Tokai Stakes

The Tokai Stakes (Japanese 東海ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over run in January over a distance of 1800 metres at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]

Tokai Stakes
Grade 2 race
2012 Tokai Stakes
LocationChukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1984
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification4-y-o +
Weight5-y-o + 56kg, 4-y-o 55kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse¥119,100,000 (total), ¥55,000,000 (winner)

It was first run in 1984 as the Grade 3 Winter Stakes and was promoted to Grade 2 in 1999. It was renamed the Tokai Stakes in 2000. The race was initially run over 2200 metres but switched to 2300 metres in 1986. The distance was reduced to 1900 metres in 2010 and 1800 metres in 2013. The race often serves as a trial for the February Stakes.

Winners since 2000
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Fast Friend 6 Masayoshi Ebina Keiji Takaichi 2.24.2
2001 Hagino High Grade 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Kunihide Matsuda 2.23.4
2002 Hagino High Grade 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Kunihide Matsuda 2.22.3
2003 Gold Proof 8 Katsuto Maruno Katsuyuki Imazu 2:26.5
2004 En Dehors 5 Mikio Matsunaga Hiroyuki Nagahama 2:23.7
2005 Saqalat 5 Akiyama Shinichiro Sei Ishizaka 2:22.6
2006 Hard Crystal 6 Yusuke Fujioka Seiji Sakuta 2:23.6
2007 Meisho Tokon 5 Koshiro Take Isao Yasuda 2:26.8
2008 Yamato Marion 5 Tetsuya Kobayashi Akio Adachi 2:24.0
2009 Wonder Speed 7 Futoshi Komaki Tomohiko Hatsuki 2:23.7
2010 Silk Mobius [1] 4 Hiroyasu Tanaka Masazo Ryoke 1:55.4
2011 Wonder Acute [1] 5 Ryuji Wada Masao Sato 1:53.7
2012 Solitary King [1] 5 Suguru Hamanaka Sei Ishizaka 1:56.4
2013 Grape Brandy 5 Christophe Lemaire Takayuki Yasuda 1:51.0
2014 Nihonpiro Ours 7 Manabu Sakai Yuki Ohashi 1:50.4
2015 Copano Rickey 5 Yutaka Take Akira Murayama 1:50.9
2016 Asukano Roman 5 Keisuke Dazai Sadahiko Kawamura 1:51.9
2017 Glanzend 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Yukihiro Kato 1:53.2[2]
2018 T M Jinsoku 6 Yoshihiro Furukawa Kazuyoshi Kihara 1:51.8[3]
2019 Inti 5 Yutaka Take Kenji Nonaka 1:49.8[4]
2020 Air Almas 5 Kohei Matsuyama Manabu Ikezoe 1:50.2
2021 Auvergne 5 Yuga Kawada Masayuki Nishimura 1:49.2

1 The 2010, 2011 and 2012 races took place at Kyoto Racecourse.

Earlier winners
  • 1984 - Andre Amon
  • 1985 - Cherry Foot
  • 1986 - Life Tateyama
  • 1987 - Crowd Exceed
  • 1988 - Soda Kazan
  • 1989 - Marubutsu Superior
  • 1990 - Narita Hayabusa
  • 1991 - Narita Hayabusa
  • 1992 - Cherry Koman
  • 1993 - Laurier Andre
  • 1994 - Lively Mount
  • 1995 - Kyoto City
  • 1996 - Toyo Seattle
  • 1997 - Abukuma Poro
  • 1998 - Machikanewaraukado
  • 1999 - My Turn

See also

References
  1. "Tokai Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 22 January 2017.
  3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 21 January 2018.
  4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 20 January 2019.
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