Sirius Stakes
.jpg) Yamanin Kingly wins the 2011 Sirius Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Hanshin Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1997 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,000 meters |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 38,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The Sirius Stakes (Japanese シリウスステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over. It is run in late September or early October over a distance of 2,000 meters on dirt at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan.[1]
It was first run in 1990 and has held Grade 3 status since 1997. The first six editions of the race took place at Chukyo Racecourse and it was also run at that track in 2006. Originally contested as a 1,200 meter sprint on turf until the race distance was increased to 1,400 meters on dirt in 1997 and 1,700 meters in 2006. The Sirius Stakes has been run over 2,000 meters since 2007.
Past winners
[edit]| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Horino Winner | 3 | Kunio Uchida | Kunihiko Take | Masao Horiuchi | 1:09.9 |
| 1991 | Minamoto Junius | 4 | Koichi Tsunoda | Sakujuro Takeda | Kiyoshi Sato | 1:09.1 |
| 1992 | Samson Queen | 5 | Junichi Serizawa | Koji Shikato | Yoshiko Tanaka | 1:08.7 |
| 1993 | Yuki Top Run | 5 | Sadahiro Kojima | Suguru Sayama | Hideki Yukimoto | 1:08.6 |
| 1994 | Eishin Washington | 3 | Shigefumi Kumazawa | Shigeharu Naito | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:07.9 |
| 1995 | Nihon Pillow Study | 3 | Tetsuya Kobayashi | Tetsuya Meno | Hyakutaro Kobayashi | 1:08.0 |
| 1996 | Nishino Final | 3 | Takahito Kikuzawa | Masahiro Matsuda | Nishiyama Farm | 1:10.2 |
| 1997 | Toyo Rainbow | 3 | Masahiro Matsunaga | Yoshiharu Matsunaga | Toyo Club | 1:24.0 |
| 1998 | Makoto Raiden | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Toshimasa Hashimoto | Akira Makabe | 1:23.6 |
| 1999 | Gold Tiara | 3 | Yutaka Take | Kunihiko Matsuda | Kazuko Yoshida | 1:23.1 |
| 2000 | Meiner Brian | 3 | Shinji Fujita | Toru Miya | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:23.3 |
| 2001 | Broad Appeal | 7 | Hirofumi Shii | Kunihide Matsuda | Makoto Kaneko | 1:23.7 |
| 2002 | Sterling Rose | 5 | Ryuji Wada | Shuji Kitahashi | Kyoei | 1:22.4 |
| 2003 | Meiner Select | 4 | Naohiro Onishi | Hitoshi Nakamura | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:23.1 |
| 2004 | Agnes Wing | 4 | Hideaki Miyuki | Toshiaki Shirai | Takao Watanabe | 1:23.1 |
| 2005 | Blue Concorde | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Toshiyuki Hattori | Ogifushi Racing Club | 1:23.9 |
| 2006 | Meisho Battler | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shigetada Takahashi | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:43.1 |
| 2007 | Dragon Fire | 3 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Takashi Kubota | Yoshiro Kubota | 2:05.1 |
| 2008 | Meiner Hourglass | 4 | Minoru Yoshida | Ryuichi Inaba | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 2:03.8 |
| 2009 | Wonder Acute | 3 | Ryuji Wada | Masao Sato | Nobuyuki Yamamoto | 2:04.5 |
| 2010 | Kings Emblem | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Sei Ishizaka | Sunday Racing | 2:04.4 |
| 2011 | Yamanin Kingly | 6 | Yutaka Take | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hajime Doi | 2:04.3 |
| 2012 | Nice Meet You | 5 | Futoshi Komaki | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Danox | 2:03.3 |
| 2013 | Keiai Leone | 3 | Hideaki Miyuki | Katsuichi Nihiura | Kazuhiro Kameda | 2:03.4 |
| 2014 | Kurino Star O | 4 | Hideaki Miyuki | Yohitada Takahashi | Mamoru Kurimoto | 2:03.8 |
| 2015 | Awardee | 5 | Yutaka Take | Mikio Matsunaga | Koji Maeda | 2:04.6 |
| 2016 | Mask Zorro | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Inao Okada | Shigeo Kadono | 2:01.7[2] |
| 2017 | Meisho Sumitomo | 6 | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Katsumi Minai | Yoshio Matsumoto | 2:03.9[3] |
| 2018 | Omega Perfume | 3 | Ryuji Wada | Shogo Yasuda | Reiko Hara | 2:01.5[4] |
| 2019 | Lord Golazo | 4 | Yusuke Fujioka | Kenichi Fujioka | Lord Horse Club | 2:03.5 |
| 2020[a] | Cafe Pharoah | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Noriyuki Hori | Koichi Nishikawa | 1:57.8 |
| 2021[a] | Sunrise Hope | 4 | Hideaki Miyuki | Tomohiko Hatsuki | Takao Matsuoka | 1:57.4 |
| 2022[a] | Jun Light Bolt | 5 | Yukito Ishikawa | Yasuo Tomomichi | Junji Kawai | 1:57.7 |
| 2023 | Hagino Alegrias | 6 | Mirai Iwata | Hirofumi Shii | Kokichi Hinokuma | 2:04.4 |
| 2024[a] | Hagino Alegrias | 7 | Mirai Iwata | Hirofumi Shii | Kokichi Hinokuma | 1:57.1 |
- ^ a b c d The race took place at Chukyo Racecourse over 1900 metres.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sirius Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 1 October 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 30 September 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 29 September 2018.
- ^ "シリウスS". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Sirius Stakes". Netkeiba.