The Flora Stakes (Japanese フローラステークス) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 2000 metres at Tokyo Racecourse every April.
The Flora Stakes was first run in 1966 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It serves as a trial race for the Yushun Himba, which is run in May. Until 1990, horses that finished within the top five were allowed slots to enter in to the Yushun Himba, but only the top three were allowed preferential slots between 1991 and 2017, and since 2018 only the winner and second place have slots for the Yushun Himba.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Manic Sunday Jiro Ono Takao NakanoTeruya Yoshida 2:02.5 2001 Oiwake Hikari Junichi Kobayashi Isamu ShibasakiNaka Hashimoto 2:01.5 2002 Nishino Hanaguruma Seiji Shimohama Koji KayanoNishiyama Farm 2:04.0 2003 Shinko Ruby Hiroshi Gohara Sachio YukuboMasatsugu Toyohara 2:00.6 2004 Meisho Oscar Hiroki Goto Akio AdachiYoshio Matsumoto 2:01.1 2005 Dia de la Novia Yutaka Take Katsuhiko SumiiCarrot Farm 2:01.8 2006 Yamato Marian Takanori Kikuzawa Akio AdachiMasako Bando 2:01.7 2007 Bella Rheia Shinichiro Akiyama Osamu HirataMasako Uenaka 2:00.8 2008 Red Agate Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuhito TamuraDearest 2:00.5 2009 Dear Geena Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuhito TamuraDearest 2:02.2 2010 Saint Emilion Norihiro Yokoyama Masaaki KogaTeruya Yoshida 2:00.2 2011 Bouncy Tune Kousei Miura Toshiaki TajimaGreen Farm 2:03.3 2012 Midsummer Fair Masayoshi Ebina Futoshi KojimaMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 2:02.0 2013 Denim And Ruby Hiroyuki Uchida Katsuhiko SumiiKaneko Makoto Holdings 2:03.9 2014 Sang Real Yasunari Iwata Hiroyoshi MatudaSunday Racing 2:00.0 2015 Sing With Joy Hiroyuki Uchida Yasuo TomomichiShadai Race Horse 2:01.8 2016 Cecchino Christophe Lemaire Kazuo FujisawaSunday Racing 1:59.7 2017 Mozu Katchan Ryuji Wada Ippo SameshimaCapital System 2:01.3 2018 Satono Walkure Mirco Demuro Katsuhiko SumiiSatomi Horse Company 1:59.5 2019 Victoria Keita Tosaki Shigeyuki KojimaSilk Racing 1:59.5 2020 Win Marilyn Takeshi Yokoyama Takahisa TezukaWin 1:58.7 2021 Cool Cat Christophe Lemaire Takeshi OkumuraSilk Racing 1:59.4 2022 Erika Vita Hironobu Tanabe Sakae KuniedaMasahiro Miki 2:00.4 2023 Golden Hind Akira Sugawara Yasuo TakeichiThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1.58.9 2024 Admire Belle Takeshi Yokoyama Yukihiro KatoJunko Kondo 1.59.02025KamunyakAndrasch StarkeYasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings1:58.62026LaughterlinesDamian LaneMichihiro OgasaSunday Racing1:59.3
Earlier winners
1966 - Mejiro Bosatsu 1967 - Chrysanthemum Lily 1968 - Hardware 1969 - Chanderi 1970 - Please Turf 1971 - Kaori Nasuno 1972 - Takai Homa 1973 - Ladies Port 1974 - Cash Bore 1975 - Toho Pearl 1976 - C.B. Queen 1977 - Meiwa Rock 1978 - Hirono Ski 1979 - Silk Ski 1980 - Koma Satsuki 1981 - Cavalieri Ace 1982 - Riesengross 1983 - Das Genie 1984 - Lake Victoria 1985 - Yukino Rose 1986 - Mejiro Ramonu 1987 - Max Beauty 1988 - Ara Hokuto 1989 - Foundry Popo 1990 - Kyoei Tap 1991 - Yamanin Marine 1992 - Kyowa Hoseki 1993 - Yamahisa Laurel 1994 - Golden Jack 1995 - Silent Happiness 1996 - Center Rising 1997 - Orange Peel 1998 - Max Can Do 1999 - Stinger
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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