Antares Stakes

The Antares Stakes (Japanese アンタレスステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in April over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Hanshin Racecourse.[1]

Antares Stakes
Grade 3 race
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated1996
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Weight56 kg, fillies and mares allowed 2 kg
Purse¥77,360,000 (total), ¥36,000,000 (winner)

The Antares Stakes was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse from 1997 to 2011.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Smart Boy 5 Naoto Ito Keizo Ito 1:49.6
2001 Smart Boy 6 Naoto Ito Keizo Ito 1:50.6
2002 Hagino High Grade 6 Yutaka Take Kunihide Matsuda 1:48.7
2003 Gold Allure 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee 1:49.7
2004 Time Paradox 6 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:51.5
2005 Pit Fighter 6 Katsumi Ando Yukihiro Kato 1:49.8
2006 Fifty Oner 4 Yutaka Take Takayuki Yasuda 1:49.0
2007 Wild Wonder 5 Yasunari Iwata Takashi Kubota 1:49.9
2008 Wonder Speed 6 Futoshi Komaki Tomohiko Hatsuki 1:50.5
2009 War Tactics 4 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee 1:47.8
2010 Daishin Orange 5 Yuga Kawada Yasushi Shono 1:49.7
2011 Gold Blitz 4 Hironobu Tanabe Naohiro Yoshida 1:48.1
2012 Gold Blitz 5 Yuga Kawada Naohiro Yoshida 1:49.9
2013 Hokku Tarumae 4 Yasunari Iwata Katsuichi Nishiura 1:49.7
2014 Namura Victor 5 Futoshi Komaki Nobuharu Fukushima 1:51.5
2015 Kurino Star O 5 Hideaki Miyuki Yoshitada Takahashi 1:49.6
2016 Awardee 6 Yutaka Take Mikio Matsunaga 1:49.9
2017 Molto Bene 5 Mirco Demuro Masahiro Matsunaga 1:49.9[2]
2018 Great Pearl 5 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida 1:49.8[3]
2019 Another Truth 5 Takuya Ono Noboru Takagi 1:50.8[4]
2020 Westerlund 8 Yusuke Fujioka Shozo Sasaki 1:49.8

Earlier winners

  • 1996 - Theseus Frise
  • 1997 - M I Blanc
  • 1998 - Wild Buster
  • 1999 - Osumi Jet

See also

References

  1. "Antares Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 15 April 2017.
  3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 15 April 2018.
  4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 14 April 2019.
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