Falcon Stakes

Falcon Stakes
ファルコンステークス
Grade 3 race
Henny Hound wins the 2011 Falcon Stakes
LocationChukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1961
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o
Weight57 kg
Allowance: Fillies 2 kg
Purse¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 41,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Falcon Stakes (Japanese ファルコンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in March over a distance of 1400 metres at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]

The race was first run in 1987 and has held Grade 3 status from its inauguration. It was initially run over 1800 before being cut to 1200 metres in 1996 and then extended to 1400 metres in 2012.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Yuwa Falcon Eiji Nakadate Masahiro Horii 1:08.9
2001 Rusunai Christiea Shinichiro Akiyama Yoshio Takagi 1:08.9
2002 Sunningdale Yuichi Fukunaga Tsutomu Setoguchi 1:08.9
2003 Gallant Arrow Hideaki Miyuki Hiroki Sakiyama 1:09.7
2004 Kyowa Happinessa Yasuhiko Yasuda Masaru Sayama 1:09.5
2005 Kazusa Line Eiji Nakadate Masamichi Wada 1:09.9
2006 Tagano Bastille Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo Ikezoe 1:09.9
2007 Admire Hokuto Norihiko Yokoyama Fumio Koga 1:08.0
2008 Danon Go Go Yutaka Take Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:09.0
2009 Jo Cappuccino Kota Fujioka Kazuya Nakatake 1:08.9
2010 A Shin Whity Yuichi Kitamura Shigeki Matsumoto 1:08.7
2011 Henny Houndb Yasunari Iwata Yoshito Yahagi 1:08.7
2012 Brightline Katsumi Ando Ippo Sameshima 1:24.0
2013 Impulse Hero Katsuharu Tanaka Sakae Kunieda 1:22.2
2014 Tagano Grandpa Yuichi Fukunaga Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:21.2
2015 Tagano Azaghal Daisaku Matsuda Teruhiko Chida 1:22.9
2016 Tosho Drafter Hironobu Tanabe Koji Kayano 1:25.0
2017 Kosoku Straight Keita Tosaki Eiji Nakadate 1:21.1[2]
2018 Mr Melody Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki Fujiwara 1:22.1[3]
2019 Happy Hour Hayato Yoshida Koshiro Take 1:20.9[4]
2020 Shine Garnet Hironobu Tanabe Toru Kurita 1:21.3
2021 Rooks Nest Hideaki Miyuki Tamio Hamada 1:20.1
2022 Purpur Ray Mirco Demuro Naosuke Sugai 1:20.9
2023 Tamamo Black Tie Hideaki Miyuki Koichi Tsunoda 1:22.6
2024 Danon McKinley Yuichi Kitamura Hideaki Fujiwara 1:20.2

a The 2001 winner Rusunai Christie and the 2004 winner Kyowa Happiness were fillies
b The 2011 race was held at Hanshin Racecourse

Earlier winners

  • 1987 - Hide Ryu O
  • 1988 - Soccer Boy
  • 1989 - Osaichi George
  • 1990 - Long Arch
  • 1991 - Kogane Power
  • 1992 - Kyoei Bowgun
  • 1993 - Nehai Caesar
  • 1994 - Inazao Takao
  • 1995 - Ibuki Rajo Mon
  • 1996 - Sugino Hayakaze
  • 1997 - Opening Theme
  • 1998 - Tokio Perfect
  • 1999 - Saikyo Sunday

See also

References

  1. ^ "Falcon Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 18 March 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 16 March 2019.
  5. ^ "ファルコンS". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Chunichi Sports Sho Falcon Stakes". Netkeiba.