Sprinters Stakes

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Grade 1 race
Sprinters Stakes
Location Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated 1967
Race type Thoroughbred
Website japanracing.jp - Centaur Stakes & Sprinters Stakes
Race information
Distance 1,200 meters
(About 6 furlongs)
Track Turf, Right-handed
Qualification 3-y-o+, Thoroughbreds
Weight 3-y-o 55kg / 4-y-o+ 57kg[1]
Purse ¥202,350,000 (as of 2007)[2]

The Sprinters Stakes (スプリンターズステークス?) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,200 metres (approximately 6 furlongs) at Nakayama Racecourse in late September or early October.

It was first run in 1967, and was given Domestic Grade 3 status when race grading was introduced to Japan in 1984. This was elevated to Domestic Grade 2 in 1987, Domestic Grade 1 in 1990, and to its present level in 2006. Horses trained outside Japan have been eligible to run in the race since 1994. Prior to 2000 the race was run in December, the week before the Arima Kinen (Grand Prix).

It is now the penultimate leg in the seven race Global Sprint Challenge series, preceded by the Centaur Stakes and followed by the Hong Kong Sprint.

[edit] Winners since 1994

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1994 Sakura Bakushin O 5 Futoshi Kojima Katsutaro Sakai Sakura Commerce 1:07.1
1995 Hishi Akebono 3 Koichi Tsunoda Masaru Sayama Masaichiro Abe 1:08.1
1996 Flower Park 4 Seiki Tabara Shigeki Matsumoto Kazuko Yoshida 1:08.8
1997 Taiki Shuttle 3 Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa Taiki Farm Co. 1:07.8
1998 Meiner Love 3 Yutaka Yoshida Ryuichi Inaba Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:08.6
1999 Black Hawk 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Sakae Kunieda Makoto Kaneko 1:08.2
2000 Daitaku Yamato 6 Teruo Eda Sei Ishizaka Kazuo Nakamura 1:08.6
2001 Trot Star 5 Masayoshi Ebina Eiji Nakano Minoru Takano 1:07.0
2002 Believe * 4 Yutaka Take Shigeki Matsumoto Koji Maeda 1:07.7
2003 Durandal 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Masahiro Sakaguchi Teruya Yoshida 1:08.0
2004 Calstone Light O 6 Naohiro Onishi Hiroyuki Oneda Sadamitsu Shimizu 1:09.9
2005 Silent Witness 6 Felix Coetzee Tony Cruz Archie & Betty da Silva 1:07.3
2006 Takeover Target 7 Jay Ford Joe Janiak Joe & Ben Janiak 1:08.1
2007 Aston Machan 3 Eiji Nakadate Sei Ishizaka Mayumi Tosa 1:09.4

* The 2002 race took place at Niigata Racecourse.

[edit] Earlier winners

  • 1967 Onward Hill
  • 1968 Suzu Hayate
  • 1969 Takeshiba O
  • 1970 Tamami
  • 1971 Kensachi
  • 1972 Noboru Toko
  • 1973 Kyoei Green
  • 1974 Sakura Iwai
  • 1975 Sakura Iwai
  • 1976 Jumbo King
  • 1977 Meiwa Kimiko
  • 1978 Meiwa Kimiko
  • 1979 Sunny Flower
  • 1981 Sakura God
  • 1982 Sakura Shingeki
  • 1983 Shin Wolf
  • 1984 Happy Progress
  • 1985 Marutaka Storm
  • 1986 Dokan Tesco
  • 1987 King Frolic
  • 1988 Dyna Actress
  • 1989 Winning Smile
  • 1990 Bamboo Memory
  • 1991 Daiichi Ruby
  • 1992 Nishino Flower
  • 1993 Sakura Bakushin O


[edit] References

  1. ^ JRA International Races 2007
  2. ^ JRA International Races 2007

[edit] External links

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List of Japanese Grade I horse races

International Races (regular GI races)

February Stakes (dirt) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | Tenno Sho (Spring) | Yasuda Kinen | Takarazuka Kinen | Sprinters Stakes | Tenno Sho (Autumn) | Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (fillies and mares) | Mile Championship | Japan Cup Dirt (invitational dirt) | Japan Cup (invitational) | Arima Kinen (Grand Prix)


Domestic Races (JPN I races)

Kawasaki Kinen (dirt) | Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas; 3-year-old fillies) | Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas; 3-year-olds) | Kashiwa Kinen(dirt) | NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) | Victoria Mile (fillies and mares; open to international horses) | Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks; 3-year-old fillies) | Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby; 3-year-olds) | Teiou sho (dirt) | Japan Dirt Derby (3-year-old;dirt) | Derby Grand Prix (3-year-old;dirt) | Mile Championship Nanbuhai (dirt) | Shuka Sho (3-year-old fillies) | Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger; 3-year-olds) | Japan Breeding farm's Cup Sprint (dirt) | Japan Breeding farm's Cup Classic (dirt) | Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) | Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) | Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (dirt; 2-year-olds) | Tokyo Daishoten (dirt)


Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)

Nakayama Grand Jump (international invitational) | Nakayama Daishogai (domestic)


See also

Japan Racing Association | Horse Racing in Japan, Wikipedia article "Horse racing" | Horse Racing in Japan, official website