The Spring Stakes (スプリングステークス, supuringu sutēkusu) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1,800 metres at Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho, which is run at the same racecourse in April.
It was first run in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Shinzan, Narita Brian, Bubble Gum Fellow, Neo Universe, Meisho Samson and Orfevre.
Winners since 1994 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 1994 Narita Brian Katsumi Minai Masaaki OokuboHidenori Yamaji 1:49.1 1995 Narita King O Katsumi Minai Kentaro NakaoHidenori Yamaji 1:54.5 1996 Bubble Gum Fellow Yukio Okabe Kazuo FujisawaShadai Race Horse 1:50.1 1997 Big Sunday Masayoshi Ebina Tadashi NakaoBig 1:52.2 1998 Courir Cyclone Masayoshi Ebina Ryuichi InabaShuji Yokoyama 1:49.8 1999 Wonder Fang Hideaki Miyuki Masazo RyokeNobuyuki Yamamoto 1:51.2 2000 Daitaku Riva Ryo Takahashi Kojiro HashiguchiTaiyo Farm 1:49.1 2001 Agnes Gold Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki NagahamaTakao Watanabe 1:50.1 2002 Tanino Gimlet Hirofumi Shii Kunihide MatsudaYuzo Tanimizu 1:46.9 2003 Neo Universe Mirco Demuro Tsutomu SetoguchiShadai Race Horse 1:48.2 2004 Black Tide Norihiro Yokoyama Yasuo IkeeMakoto Kaneko 1:48.3 2005 Dance in the More Masayoshi Ebina Ikuo AizawaIwao Kinami 1:47.3 2006 Meisho Samson Mamoru Ishibashi Tsutomu SetoguchiYoshio Matsumoto 1:48.9 2007 Flying Apple Norihiro Yokoyama Kazuo FujisawaHidetoshi Yamamoto 1:49.0 2008 Smile Jack Futoshi Komaki Satoru KobiyamaYomoji Saito 1:48.9 2009 Unrivaled Yasunari Iwata Yasuo TomomichiSunday Racing 1:50.8 2010 Aliseo Norihiro Yokoyama Noriyuki HoriShadai Race Horse 1:48.2 2011 Orfevre Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi IkeeSunday Racing 1:46.4 2012 Grandezza Mirco Demuro Osamu HirataShadai Race Horse 1:50.7 2013 Logotype Cristian Demuro Tsuyoshi TanakaTeruya Yoshida 1:47.8 2014 Rosa Gigantea Mirco Demuro Kazuo FujisawaShadai Race Horse 1:48.4 2015 Kitasan Black Hiroshi Kitamura Hisashi ShimizuOno Shoji 1:49.1 2016 Mount Robson Andrasch Starke Noriyuki Hori Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:48.1 2017 Win Bright Masami Matsuoka Yoshihiro HatakeyamaWin 1:48.4 2018 Stelvio Christophe Lemaire Tetsuya KimuraSunday Racing 1:48.1 2019 Emeral Fight Yukito Ishikawa Ikuo AizawaTsutomu Takahashi 1:47.8 2020 Galore Creek Lyle Hewitson Hiroyuki UeharaYukio Minakami 1:49.8 2021 Victipharus Kenichi Ikezoe Manabu IkezoeG1 Racing 1:52.0 2022 Be Astonished Yasunari Iwata Yuzo IidaToru Muranaka 1:48.4 2023 Bellagio Opera Takeshi Yokoyama Hiroyuki UemuraShorai Hayashida 1:48.92024SixpenceChristophe LemaireSakae KuniedaCarrot Farm1:49.42025Piko Chan BlackShu Ishibashi Yuki UeharaMieko Ishibe1:51.52026AudaciaAkihide TsumuraTakahisa TezukaSunday Racing1:46.0
Earlier winners
1952 - Asatomo 1953 - Cheerio 1954 - Taka O 1955 - Nancy Shine 1956 - Kitano O 1957 - Hikaru Meiji 1958 - Daigo Homare 1959 - Meitai 1960 - Kodama 1961 - Yukiro 1962 - Kanetsu Seki 1963 - Meizui 1964 - Shinzan 1965 - Dai Koter 1966 - Shogun 1967 - Mejiro Flame 1968 - Marchs 1969 - Wild More 1970 - Tanino Moutiers 1971 - Mejiro Gekko 1972 - Tai Tehm 1973 - Haiseiko 1974 - Kitano Kochidoki 1975 - Long Hawk 1976 - Ten Point 1977 - Yoshino Ryujin 1978 - Takeden 1979 - Rikiai O 1980 - Sir Pen Prince 1981 - Sanei Tholon 1982 - Hagino Kamui O 1983 - Takeno Hien 1984 - Bizen Nishiki 1985 - Miho Shinzan 1986 - Sunny Light 1987 - Material 1988 - Mogami Nine 1989 - Narcisse Noir 1990 - Azuma East 1991 - Shin Horisky 1992 - Mihono Bourbon 1993 - Multi Max
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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