Diamond Stakes (Japan)

The Diamond Stakes (Japanese ダイヤモンドステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 3400 metres on turf at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

Diamond Stakes

Grade 3 race
Fame Game win the 2018 Diamond Stakes
Location	Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1951
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	3400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

The Diamond Stakes was first run in 1951 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. In its early year the race was usually run at Nakayama Racecourse and returned to that track in 1985, 1986 and 2003. It was usually run over 2600 metres until 1964.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Yusei Top Run	7	Hiroki Goto	Hidetaka Otonashi	3:17.5
2001	Ibuki Yamano O	6	Olivier Peslier	Maazo Ryoke	3:18.0
2002	King The Fact	5	Hiroki Goto	Kiyoshi Tani	3:19.8
2003	Ingrandire	4	Junichi Kobayashi	Yoshinami Shimizu	3:23.7
2004	Namura Thanks	5	Kunihiko Watanabe	Yoshiharu Matsunaga	3:31.9
2005	Win Glanz	5	Masami Matsuoka	Keiji Takaichi	3:33.5
2006	Macky Max	6	Shinji Fujita	Hideaki Fujiwara	3:30.3
2007	Tokai Trick	5	Christophe Lemaire	Shoichi Matsumoto	3:30.6
2008	Admire Monarch	7	Katsumi Ando	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	3:33.6
2009	Monte Kris S	4	Hiroshi Kitamura	Kunihide Matsuda	3:29.4
2010	Forgettable	4	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	3:32.6
2011	Cosmo Meadow	4	Anthony Crastus	Shigenori Hatakeyama	3:31.9
2012	Keiai Dosojin	6	Yutaka Yoshida	Yasuhito Tamura	3:36.8
2013	Admire Rakti	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Tomoyuki Umeda	3:31.9
2014	Fame Game	4	Hitoshi Kitamura	Yoshitada Munakata	3:30.2
2015	Fame Game	5	Hitoshi Kitamura	Yoshitada Munakata	3:31.9
2016	Twinkle	5	Masaki Katsuura	Kazuya Makita	3:37.8
2017	Albert	6	Ryan Moore	Noriyuki Hori	3:35.2[2]
2018	Fame Game	8	Christophe Lemaire	Yoshitada Munakata	3:31.6[3]
2019	You Can Smile	4	Yasunari Iwata	Yasuo Tomomichi	3:31.5[4]
2020	Miraieno Tsubasa	7	Daishi Ito	Yasuo Tomomichi	3:31.2

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Dai Sekitai
• 1985 - Hokkai Pegasus
• 1986 - Trademark
• 1987 - Dolsa Sport
• 1988 - Dyna Breeze
• 1989 - Slew O Dyna
• 1990 - Slew O Dyna
• 1991 - North Shuttle
• 1992 - Mr Cyclennon
• 1993 - Matikanetannhauser
• 1994 - Sengoku Silver
• 1995 - Air Dublin
• 1996 - Yu Sensho
• 1997 - Yu Sensho
• 1998 - Yusei Top Run
• 1999 - Tamamo Inazuma

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

1. "Diamond Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 18 February 2017.
3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 February 2018.
4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 16 February 2019.