Sapporo Nisai Stakes

The Sapporo Nisai Stakes (Japanese 札幌2歳ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in late August or early September over a distance of 1800 metres at Sapporo Racecourse.[1]

Sapporo Nisai Stakes

Grade 3 race
The finish of the 2009 Sapporo Nisai Stakes
Location	Sapporo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1966
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	2-y-o
Weight	54 kg
Purse	¥66,660,000 (total), ¥31,000,000 (winner)

The race was first run in 1966 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984. Originally run over 1200 metres the race was increased to its current distance in 1997. It was run at Hakodate Racecourse in 1989. Past winners have included Jungle Pocket, Admire Moon and Logi Universe.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Jungle Pocket	Teruhiko Chida	Sakae Watanabe	1:49.6
2001	Yamanu Blizzard		Kawada Takayoshi	1:50.9
2002	Sakura President	Katsuharu Tanaka	Futoshi Kojima	1:51.7
2003	Moere Espoir	Tsuyoshi Chiba	Yoshinori Doyama	1:54.1
2004	Stormy Cafe	Hirofumi Shii	Futoshi Kojima	1:49.9
2005	Admire Moon	Masaru Honda	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:50.4
2006	Namura Mars	Yusuke Fujioka	Nobuharu Fukushima	1:49.7
2007	Oriental Rock	Yutaka Take	Hidetaka Tadokoro	1:51.9
2008	Logi Universe	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	1:49.1
2009	San Diego City	Yusuke Fujioka	Seiji Sakuta	1:49.7
2010	All As One	Katsumi Ando	Masaozo Ryoke	1:49.8
2011	Grandezza	Shinichiro Akiyama	Osamu Hirata	1:50.8
2012	Codino	Norohiro Yokoyama	Kazuo Fujisawa	1:48.5
2013	Red Reveur	Keita Tosaki	Naosuke Sugai	1:59.7
2014	Bright Emblem	Hironobu Tanabe	Shigeyuki Kojima	1:50.0
2015	Admire Eikan	Yasunari Iwata	Naosuke Sugai	1:50.8
2016	Trust	Daichi Shibata	Hiroaki Kawazu	1:49.9[2]
2017	Rock This Town	Christophe Lemaire	Yoshitaka Ninomiya	1:51.4[3]
2018	Nishino Daisy	Masaki Katsuura	Noboru Takagi	1:50.1[4]
2019	Black Hole	Yukito Ishikawa	Ikuo Aizawa	1:50.4
2020	Sodashi	Hayato Yoshida	Naosuke Sugai	1:48.2

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Western Five
• 1985 - Kalista Kaiser
• 1986 - Gal Dancer
• 1987 - Miyono Speed
• 1988 - Miyono Gold
• 1989 - Inter Voyager
• 1990 - Scarlet Bouquet
• 1991 - Nishino Flower
• 1992 - T M Hurricane
• 1993 - Mellow Fruit
• 1994 - Prime Stage
• 1995 - Biwa Heidi
• 1996 - Seiryu O
• 1997 - I Am The Prince
• 1998 - Meiner Platinum
• 1999 - Meiner Condor

See also

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

References

1. "Sapporo Nisai Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 3 September 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 2 September 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 1 September 2018.