The Niigata Nisai Stakes (Japanese 新潟2歳ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in August over a distance of 1600 metres at Niigata Racecourse in Chūbu, Japan.
The race was first run in 1968 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984. Originally run over 1200 metres the race was increased in distance to 1400 metres 1997 and to its current distance in 2002. It was run over 1200 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in 1996 and 2000.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Daiwa Rouge Hiroshi Kitamura Hiroyuki UeharaDaiwa Co., ltd 1:11.1 2001 Balance of Game Hatsuhiro Kowata Yoshitada MunakataHiroyuki Sonobe 1:21.7 2002 Wana Katsuharu Tanaka Yoshitada MunakataYuchi Odagiri 1:33.8 2003 Daiwa Bandit Masayoshi Ebina Sueo MasuzawaDaiwa Co., ltd 1:35.0 2004 Meiner Recolte Hiroki Goto Masahiro HoriiThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:34.8 2005 Shonan Tachyon Katsuharu Tanaka Hiroyuki UeharaTetsuhide Kunimoto 1:35.0 2006 Gold Aguli Katsumi Ando Hirofumi TodaStar Horsemen's Club 1:35.2 2007 F T Maia Masayoshi Ebina Susumu YanoFumio Yoshino 1:34.1 2008 Seiun Wonder Yasunari Iwata Masazo RyokeTakao Otani 1:35.4 2009 Shimmei Fuji Yasunari Iwata Takayuki YasudaHoichi Oda 1:34.4 2010 Meine Isabel Masami Matsuoka Takahiro MizunoThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:34.5 2011 Monstre Yoshitomi Shibata Tomohito OzekiKoji Maeda 1:33.8 2012 Sarastro Masami Matsuoka Yoshinori MutoKazue Takahashi 1:33.5 2013 Harp Star Yuga Kawada Hiroyoshi MatsudaCarrot Farm 1:34.5 2014 Musee Sultan Yoshitomi Shibata Satoshi OeharaHitoshi Takahashi 1:33.4 2015 Lord Quest Hironobu Tanabe Shigeyuki KojimaLord Horse Club 1:33.8 2016 Vous Etes Jolie Yuichi Fukunaga Mitsumasa NakauchidaShadai Race Horse 1:34.3 2017 Frontier Yasunari Iwata Mitsumasa NakauchidaSunday Racing 1:34.6 2018 Cadence Call Shu Ihibashi Takayuki YasudaSunday Racing 1:35.5 2019 Woman's Heart Kota Fujioka Katsuichi NishiuraGodolphin 1:35.0 2020 Shock Action Keita Tosaki Ryuji OkuboGodolphin 1:34.6 2021 Serifos Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaG1 Racing 1:33.8 2022 Kita Wing Keita Tosaki Shigeyuki KojimaMilfarm 1:35.9 2023 Ascoli Piceno Hiroshi Kitamura Yoichi KuroiwaSunday Racing 1:33.82024Total ClarityYuichi KitamuraManabu IkezoeCarrot Farm1:34.22025Realize SiriusAkihide TsumuraTakahisa TezukaYosuke Imafuku1:33.42026LotschbergHironobu TanabeTakashi KubotaKatsuko Muraki1:34.7
Earlier winners
1968 - Suiten Isuzu 1969 - Hida President 1970 - Kiyo hHaya 1971 - Toku Zakura 1972 - Bell Royal 1973 - Inter Jumbo 1974 - Gold Boy 1975 - Spirit Swaps 1976 - Tokino Katatora 1977 - Takeden 1978 - Fast Amon 1979 - Riki Wave 1980 - Kinsei Power 1981 - Victoria Crown 1982 - Steel Asa 1983 - Mariquita 1984 - Dyna Shoot 1985 - Dyna Acorn 1986 - Cool Heart 1987 - Green Molly 1988 - Meiner Mut 1989 - Daikatsu Ryusei 1990 - Big Fight 1991 - Uto Jane 1992 - Pegasus 1993 - Excellence Robin 1994 - Tosho Phenoma 1995 - Tayasu Da Vinci 1996 - Personality One 1997 - Courir Cyclone 1998 - Rosado 1999 - Gaily Funky
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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