Antares Stakes
| Grade 3 race | |
.jpg) 2014 Antares Stakes winner Namura Victor | |
| Location | Hanshin Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1996 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 38,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The Antares Stakes (Japanese アンタレスステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in April over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Hanshin Racecourse.[1]
The Antares Stakes was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse from 1997 to 2011.
Race details[edit]
The race is run at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on dirt.
Weight[edit]
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:
- 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares)
- 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 3 win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 2 win
Winners since 2000[edit]
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Smart Boy | 5 | Naoto Ito | Keizo Ito | 1:49.6 |
| 2001 | Smart Boy | 6 | Naoto Ito | Keizo Ito | 1:50.6 |
| 2002 | Hagino High Grade | 6 | Yutaka Take | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:48.7 |
| 2003 | Gold Allure | 4 | Yutaka Take | Yasuo Ikee | 1:49.7 |
| 2004 | Time Paradox | 6 | Katsumi Ando | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:51.5 |
| 2005 | Pit Fighter | 6 | Katsumi Ando | Yukihiro Kato | 1:49.8 |
| 2006 | Fifty Oner | 4 | Yutaka Take | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:49.0 |
| 2007 | Wild Wonder | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Takashi Kubota | 1:49.9 |
| 2008 | Wonder Speed | 6 | Futoshi Komaki | Tomohiko Hatsuki | 1:50.5 |
| 2009 | War Tactics | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:47.8 |
| 2010 | Daishin Orange | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Yasushi Shono | 1:49.7 |
| 2011 | Gold Blitz | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Naohiro Yoshida | 1:48.1 |
| 2012 | Gold Blitz | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Naohiro Yoshida | 1:49.9 |
| 2013 | Hokku Tarumae | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuichi Nishiura | 1:49.7 |
| 2014 | Namura Victor | 5 | Futoshi Komaki | Nobuharu Fukushima | 1:51.5 |
| 2015 | Kurino Star O | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Yoshitada Takahashi | 1:49.6 |
| 2016 | Awardee | 6 | Yutaka Take | Mikio Matsunaga | 1:49.9 |
| 2017 | Molto Bene | 5 | Mirco Demuro | Masahiro Matsunaga | 1:49.9[3] |
| 2018 | Great Pearl | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:49.8[4] |
| 2019 | Another Truth | 5 | Takuya Ono | Noboru Takagi | 1:50.8[5] |
| 2020 | Westerlund | 8 | Yusuke Fujioka | Shozo Sasaki | 1:49.8 |
| 2021 | T O Keynes | 4 | Fuma Matsuwaka | Daisuke Takayanagi | 1:49.0 |
| 2022 | Omega Perfume | 7 | Kazuo Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda | 1:50.5 |
| 2023 | Promised Warrior | 6 | Katsuma Sameshima | Kenji Nonaka | 1:49.5 |
| 2024 | Mikki Nuchibana | 6 | Keisuke Dazai | Ryo Takahashi | 1:51.2 |
Earlier winners[edit]
- 1996 - Theseus Frise
- 1997 - M I Blanc
- 1998 - Wild Buster
- 1999 - Osumi Jet
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Antares 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 2024-04-14.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 15 April 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 15 April 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 14 April 2019.
- ^ "アンタレスS". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Antares Stakes". Netkeiba.