Musashino Stakes

Horse race

Musashino Stakes
武蔵野ステークス
Race information
Grade 3 race
Location	Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1989
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1600 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 55kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner)

The Musashino Stakes (Japanese 武蔵野ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 1600 metres on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse.^[1]

It was first run in 1989 and has held Grade 3 status since 1996. It was run over a distance of 2100 metres from 1996 to 1999. The raceservesa trial for the Champions Cup.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Sanford City	5	Akira Muroyama	Makoto Osawa	1:35.4
2001	Kurofune	3	Yutaka Take	Kunihide Matsuda	1:33.3
2002	Double Happiness ^[a]	5	Hiroshi Kawachi	Mitsuhara Shibata	1:52.2
2003	Silent Deal	3	Olivier Peslier	Yasuo Ikee	1:36.2
2004	Pit Fighter	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yukihiro Kato	1:35.4
2005	Sunrise Bacchus	3	Tetsuzo Sato	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:35.2
2006	Seeking The Best	5	Masaki Katsuura	Hideyuki Mori	1:35.3
2007	Eishin Lombard	5	Yutaka Yoshida	Ken Kozaki	1:35.5
2008	Kikuno Salire	3	Hiroki Goto	Naohiro Yoshida	1:36.0
2009	Wonder Acute	3	Katsumi Ando	Masao Sato	1:35.5
2010	Glorious Noah	4	Keita Tosaki	Yoshito Yahagi	1:36.6
2011	Namura Titan	5	Shigefumi Kumazawa	Yuki Ohashi	1:35.2
2012	Ijigen	3	Ryan Moore	Noriyuki Hori	1.36.4
2013	Belshazzar	5	Christophe Lemaire	Kunihide Matsuda	1:35.3
2014	Wide Bach	5	Yutaka Take	Yasushi Shono	1:35.2
2015	Nonkono Yume	3	Christophe Lemaire	Yukihiro Kato	1:34.7
2016	Tagano Tonnerre	6	Hironobu Tanabe	Ippo Sameshima	1:33.8^[2]
2017	Incantation	7	Kosei Miura	Tomohiko Hatsuki	1:35.5^[3]
2018	Sunrise Nova	4	Keita Tosaki	Hidetaka Otonahi	1:34.7^[4]
2019	Wonder Lider	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Shogo Yasuda	1:34.6
2020	Sunrise Nova	6	Fuma Matsuwaka	Hidetaka Otonahi	1:35.0
2021	Soliste Thunder	6	Keita Tosaki	Daisuke Takayanagi	1:35.0
2022	Gilded Mirror	5	Kosei Miura	Mikio Matsunaga	1:35.6
2023	Dry Stout	4	Takeshi Yokoyama	Mitsunori Makiura	1:35.2

^a The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 1800 metres.

Earlier winners

1989 - Rainbow Akasaka
1990 - Dyna Letter
1991 - Mr Tojin
1992 - Narita Hayabusa
1993 - Meisho Homura
1994 - Ibuki Crush
1995 - Ibuki Crush
1996 - Shinko King
1997 - Duke Grand Prix
1998 - M I Blanc
1999 - M I Blanc

References

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^ "Musashino Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 November 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 11 November 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 10 November 2018.
^ "武蔵野S". Netkeiba.
^ "Tokyo Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino Stakes". Netkeiba.

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