The Fuji Stakes (Japanese 富士ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.
It was first run in 1981 as preparatory race for the local and foreign horses that invited to Japan Cup, renamed to Fuji Stakes in 1984 and held Grade 3 status from 1998 until 2019 before being elevated to its current Grade 2 status. The race was run over 1800 metres until 1996, and over 1400 metres from 1997 to 1999. During its time it was run over 1400 metres, the race was seen as a step race for the Sprinters Stakes which was held in mid-December at the time. In 2000, the race was moved to October and was to be run over its current distance.
From 2014, the race serves as a trial race for the Mile Championship, which is run at Kyoto in November.
Weight 55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.
Allowances:
2 kg for fillies / mares 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
If a graded stakes race has been won within a year: 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares) 1 kg for a grade 2 win If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year: 1 kg for a grade 1 win
Previous winners Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time1984Arrow Bohemian5Tomio YasudaYoshimatsu KajiHidekazu Date1:49.81985Tosho Summit3Masatsugu KashiwazakiShinji OkuhiraTosho Sangyo1:48.61986Waverley Star4Lance O'SullivanDave O'SullivanWaverley Park Stud1:47.51987Triptych5Anthony CruzPatrick BianconeAlan Clore1:46.91988Salem Drive6Chris AntleyR. J. RandyVirginia Kraft Payson1:46.91989Oracle Asuka4Yukio OkabeShunji TamuraTeibun1:47.81990Mogami Champion5Futoshi KojimaKatsutaro SakaiSakura Commerce1:47.91991Stabilizer3Yoshitomi ShibataHideo TakahashiHorseman1:47.41992Shinko Lovely3Yukio OkabeKazuo FujisawaOsamu Yasuda1:47.61993Matikanetannhauser4Katsuharu TanakaYuji ItoMasuo Hosokawa1:48.21994Sakura Chitose O4Futoshi KojimaKatsutaro SakaiSakura Commerce1:46.91995Fujiyama Kenzan7Masayoshi EbinaHideyuki MoriTatsuya Fujimoto1:47.51996Shinko King5Yukio OkabeKazuo FujisawaOsamu Yasuda1:48.51997Biko Alpha7Michael RobertsYukiharu ShikatoLegend1:22.81998Air Jihad3Hiroki HashimotoMasanori ItoLucky Field1:23.01999Red Chili Pepper3Norihiro YokoyamaHiroyoshi MatsudaKazuko Yoshida1:21.4 2000 Daiwa Caerleon 7 Hiroki Tanaka Yoshitaka NinomiyaDaiwa Shoji 1:33.9 2001 Kris The Brave 7 Yutaka Yoshida Masakazu AkiyamaShadai Race Horse 1:33.2 2002 Meisho Ramses 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Yuji ItoYoshio Matsumoto 1:32.3 2003 Millenium Bio 5 Yutaka Take Masazo RyokeBio 1:32.0 2004 Admire Max 5 Yutaka Take Mitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo 1:33.2 2005 Win Radius 7 Katsuharu Tanaka Kazuo FujisawaWin 1:32.9 2006 Kinetics 7 Megumu Shinkawa Megumu ShinkawaNorth Hills Management 1:32.8 2007 Meiner Segal 3 Hiroki Goto Sakae KuniedaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:33.3 2008 Silent Pride 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Sakae KuniedaShadai Race Horse 1:32.7 2009 Absolute 5 Katsuharu Tanaka Yoshitada MunakataHiroyuki Sonobe 1:33.3 2010 Danon Yoyo 4 Kousei Miura Hidetaka OtonashiDanox 1:32.8 2011 Eishin Apollon 4 Hironobu Tanabe Masahiro MatsunagaToyomitsu Hirai 1:35.0 2012 Clarente 3 Yasunari Iwata Kojiro HashiguchiShinji Maeda 1:32.4 2013 Danon Shark 5 Suguru Hamanaka Ryuji OkuboDanox 1:33.5 2014 Staphanos 3 Keita Tosaki Hideaki FujiwaraCarrot Farm 1:33.2 2015 Danon Platina 3 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae KuniedaDanox 1:32.7 2016 Young Man Power 4 Keita Tosaki Takahisa TezukaJuichi Hoshino 1:34.0 2017 Air Spinel 4 Yutaka Take Kazuhide SasadaLucky Field 1:34.8 2018 Logi Cry 5 Christophe Lemaire Naosuke SugaiMasaaki Kumeda 1:31.7 2019 Normcore 4 Christophe Lemaire Kiyoshi HagiwaraSeiichi Iketani 1:33.0 2020 Vin de Garde 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki FujiwaraShadai Race Horse 1:33.4 2021 Songline 3 Kenichi Ikezoe Toru HayashiSunday Racing 1:33.2 2022 Serifos 3 Yusuke Fujioka Mitsumasa NakauchidaG1 Racing 1:32.0 2023 Namur 4 Joao Moreira Tomokazu TakanoCarrot Farm 1:31.42024Jun Blossom5Keita TosakiYasuo TomomichiJunji Kawai1:32.12025Gaia Force6Takeshi YokoyamaHaruki SugiyamaKR Japan1:31.7
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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