Falcon Stakes

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]

Falcon Stakes

Grade 3 race
Henny Hound wins the 2011 Falcon Stakes
Location	Chukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1961
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	3-y-o
Weight	Colts 56 kg, fillies 54 kg
Purse	¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner)

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 Christie^a	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 Happiness^a	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 Hound^b	Yasunari Iwata	Yoshihito 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

^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

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

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.