Sirius Stakes

Sirius Stakes
シリウスステークス
Grade 3 race
Yamanin Kingly wins the 2011 Sirius Stakes
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated1997
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2,000 meters
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 38,000,000
2nd: ¥ 15,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Sirius Stakes (Japanese シリウスステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in late September or early October over a distance of 2,000 meters on dirt at Hanshin Racecourse.[1]

It was first run in 1993 and has held Grade 3 status since 1997. The first six editions of the race took place at Chukyo Racecourse and it was also run at that track in 2006. Originally contested as a 1,200 meter sprint on turf until the race distance was increased to 1,400 meters on dirt in 1997 and 1,700 meters in 2006. The Sirius Stakes has been run over 2,000 meters since 2007.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Meiner Brian 3 Shinji Fujita Toru Miya 1:23.3
2001 Broad Appeal 7 Hirofumi Shii Kunihide Matsuda 1:23.7
2002 Sterling Rose 5 Ryuji Wada Shuji Kitahashi 1:22.4
2003 Meiner Select 4 Naohiro Onishi Hitoshi Nakamura 1:23.1
2004 Agnes Wing 4 Hideaki Miyuki Toshiaki Shirai 1:23.1
2005 Blue Concorde 5 Hideaki Miyuki Toshiyuki Hattori 1:23.9
2006 Meisho Battler 6 Tetsuzo Sato Shigetada Takahashi 1:43.1
2007 Dragon Fire 3 Yuichi Fukunaga Takashi Kubota 2:05.1
2008 Meiner Hourglass 4 Minoru Yoshida Ryuichi Inaba 2:03.8
2009 Wonder Acute 3 Ryuji Wada Masao Sato 2:04.5
2010 Kings Emblem 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Sei Ishizaka 2:04.4
2011 Wonder Acute 6 Yutaka Take Hiroshi Kawachi 2:04.3
2012 Nice Meet You 5 Futoshi Komaki Kojiro Hashiguchi 2:03.3
2013 Keiai Leone 3 Hideaki Miyuki Katsuichi Nihiura 2:03.4
2014 Kurino Star O 4 Hideaki Miyuki Yohitada Takahashi 2:03.8
2015 Awardee 5 Yutaka Take Mikio Matsunaga 2:04.6
2016 Mask Zorro 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Inao Okada 2:01.7[2]
2017 Meisho Sumitomo 6 Yoshihiro Furukawa Katsumi Minai 2:03.9[3]
2018 Omega Perfume 3 Ryuji Wada Shogo Yasuda 2:01.5[4]
2019 Lord Golazo 4 Yusuke Fujioka Kenichi Fujioka 2:03.5
2020[a] Cafe Pharoah 3 Christophe Lemaire Noriyuki Hori 1:57.8
2021[a] Sunrise Hope 4 Hideaki Miyuki Tomohiko Hatsuki 1:57.4
2022[a] Jun Light Bolt 5 Yukito Ishikawa Yasuo Tomomichi 1:57.7
2023 Hagino Alegrias 6 Mirai Iwata Hirofumi Shii 2:04.4
2024[a] Hagino Alegrias 7 Mirai Iwata Hirofumi Shii 1:57.1
  1. ^ a b c d The race took place at Chukyo Racecourse over 1900 metres.

Earlier winners

  • 1990 - Horino Winner
  • 1994 - Minamoto Juniors
  • 1995 - Samsung Queen
  • 1993 - Yuki Top Run
  • 1994 - Eishin Washington
  • 1995 - Nihon Pillow Story
  • 1996 - Nishino Final
  • 1997 - Toyo Rainbow
  • 1998 - Makoto Raiden
  • 1999 - Gold Tiara

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sirius Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 1 October 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 30 September 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 29 September 2018.
  5. ^ "シリウスS". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Sirius Stakes". Netkeiba.