Aoi Stakes
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| Grade 3 race | |
.jpg) Win Marvel wins the 2022 Aoi Stakes | |
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1985 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 meters |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3yo |
| Weight | 3yo 56 kg Allowance : Filly 2 kg Penalty : Graded Winner 1 kg |
| Purse | ¥86,400,000 (as of 2023) 1st: ¥40,000,000 |
The Aoi Stakes (Japanese 葵ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, run in late May over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1] Famous horses who won the race include Calstone Light O and Lord Kanaloa.
The race was first ran as Aoi Sho from 1985 until 1988 before it was renamed to Aoi Stakes. The distance was ran at 1,400 meters from 1985 until 1995, then it was shortened to 1,200 meters from 1996 until 2001. The distance was once again increased to 1,400 meters from 2002 until 2009 then it was shortened back to its current distance at 1,200 meters. In 2018, the race was promoted to Grade status but was unable to obtain the current Grade 3 status until 2022.
Winners since 2000[edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Breaktime | Mamoru Ishibashi | Shoji Yamamoto | 1:08.0 |
| 2001 | Calstone Light O | Shigefumi Kumazawa | Hiroyuki Oneda | 1:07.4 |
| 2002 | Dantsu Judge | Fujita Shinji | Kenji Yamauchi | 1:21.2 |
| 2003 | Montparnasse | Mikio Matsunaga | Noriaki Tsubo | 1:21.5 |
| 2004 | Meiner Zest | Hirofumi Shii | Yutaka Takahashi | 1:20.9 |
| 2005 | Symboli Gran | Shigefumi Kumazawa | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | 1:20.9 |
| 2006 | Win Legend | Yuga Kawada | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 1:23.0 |
| 2007 | Kanoya Zakura | Hiroyuki Uemura | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:22.6 |
| 2008 | Million Wave | Koichi Tsunoda | Hiroshi Miyamoto | 1:21.7 |
| 2009 | Eishin Tiger | Yuga Kawada | Masato Nishizono | 1:20.4 |
| 2010 | Keiai Daisy | Hideaki Miyuki | Kenji Yamauchi | 1:07.6 |
| 2011 | Lord Kanaloa | Yuichi Kitamura | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:09.3 |
| 2012 | Makoto Nawaratana | Kota Fujioka | Ippo Sameshima | 1:08.0 |
| 2013 | Teehaff | Yutaka Take | Katsuichi Nishiura | 1:08.7 |
| 2014 | Real Venus | Kota Fujioka | Akio Adachi | 1:07.5 |
| 2015 | Just Doing | Tsubasa Wada | Kazuya Nakatake | 1:08.0 |
| 2016 | Nac Venus | Manabu Sakai | Hiroaki Sugiura | 1:07.9 |
| 2017 | Arinna | Yusuke Fujioka | Shigeki Matsumoto | 1:10.5 |
| 2018 | Gold Queen | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Masanori Sakaguchi | 1:08.0 |
| 2019 | Dirndl | Yusuke Fujioka | Yutaka Okumura | 1:08.0 |
| 2020 | Bien Fait | Yusuke Fujioka | Kazuya Nakatake | 1:08.1 |
| 2021 | Lei Halia[a] | Heart Kameda | Toshiaki Tajima | 1:08.1 |
| 2022 | Win Marvel[a] | Kohei Matsuyama | Masashi Fukayama | 1:08.2 |
| 2023 | Mozu Meimei | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:07.1 |
a The 2021 and 2022 editions were contested at Chukyo Racecourse, due to renovations held at the Kyoto Racecourse.[2]
Earlier winners[edit]
- 1985 - Long Quick[3]
- 1986 - Lead Triple[4]
- 1987 - Marubutsu Lonely
- 1988 - Great Monte
- 1989 - Osaichi George
- 1990 - Daitaku Helios
- 1991 - Tenzan Hagoromo
- 1992 - Elizabeth Rose
- 1993 - Fuji One Man Cross
- 1994 - Maruka Okan
- 1995 - Isami Sakura
- 1996 - The Gold
- 1997 - Star Programmer
- 1998 - Meisho Ayame
- 1999 - Kool Neige
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Aoi Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "京都競馬場２０２３年春からリニューアル 京都開催は来年１１月から２年４か月間の休止". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "葵ステークス". おウマのアイコン.
- ^ "葵Sの歴史と概要". umanity.jp.
- ^ "葵S". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Aoi Stakes". Netkeiba.