Musashino Stakes

The Musashino Stakes (Japanese 武蔵野ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 1600 metres on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

Musashino Stakes
Grade 3 race
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1989
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1600 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
Weight4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 55kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner)

It was first run in 1989 and has held Grade 3 status since 1996. It was run over a distance of 2100 metres from 1996 to 1999. The raceservesa trial for the Champions Cup.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Sanford City 5 Akira Muroyama Makoto Osawa 1:35.4
2001 Kurofune 3 Yutaka Take Kunihide Matsuda 1:33.3
2002 Double Happiness [a] 5 Hiroshi Kawachi Mitsuhara Shibata 1:52.2
2003 Silent Deal 3 Olivier Peslier Yasuo Ikee 1:36.2
2004 Pit Fighter 5 Yoshitomi Shibata Yukihiro Kato 1:35.4
2005 Sunrise Bacchus 3 Tetsuzo Sato Hidetaka Otonashi 1:35.2
2006 Seeking The Best 5 Masaki Katsuura Hideyuki Mori 1:35.3
2007 Eishin Lombard 5 Yutaka Yoshida Ken Kozaki 1:35.5
2008 Kikuno Salire 3 Hiroki Goto Naohiro Yoshida 1:36.0
2009 Wonder Acute 3 Katsumi Ando Masao Sato 1:35.5
2010 Glorious Noah 4 Keita Tosaki Yoshito Yahagi 1:36.6
2011 Namura Titan 5 Shigefumi Kumazawa Yuki Ohashi 1:35.2
2012 Ijigen 3 Ryan Moore Noriyuki Hori 1.36.4
2013 Belshazzar 5 Christophe Lemaire Kunihide Matsuda 1:35.3
2014 Wide Bach 5 Yutaka Take Yasushi Shono 1:35.2
2015 Nonkono Yume 3 Christophe Lemaire Yukihiro Kato 1:34.7
2016 Tagano Tonnerre 6 Hironobu Tanabe Ippo Sameshima 1:33.8[2]
2017 Incantation 7 Kosei Miura Tomohiko Hatsuki 1:35.5[3]
2018 Sunrise Nova 4 Keita Tosaki Hidetaka Otonahi 1:34.7[4]
2019 Wonder Lider 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Shogo Yasuda 1:34.6
2020 Sunrise Nova 6 Fuma Matsuwaka Hidetaka Otonahi 1:35.0

a The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 1800 metres.

Earlier winners

  • 1989 - Rainbow Akasaka
  • 1990 - Dyna Letter
  • 1991 - Mr Tojin
  • 1992 - Narita Hayabusa
  • 1993 - Meisho Homura
  • 1994 - Ibuki Crush
  • 1995 - Ibuki Crush
  • 1996 - Shinko King
  • 1997 - Duke Grand Prix
  • 1998 - M I Blanc
  • 1999 - M I Blanc

See also

References

  1. "Musashino Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 November 2016.
  3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 11 November 2017.
  4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 10 November 2018.
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