisme
- 1991 - Zinc Tamon O
- 1992 - Maruka Iris
- 1993 - Nagara Flash
- 1994 - Eishin Sansan
- 1995 - Eishin Itto O
- 1996 - Godspeed
- 1997 - Takeichi Kento
- 1998 - Koei Roman
- 1999 - Alluring Act
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kokura Nisai Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 4 September 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 3 September 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 2 September 2018.
- ^ "小倉2歳S". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Kokura Nisai Stakes". Netkeiba.