Spring Stakes (Japan)

Spring Stakes

Grade 2 race
Nakayama Racecourse
Location	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated	1952
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o Colts & Fillies
Weight	56kg, Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥52,000,000 (winner) ¥108,360,000 (total)

The Spring Stakes is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1,800 metres at Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho.^[1]

It was first run in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Shinzan, Narita Brian, Bubble Gum Fellow, Neo Universe, Meisho Samson and Orfevre.

Winners since 1995

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1994	Narita Brian	Katsumi Minai	Masaaki Ookubo	1:49.1
1995	Narita King O	Katsumi Minai	Kentaro Nakao	1:54.5
1996	Bubble Gum Fellow	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:50.1
1997	Big Sunday	Masayoshi Ebina	Tadashi Nakao	1:52.2
1998	Courir Cyclone	Masayoshi Ebina	Ryuichi Inaba	1:49.8
1999	Wonder Fang	Miyuki Hideaki	Masazo Ryoke	1:51.2
2000	Daitaku Riva	Ryo Takahashi	Kojiro Hashiguchi	1:49.1
2001	Agnes Gold	Hiroshi Kawachi	Hiroyuki Nagahama	1:50.1
2002	Tanino Gimlet	Hirofumi Shii	Kunihide Matuda	1:46.9
2003	Neo Universe	Mirco Demuro	Tsutomu Setoguchi	1:48.2
2004	Black Tide	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:48.3
2005	Dance in the More	Masayoshi Ebina	Ikuo Aizawa	1:47.3
2006	Meisho Samson	Mamoru Ishibashi	Tsutomu Setoguchi	1:48.9
2007	Flying Apple	Noriyuki Hori	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:49.0
2008	Smile Jack	Futoshi Komaki	Satoru Kobiyama	1:48.9
2009	Unrivaled	Yasunari Iwata	Yasuo Tomomichi	1:50.8
2010	Aliseo	Norihiro Yokoyama	Noriyuki Hori	1:48.2
2011	Orfevre	Kenichi Ikezoe	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:46.4
2012	Grandezza	Mirco Demuro	Oamu Hirata	1:50.7
2013	Logotype	Cristian Demuro	Tsuyoshi Tanaka	1:47.8
2014	Rosa Gigantea	Mirco Demuro	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:48.4
2015	Kitasan Black	Hiroshi Kitamura	Hisashi Shimizu	1:49.1
2016	Mount Robson	Andrasch Starke	Noriyuki Hori	1:48.1

Earlier winners

• 1952 - Asatomo
• 1953 - Cheerio
• 1954 - Taka O
• 1955 - Nancy Shine
• 1956 - Kitano O
• 1957 - Hikaru Meiji
• 1958 - Daigo Homare
• 1959 - Meitai
• 1960 - Kodama
• 1961 - Yukiro
• 1962 - Kanetsu Seki
• 1963 - Meizui
• 1964 - Shinzan
• 1965 - Dai Koter
• 1966 - Shogun
• 1967 - Mejiro Flame
• 1968 - Marchs
• 1969 - Wild More
• 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
• 1971 - Mejiro Gekko
• 1972 - Tai Tehm
• 1973 - Haiseko
• 1974 - Kitano Kochidoki
• 1975 - Long Hawk
• 1976 - Ten Point
• 1977 - Yoshino Ryujin
• 1978 - Takeden
• 1979 - Rikiai O
• 1980 - Sir Pen Prince
• 1981 - Sanei Tholon
• 1982 - Hagino Kamui O
• 1983 - Takeno Hien
• 1984 - Bizen Nihiki
• 1985 - Miho Shinzan
• 1986 - Sunny Light
• 1987 - Material
• 1988 - Mogami Nine
• 1989 - Narcisse Noir
• 1990 - Azuma East
• 1991 - Shin Horisky
• 1992 - Mihono Bourbon
• 1993 - Multi Max

References

1. "SPRING STAKES (G2)". japanracing.jp.