March Stakes (Japan)

For British race, see March Stakes.
March Stakes
マーチステークス
Testa Matta after winning the 2011 March Stakes
ClassGrade 3
LocationNakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated1994
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2025)
  • 1st: ¥ 38,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The March Stakes (Japanese マーチステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in March over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1994 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 2011.

Previous winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1994 Bamboo Genesis 5 Yutaka Take Kunihiko Take Bamboo Stud 1:50.0
1995 Toyo Lyphard 5 Masahiro Matsunaga Yoshiharu Matsunaga Toyo Club 1:50.5
1996 Ami Cyclone 6 Takayuki Hirame Yoichiro Asano Naito Stud 1:53.3
1997 Wild Blaster 5 Hiroki Hashimoto Hitoshi Arai Yoshinobu Hayashi 1:51.5
1998 Wild Blaster 6 Hiroki Hashimoto Hitoshi Arai Yoshinobu Hayashi 1:51.9
1999 Tayasu K.Point 4 Kazuhiro Kato Kiyohiro Tadokoro Atsumu Tadokoro 1:51.3
2000 Tamamo Strong 5 Koike Takao Shinobu Yoshinaga Tamamo 1:49.7
2001 Island Oja 5 Eiji Nakadate Masakatsu Sakai Fumio Shimamura 1:50.8
2002 Mambo Twist 7 Katsumi Ando Taira Furukawa Genichiro Tabara 1:51.3
2003 Smart Boy 8 Naoto Ito Keizo Ito Grand Stud 1:52.0
2004 En Dehors 5 Mikio Matsunaga Hiroyuki Nagahama Shadai Race Horse 1:53.0
2005 Koolinger 6 Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamato Susumu Hayashi 1:52.0
2006 Hishi Atlas 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Takao Nakano Masaichiro Abe 1:51.4
2007 Quiet Day 7 Koichi Tsunoda Shoichi Matsumoto Sunday Racing 1:51.4
2008 Nanayo Himawari 7 Yoshiyuki Obara Isami Obara Wasuke Ozaki 1:51.6
2009 Espoir City 4 Masami Matsuoka Akio Adachi Yushun Horse Club 1:51.9
2010 Makoto Sparviero 7 Hiroki Goto Ippo Sameshima Akira Makabe 1:51.9
2011 Testa Matta 5 Hirofumi Shii Akira Murayama Kazumi Yoshida 1:50.0
2012 Silent Melody 5 Hiroki Goto Sakae Kunieda Shadai Race Horse 1:51.0
2013 Grand City 6 Akihide Tsumura Ikuo Aizawa Yushun Horse Club 1:52.6
2014 Solor 4 Masayoshi Ebina Kazuya Nakatake Sunday Racing 1:51.2
2015 Meiner Crop 5 Yuji Tannai Yuzo Iida Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:52.7
2016 Shonan Apollon 6 Masami Matsuoka Fumiaki Koga Tetsuhide Kunimoto 1:52.7
2017 Incantation 7 Masaki Katsuura Tomohiko Hatsuki Turf Sport 1:52.0[2]
2018 Centurion 6 Hideaki Miyuki Yauhito Tamura Yasushi Kubota 1:52.1[3]
2019 Satono Titan 6 Shu Ihibashi Noriyuki Hori Haruki Satomi 1:52.3[4]
2020 Suave Aramis 5 Kota Fujioka Naosuke Sugai NICKS 1:51.3
2021 Rapier Wit 6 Shu Ihibashi Noriyuki Hori Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:51.0
2022 Meisho Hario 5 Suguru Hamanaka Inao Okada Yoshio Matsumoto 1:50.2
2023 Hayabusa Nandekun 7 Akihide Tsumura Keiji Yoshimura Osamu Takeda 1:51.4
2024 Walzer Schall 5 Arata Saito Noboru Takagi West Forest Stable 1:50.7
2025 Brian Sense 5 Mirai Iwata Makoto Saito Masamichi Hayashi 1:51.5

See also

References

  1. ^ "March Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 26 March 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 25 March 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ "マーチS". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "March Stakes". Netkeiba.
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