Negishi Stakes

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]

Negishi Stakes

Grade 3 race
The remains of the former Negishi Racecourse
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	¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner)

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

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	Kosei 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

Earlier winners

• 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

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

References

1. "Negishi Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 29 January 2017.
3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 28 January 2018.
4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 27 January 2019.