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]
| Grade 3 race | |
 Lemon Pop winning the 2023 Negishi Stakes | |
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1951 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400 metres |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
| Weight | 5-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 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 edit
| 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 edit
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Negishi Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 29 January 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 28 January 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 27 January 2019.
- ^ "根岸S". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Negishi Stakes". Netkeiba.