The Leopard Stakes (Japanese レパードステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in August over a distance of 1800 metres at Niigata Racecourse.
The race was first run in 2009 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2011.
Past winners Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2009 Transcend Masami Matsuoka Takayuki YasudaKoji Maeda 1:49.5 2010 Miracle Legend Hiroshi Kitamura Hideaki FujiwaraTeruya Yoshida 1:51.8 2011 Boreas Yutaka Take Naohiro YoshidaKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:52.0 2012 Hokko Tarumae Hideaki Miyuki Katsuichi NishiuraKoichi Yabe 1:51.8 2013 Incantation Takuya Ono Tomohiko HatsukiTurf Sport 1:50.3 2014 Asia Express Keita Tosaki Takahisa TezukaYukio Baba 1:50.4 2015 Cross Krieger Yasunari Iwata Yasushi ShonoTakashi Tsuji 1:51.9 2016 Glanzend Keita Tosaki Yukihiro KatoSilk Racing 1:50.6 2017 Rose Princedom Takuya Kowata Yoshihiro HatakeyamaMakio Okada 1:52.9 2018 Grimm Hiroyuki Uchida Kenji NonakaKanayama Holdings 1:52.0 2019 Hayayakko Hironobu Tanabe Sakae KuniedaKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:51.3 2020 Kenshinko Genki Maruyama Kazuo KonishiKatsuhiko Amano 1:49.2 2021 Meisho Murakumo Yoshitomi Shibata Yusuke WadaYoshio Matsumoto 1:51.3 2022 Kafuji Octagon Vincent C Y Ho Yoshito YahagiMamoru Kato 1:51.9 2023 Riot Grrrl Mirai Iwata Naoya NakamuraHidaka Farm 1:50.82024Mikki FightKeita TosakiHiroyasu TanakaMizuki Noda1:51.22025Don in the MoodKohei MatsuyamaTeiichi KonnoKoichi Yamada1:50.52026Coeli VentoSeinosuke YoshimuraHisashi ShimizuTadahiko Nakamura1:51.2
The 2010 winner Miracle Legend was a filly
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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