Spring Stakes (Japan)

Spring Stakes
Race information
Grade 2 race
Nakayama Racecourse
Location	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated	1952
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
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	Hisahi 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

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

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)

Japan Racing Association(JRA) GII races (International GII)	Nikkei Shinshun Hai America Jockey Club Cup Kyoto Kinen Nakayama Kinen Yayoi shō (3-year-old, exchange) Fillies' Revue (3-year-old fillies) Hanshin Daishōten Spring Stakes (3-year-old) Nikkei Shō Ōsaka Hai Hanshin Himba Stakes (fillies and mares) New Zealand Trophy (3-year-old) Milers Cup Flora Stakes (3-year-old fillies) Aoba Sho (3-year-old, exchange) Kyōto Shimbun Hai (3-year-old) Keiō Hai Spring Cup Tōkai Stakes (Dirt) Meguro Kinen Sapporo Kinen (Summer 2000 series) Centaur Stakes (Summer Sprint series) St. Lite Kinen (3-year-old) Rose Stakes (3-year-old fillies) All Comer (exchange) Kōbe Shimbun Hai (3-year-old) Mainichi Ōkan Kyōto Daishōten Daily Hai Nisai Stakes (2-year-old) Fuchū Himba Stakes (fillies and mares) Swan Stakes Copa Republica Argentina Keiō Hai Nisai Stakes (2-year-old) Stayers Stakes Kinko Shō (exchange) Hanshin Cup

National Association of Racing(NAR) JpnII races (Domestic GII, dirt)	Empress Hai (fillies and mares) Diolite Kinen Hyōgo Championship (3-year-old) Kantō Oaks (3-year-old fillies) Breeders' Gold Cup Nihon TV Hai Tōkyo Hai Urawa Kinen Hyōgo Junior Grand Prix (2-year-old) Nagoya Grand Prix

JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GII races)	Hanshin Spring Jump Kyōto High Jump Tōkyō High Jump

See also	Japan Racing Association National Association of Racing Horse racing in Japan Horse Racing in Japan, official website

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