The Shion Stakes (Japanese 紫苑ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run in September over a distance of 2000 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.
The race, which serves as a trial race for the Shuka Sho, was first contested in 2000 and had been run at Grade 3 level since 2016. The Shion Stakes was originally run over 1800 metres before the distance was increased to 2000 metres in 2007. The 2002 and 2014 editions were held at Niigata Racecourse. It was promoted to Grade 2 in 2023.
Winners since 2016 Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2016 Biche Keita Tosaki Yuichi ShikatoYasushi Kubota 1:59.7 2017 Deirdre Yasunari Iwata Mitsuru HashidaTouji Morita 1:59.8 2018 Normcore Christophe Lemaire Kiyoshi HagiwaraSeiichi Iketani 1:58.0 2019 Passing Through Keita Tosaki Yoichi KuroiwaCarrot Farm 1:58.3 2020 Maltese Diosa Hironobu Tanabe Takahisa TezukaNagako Fujita 2:02.1 2021 Fine Rouge Yuichi Fukunaga Takaki IwatoGenichi Mutsui 1:58.2 2022 Stunning Rose Ryusei Sakai Tomokazu TakanoSunday Racing 1:59.9 2023 Moryana Norihiro Yokoyama Yoshinori MutoFumio Takahashi 1:58.02024Christmas ParadeYukito IshikawaShizuya KatoG1 Racing Co. Ltd.1:56.62025Kelly Fled AskKoji NishizukaHideaki FujiwaraToshihiro Hirosaki1:59.12026Master SoarerTakuya OnoMasayoshi EbinaInsel Racing Co. Ltd.2:03.5
Earlier winners
2000 - Mejiro Marie 2001 - Lady Pastel 2002 - Osumi Cosmo 2003 - Rendo Felice 2004 - Ingot 2005 - Cosmo Marvelous 2006 - Cendrillon 2007 - Arco Senora 2008 - Moere Katrina 2009 - Diana Barows 2010 - Dear Arethusa 2011 - Calmato 2012 - Para La Salud 2013 - Sekisho 2014 - Reve d'Etoiles 2015 - Queens Milagro
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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