Heian Stakes

Heian Stakes
平安ステークス
Grade 3 race
Incantation win the 2015 Heian Stakes
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated1986
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1900 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
WeightSpecial Weight
Purse¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 38,000,000
2nd: ¥ 15,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Heian Stakes (Japanese 平安ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in May over a distance of 1900 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]

The Heian Stakes was first run in 1986 and has held Grade 3 status since 1994. The distance was originally 1400 metres before being increased to 1800 metres in 1994 and to 1900 metres in 2013. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1994.

Weight

57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[2]

Allowances:

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

  • If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
    • 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
    • 1 kg for a grade 2 win
  • If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
    • 1 kg for a grade 1 win

Winners since 1994

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
1994 Toyo Lyphard 4 Masahiro Matsunaga Yoshiharu Matsunaga 1:52.8
1995 Lively Mount 4 Mamoru Ishibashi Fujio Shibata 1:52.9
1996 Admire Bosatsu 6 Junichi Serizawa Mitsuru Hashida 1:50.5
1997
(dh) 		Shinko Windy
Toyo Seattle 		4
4 		Hirofumi Shii
Masahiro Matsunaga 		Kiyotaka Tanaka
Yoshiharu Matsunaga 		1:49.9
1998 M I Blanc 6 Yutaka Take Shuji Ito 1:48.5
1999 Osumi Jet 5 Hirofumi Shii Toshiaki Shirai 1:49.9
2000 Osumi Jet 6 Hirofumi Shii Toshiaki Shirai 1:49.8
2001 Mambo Twist 6 Hirofumi Shii Taira Furakawa 1:48.7
2002 Smart Boy 7 Naoto Ito Keizo Ito 1:50.9
2003 Smart Boy 8 Naoto Ito Keizo Ito 1:49.7
2004 Time Paradox 6 Mitsuaki Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:51.3
2005 Hishi Atlas 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Takao Nakano 1:50.3
2006 Tagano Guernica 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo Ikezoe 1:50.2
2007 Meisho Tokon 5 Mamoru Ishibashi Isao Yasuda 1:51.0
2008 Quiet Day 8 Koichi Tsunoda Shoichi Matsumoto 1:51.0
2009 Wonder Speed 7 Futoshi Komaki Tomohiko Hastuki 1:50.4
2010 Roll of the Dice 5 Yasunari Iwata Katsuhiko Sumii 1:51.1
2011 Daishin Orange 6 Yuga Kawada Yasushi Shono 1:51.5
2012 Hiraboku King 5 Yusuke Fujioka Ryuji Okubo 1:48.1
2013 Nihonpiro Ours 6 Manabu Sakai Yuki Ohashi 1:56.9
2014 Kurino Star O 4 Hideaki Miyuki Yoshitada Takahashi 1:56.6
2015 Incantation 5 Hiroyuki Uchida Tomohiko Hastuki 1:55.1
2016 Asukano Roman 5 Keisuke Dazai Yoshihiko Kawamura 1:56.2
2017 Great Pearl 4 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida 1:55.7[3]
2018 Sunrise Soar 4 Mirco Demuro Hiroshi Kawachi 1:57.3[4]
2019 Chuwa Wizard 4 Yuga Kawada Ryuji Okubo 1:58.1[5]
2020 Omega Perfume 5 Yuichi Kitamura Shogo Yasuda 1:56.0
2021 Auvergne[a] 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Masayuki Nishimura 1:54.7
2022 T O Keynes[a] 5 Kohei Matsuyama Daisuke Takayanagi 1:57.0
2023 Gloria Mundi 5 Yuga Kawada Ryuji Okubo 1:59.8
2024 Mitono O 4 Kohei Matsuyama Koji Maki 1:57.4

a Runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Heian Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 20 May 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 19 May 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 18 May 2019.
  6. ^ "平安S". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Heian Stakes". Netkeiba.