Aoi Stakes
Horse race
Aoi Stakes 葵ステークス Win Marvel wins the 2022 Aoi Stakes
Location Kyoto Racecourse Inaugurated 1985 Race type Thoroughbred Flat racing Distance 1,200 meters Surface Turf Track Right-handed Qualification 3yo Weight 56 kgAllowance: Fillies 2 kg Purse ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)1st: ¥ 41,000,0002nd: ¥ 16,000,0003rd: ¥ 10,000,000
The Aoi Stakes (Japanese 葵ステークス ) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds , run in late May over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse .[ 1] Famous horses who won the race include Calstone Light O and Lord Kanaloa .
The race was first ran as Aoi Sho from 1985 until 1988 before it was renamed to Aoi Stakes. The distance was run at 1,400 meters from 1985 until 1995, then it was shortened to 1,200 meters from 1996 until 2001. The distance was once again increased to 1,400 meters from 2002 until 2009 then it was shortened back to its current distance at 1,200 meters. In 2018, the race was promoted to Grade status but was unable to obtain the current Grade 3 status until 2022.
Winners since 2000
Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000
Breaktime
Mamoru Ishibashi
Shoji Yamamoto
1:08.0
2001
Calstone Light O
Shigefumi Kumazawa
Hiroyuki Oneda
1:07.4
2002
Dantsu Judge
Fujita Shinji
Kenji Yamauchi
1:21.2
2003
Montparnasse
Mikio Matsunaga
Noriaki Tsubo
1:21.5
2004
Meiner Zest
Hirofumi Shii
Yutaka Takahashi
1:20.9
2005
Symboli Gran
Shigefumi Kumazawa
Yoshihiro Hatakeyama
1:20.9
2006
Win Legend
Yuga Kawada
Tsutomu Setoguchi
1:23.0
2007
Kanoya Zakura
Hiroyuki Uemura
Kojiro Hashiguchi
1:22.6
2008
Million Wave
Koichi Tsunoda
Hiroshi Miyamoto
1:21.7
2009
Eishin Tiger
Yuga Kawada
Masato Nishizono
1:20.4
2010
Keiai Daisy
Hideaki Miyuki
Kenji Yamauchi
1:07.6
2011
Lord Kanaloa
Yuichi Kitamura
Takayuki Yasuda
1:09.3
2012
Makoto Nawaratana
Kota Fujioka
Ippo Sameshima
1:08.0
2013
Teehaff
Yutaka Take
Katsuichi Nishiura
1:08.7
2014
Real Venus
Kota Fujioka
Akio Adachi
1:07.5
2015
Just Doing
Tsubasa Wada
Kazuya Nakatake
1:08.0
2016
Nac Venus
Manabu Sakai
Hiroaki Sugiura
1:07.9
2017
Arinna
Yusuke Fujioka
Shigeki Matsumoto
1:10.5
2018
Gold Queen
Yoshihiro Furukawa
Masanori Sakaguchi
1:08.0
2019
Dirndl
Yusuke Fujioka
Yutaka Okumura
1:08.0
2020
Bien Fait
Yusuke Fujioka
Kazuya Nakatake
1:08.1
2021
Lei Halia[a]
Heart Kameda
Toshiaki Tajima
1:08.1
2022
Win Marvel[a]
Kohei Matsuyama
Masashi Fukayama
1:08.2
2023
Mozu Meimei
Yutaka Take
Hidetaka Otonashi
1:07.1
2024
Puro Magic
Kazuo Yokoyama
Shogo Yasuda
1:07.1
a The 2021 and 2022 editions were contested at Chukyo Racecourse , due to renovations held at the Kyoto Racecourse.[ 2]
Earlier winners
1985 - Long Quick[ 3]
1986 - Lead Triple[ 4]
1987 - Marubutsu Lonely
1988 - Great Monte
1989 - Osaichi George
1990 - Daitaku Helios
1991 - Tenzan Hagoromo
1992 - Elizabeth Rose
1993 - Fuji One Man Cross
1994 - Maruka Okan
1995 - Isami Sakura
1996 - The Gold
1997 - Star Programmer
1998 - Meisho Ayame
1999 - Kool Neige
See also
References
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