The Fuji Stakes (Japanese 富士ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]
| Grade 2 race | |
 Mount Fuji, the namesake of the race | |
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 128,140,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 59,000,000 2nd: ¥ 24,000,000 3rd: ¥ 15,000,000 |
It was first run in 1984 and held Grade 3 status from 1998 until 2019. The race was run over 1800 metres until 1996, and over 1400 metres from 1997 to 1999. It serves as a trial race for the Mile Championship.
Weight
edit55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[2]
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
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 2000
edit| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Daiwa Caerleon | 7 | Hiroki Tanaka | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | 1:33.9 |
| 2001 | Kris The Brave | 7 | Yutaka Yoshida | Masakazu Akiyama | 1:33.2 |
| 2002 | Meisho Ramses | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yuji Ito | 1:32.3 |
| 2003 | Millenium Bio | 5 | Yutaka Take | Masaozo Ryoke | 1:32.0 |
| 2004 | Admire Max | 5 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:33.2 |
| 2005 | Win Radius | 7 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:32.9 |
| 2006 | Kinetics | 7 | Megumu Shinkawa | Megumu Shinkawa | 1:32.8 |
| 2007 | Meiner Segal | 3 | Hiroki Goto | Sakae Kunieda | 1:33.3 |
| 2008 | Silent Pride | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | 1:32.7 |
| 2009 | Absolute | 5 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata | 1:33.3 |
| 2010 | Danon Yoyo | 4 | Kousei Miura | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:32.8 |
| 2011 | Eishin Apollon | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Masahiro Matsunaga | 1:35.0 |
| 2012 | Clarente | 3 | Yasunari Iwata | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:32.4 |
| 2013 | Danon Shark | 5 | Suguru Hamanaka | Ryuji Okubo | 1:33.5 |
| 2014 | Staphanos | 3 | Keita Tosaki | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:33.2 |
| 2015 | Danon Platina | 3 | Masayoshi Ebina | Sakae Kunieda | 1:32.7 |
| 2016 | Young Man Power | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:34.0[3] |
| 2017 | Air Spinel | 4 | Yutaka Take | Kazuhide Sasada | 1:34.8[4] |
| 2018 | Logi Cry | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Naosuke Sugai | 1:31.7[5] |
| 2019 | Normcore | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1:33.0 |
| 2020 | Vin de Garde | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:33.4 |
| 2021 | Songline | 3 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Toru Hayashi | 1:33.2 |
| 2022 | Serifos | 3 | Yusuke Fujioka | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:32.0 |
| 2023 | Namur | 4 | Joao Moreira | Tomokazu Takano | 1:31.4 |
| 2024 | Jun Blossom | 5 | Keita Tosaki | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:32.1 |
Earlier winners
edit- 1986 - Waverley Star
- 1987 - Triptych
- 1988 - Salem Drive
- 1989 - Oracle Asuka
- 1990 - Mogami Champion
- 1991 - Stabilizer
- 1992 - Shinko Lovely
- 1993 - Matikanetannhauser
- 1994 - Sakura Chitose O
- 1995 - Fujiyama Kenzan
- 1996 - Shinko King
- 1997 - Biko Alpha
- 1998 - Air Jihad
- 1999 - Red Chili Pepper
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Fuji Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 22 October 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 21 October 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 20 October 2018.
- ^ "富士Ｓ". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Fuji Stakes". Netkeiba.