The Falcon Stakes () is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in March over a distance of 1400 metres at Chukyo Racecourse.
The race was first run in 1987 as the Chunichi Sports Yonsai Stakes () and has held Grade 3 status from its inauguration. It was initially run over 1800 before being cut to 1200 metres in 1996 and then extended to 1400 metres in 2012.
The name was changed to the current name in 2001.
Previous winners Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time1987Hide Ryu OTadashi KayoMakoto OsawaMitsuyuki Umezawa1:48.81988Soccer BoyHiroshi KawachiKoji OnoShadai Race Horse1:48.91989Osaichi GeorgeKatsuhide MaruyamaKazumi DomonChoichi Node1:47.91990Long ArchYutaka TakeAkihiko UdaNakai Shoji1:48.51991Kogane PowerSeiki TabaraAkio TsurudomeTakao Seto1:48.51992Kyoei BowgunTatsuya MatsumotoAkihiko NomuraMasao Matsuoka1:48.21993Nehai CaesarKatsumi ShiomuraTadashi FuseDaimaru Kigyo1:45.21994Inazuma TakaoShoichi OsakiRyoichi HisakoTakao Kojima1:48.71995Ibuki Rajo MonYutaka TakeMasazo RyokeIbuki1:49.61996Sugino HayakazeHirokazu TajimaYukiharu ShikatoYoshio Sugie1:08.51997Opening ThemeTakao KoikeYoshihito DazaiKoji Maeda1:09.61998Tokio PerfectMasayoshi EbinaFumio KogaTokio Sakata1:09.91999Saikyo SundayHirohi KawachiMasahiro SakaguchiKenichiro Okumoto1:09.8 2000 Yuwa Falcon Eiji Nakadate Masahiro HoriiYuwa 1:08.9 2001 Rusunai Christie Shinichiro Akiyama Yoshio TakagiTakaaki Bokujo 1:08.9 2002 Sunningdale Yuichi Fukunaga Tsutomu SetoguchiShigeki Goto 1:08.9 2003 Gallant Arrow Hideaki Miyuki Hiroki SakiyamaAtsuko Tomizawa 1:09.7 2004 Kyowa Happiness Yasuhiko Yasuda Masaru SayamaMasahiko Asakawa 1:09.5 2005 Kazusa Line Eiji Nakadate Masamichi WadaKazumasa Azu 1:09.9 2006 Tagano Bastille Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo IkezoeRyoji Yagi 1:09.9 2007 Admire Hokuto Norihiro Yokoyama Fumio KogaRiichi Kondo 1:08.0 2008 Danon Go Go Yutaka Take Kojiro HashiguchiDanox 1:09.0 2009 Jo Cappuccino Kota Fujioka Kazuya NakatakeKeiko Ueda 1:08.9 2010 A Shin Whity Yuichi Kitamura Shigeki MatsumotoEishindo 1:08.7 2011 Henny Hound Yasunari Iwata Yoshito YahagiMasamichi Hayashi 1:08.7 2012 Brightline Katsumi Ando Ippo SameshimaNorth Hills 1:24.0 2013 Impulse Hero Katsuharu Tanaka Sakae KuniedaKanji Sasaki 1:22.2 2014 Tagano Grandpa Yuichi Fukunaga Hiroyoshi MatsudaRyoji Yagi 1:21.2 2015 Tagano Azaghal Daisaku Matsuda Teruhiko ChidaRyoji Yagi 1:22.9 2016 Tosho Drafter Hironobu Tanabe Koji KayanoTosho Sangyo 1:25.0 2017 Kosoku Straight Keita Tosaki Eiji NakadateAkio Nozaki 1:21.1 2018 Mr Melody Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki FujiwaraGreen Fields 1:22.1 2019 Happy Hour Hayato Yoshida Koshiro TakeYuko Takashima 1:20.9 2020 Shine Garnet Hironobu Tanabe Toru KuritaKoichiro Yamaguchi 1:21.3 2021 Rooks Nest Hideaki Miyuki Tamio HamadaYoshiro Kubota 1:20.1 2022 Purpur Ray Mirco Demuro Naosuke SugaiG Riviere Racing 1:20.9 2023 Tamamo Black Tie Hideaki Miyuki Koichi TsunodaTamamo 1:22.62024Danon McKinleyYuichi KitamuraHideaki FujiwaraDanon1:20.22025Yankee BarowsMirai IwataHiroyuki UemuraKoji Inokuma1:21.02026Diamond KnotYuga KawadaYuichi FukunagaKaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd1:19.8
The 2001 winner Rusunai Christie and the 2004 winner Kyowa Happiness were fillies The 2011 race was held at Hanshin Racecourse
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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