Queen Stakes

Horse race

Queen Stakes
クイーンステークス
Race information
Grade 3 race
The finish of the 2016 Queen Stakes
Location	Sapporo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1953
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+ fillies and mares
Weight	4-y-o+ 55 kg, 3-y-o 51 kg
Purse	¥77,360,000 (total), ¥36,000,000 (winner)

The Queen Stakes (Japanese クイーンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over, run in late July or early August over a distance of 1800 metres on turf at Sapporo Racecourse.^[1]

The Queen Stakes was first run in 1953 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The distance of the race was originally 2000 metres but was reduced to 1800 metres in 1996. The race was usually run at either Tokyo Racecourse or Nakayama Racecourse before moving to its current venue in 2000.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	To The Victory	4	Shinji Fujita	Yasuo Ikee	1:46.8
2001	Yamakatsu Suzaran	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	1:47.4
2002	Mitsuwa Top Lady	5	Teruhiko Chida	Sakae Watanabe	1:48.1
2003	Osumi Haruka	3	Shinji Kawashima	Masatoshi Ando	1:47.7
2004	Osumi Haruka	4	Shinji Kawashima	Masatoshi Ando	1:47.5
2005	Les Clefs d'Or	4	Masayoshi Ebina	Yasuo Ikee	1:46.7
2006	Daring Heart	4	Shinji Fujita	Hideaki Fujiwara	1:46.7
2007	Asahi Rising	4	Yoshitomi Shibata	Masaaki Koga	1:46.7
2008	Yamaninmerveilleux	6	Yuichi Shibayama	Hironori Kurita	1:48.1
2009	Piena Venus	5	Yoshihiro Furukawa	Katsumi Minai	1:48.2
2010	Apricot Fizz	3	Yutaka Take	Futoshi Kojima	1:47.6
2011	Aventura	3	Kenichi Ikezoe	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:46.6
2012	I'm Yours	3	Kenichi Ikezoe	Takahisa Tezuka	1:47.2
2013	I'm Yours	4	Keita Tosaki	Takahisa Tezuka	1:49.4
2014	Quatre Feuilles	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:45.7
2015	Meisho Suzanna	6	Daisaku Matsuda	Yoshitada Takahashi	1:47.1
2016	Makoto Brillar	6	Hirofumi Shii	Ippo Sameshima	1:47.7^[2]
2017	Aerolithe	3	Norihiro Yokoyama	Takanori Kikuzawa	1:45.7^[3]
2018	Deirdre	4	Christophe Lemaire	Mitsuru Hashida	1:46.2^[4]
2019	Mikki Charm	4	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:47.0
2020	Red Anemos	4	Hayato Yoshida	Yasuo Tomomichi	1:45.9
2021	Terzetto	4	Christophe Lemaire	Shoichiro Wada	1:47.8
2022	Terzetto	5	Kenichi Ikezoe	Shoichiro Wada	1:47.8
2023	Dura	3	Arata Saito	Yasuyuki Takahashi	1:46.7

Earlier winners

1984 - Happy Uroton
1985 - Asakusa Scale
1986 - Royal Silky
1987 - Strong Lady
1988 - Free Talk
1989 - Mejiro Monterey
1990 - Winners Gold
1991 - Inazuma Cross
1992 - Shinko Lovely
1993 - Yukino Bijin
1994 - Hishi Amazon
1995 - Sakura Candle
1996 - Rainbow Queen
1997 - Promotion
1998 - Air Deja Vu
1999 - Air Zion

References

Netkeiba:^[5]^[6]
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^ "Queen Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 31 July 2016.^{[dead link]}
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 30 July 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 29 July 2018.
^ "クイーンS". Netkeiba.
^ "Hokkaido Shimbun Hai Queen Stakes". Netkeiba.

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