Negishi Stakes

Negishi Stakes
根岸ステークス
Grade 3 race
Lemon Pop winning the 2023 Negishi Stakes
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1951
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1400 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Weight5-y-o+ 56 kg, 4-y-o 55 kg, fillies and mares allowed 2 kg
Purse¥ 86,400,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 40,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Negishi Stakes (Japanese 根岸ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

The Negishi Stakes was first run in 1987 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was contested over 1200 metres from 1990 to 2000 and again in 2003. The 2003 edition was run at Nakayama Racecourse. The race is named in honour of Negishi Racecourse, a former horse racing venue in Yokohama.

Winners since 2000

The remains of the former Negishi Racecourse
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Broad Appeal 6 Koshiro Take Kunihide Matsuda 1:10.1
2001 Nobo True 5 Olivier Peslier Hideyuki Mori 1:22.1
2002 South Vigorous 6 Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshiyasu Takahashi 1:22.8
2003 South Vigorous 7 Yoshitomi Shibata Yoshiyasu Takahashi 1:10.4
2004 Shadow Scape 5 Teruo Eda Hideyuki Mori 1:24.0
2005 Meisho Bowler 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Toshiaki Shirai 1:23.0
2006 Limitless Bid 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Tadashi Kayo 1:23.7
2007 Big Grass 6 Issei Murata Hidemasa Nakao 1:23.5
2008 Wild Wonder 6 Yasunari Iwata Takashi Kubota 1:22.7
2009 Ferrari Pisa 5 Yasunari Iwata Toshiaki Shirai 1:22.1
2010 Glorious Noah 4 Shinichiro Kobayashi Yoshito Yahagi 1:23.7
2011 Sei Crimson 5 Hideaki Miyuki Toshiyuki Hattori 1:23.0
2012 Silk Fortune 6 Kota Fujioka Norio Fujisawa 1:23.5
2013 Meisho Mashu 5 Yusuke Fujioka Yoshio Oki 1:23.7
2014 Gorski 7 Fran Berry Yasutoshi Ikee 1:23.4
2015 Air Khalifa 6 Kousei Miura Katsuhiko Sumii 1:23.4
2016 Moanin 4 Keita Tosaki Sei Ishizawa 1:22.0
2017 Kafuji Take 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Sachio Yukubo 1:23.0[2]
2018 Nonkono Yume 6 Hiroyuki Uchida Yukihiro Kato 1:21.5[3]
2019 Copano Kicking 4 Oisin Murphy Akira Murayama 1:23.5[4]
2020 Mozu Ascot 6 Christophe Lemaire Yoshito Yahagi 1:22.7
2021 Red Le Zele 5 Yuga Kawada Takayuki Yasuda 1:22.3
2022 T M South Dan 5 Yasunari Iwata Yuzo Iida 1:23.1
2023 Lemon Pop 5 Keita Tosaki Hiroyasu Tanaka 1:22.5
2024 Emperor Wakea 4 Yuga Kawada Haruki Sugiyama 1:24.1

Earlier winners

  • 1987 - Grace Shiraoki
  • 1988 - Winning Smile
  • 1989 - Dyna Letter
  • 1990 - Eiko Trans
  • 1991 - Tomoe Regent
  • 1992 - Happy Guinness
  • 1993 - Prost Line
  • 1994 - Fujino Makken O
  • 1995 - Young Ebros
  • 1996 - Stone Stepper
  • 1997 - Washington Color
  • 1998 - Washington Color
  • 1999 - Select Green

See also

References

  1. ^ "Negishi Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 27 January 2019.
  5. ^ "根岸S". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Negishi Stakes". Netkeiba.