The Sirius Stakes (Japanese シリウスステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over. It is run in late September or early October over a distance of 2,000 meters on dirt at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan.
It was first run in 1990 and has held Grade 3 status since 1997. The first six editions of the race took place at Chukyo Racecourse and it was also run at that track in 2006. Originally contested as a 1,200 meter sprint on turf until the race distance was increased to 1,400 meters on dirt in 1997 and 1,700 meters in 2006. The Sirius Stakes has been run over 2,000 meters since 2007.
Past winners Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time1990Horino Winner3Kunio UchidaKunihiko TakeMasao Horiuchi1:09.91991Minamoto Junius4Koichi TsunodaSakujuro TakedaKiyoshi Sato1:09.11992Samson Queen5Junichi SerizawaKoji ShikatoYoshiko Tanaka1:08.71993Yuki Top Run5Sadahiro KojimaSuguru SayamaHideki Yukimoto1:08.61994Eishin Washington3Shigefumi KumazawaShigeharu NaitoToyomitsu Hirai1:07.91995Nihon Pillow Study3Tetsuya KobayashiTetsuya MenoHyakutaro Kobayashi1:08.01996Nishino Final3Takahito KikuzawaMasahiro MatsudaNishiyama Farm1:10.21997Toyo Rainbow3Masahiro MatsunagaYoshiharu MatsunagaToyo Club1:24.01998Makoto Raiden4Yuichi FukunagaToshimasa HashimotoAkira Makabe1:23.61999Gold Tiara3Yutaka TakeKunihiko MatsudaKazuko Yoshida1:23.1 2000 Meiner Brian 3 Shinji Fujita Toru MiyaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:23.3 2001 Broad Appeal 7 Hirofumi Shii Kunihide MatsudaMakoto Kaneko 1:23.7 2002 Sterling Rose 5 Ryuji Wada Shuji KitahashiKyoei 1:22.4 2003 Meiner Select 4 Naohiro Onishi Hitoshi NakamuraThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:23.1 2004 Agnes Wing 4 Hideaki Miyuki Toshiaki ShiraiTakao Watanabe 1:23.1 2005 Blue Concorde 5 Hideaki Miyuki Toshiyuki HattoriOgifushi Racing Club 1:23.9 2006 Meisho Battler 6 Tetsuzo Sato Shigetada TakahashiYoshio Matsumoto 1:43.1 2007 Dragon Fire 3 Yuichi Fukunaga Takashi KubotaYoshiro Kubota 2:05.1 2008 Meiner Hourglass 4 Minoru Yoshida Ryuichi InabaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 2:03.8 2009 Wonder Acute 3 Ryuji Wada Masao SatoNobuyuki Yamamoto 2:04.5 2010 Kings Emblem 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Sei IshizakaSunday Racing 2:04.4 2011 Yamanin Kingly 6 Yutaka Take Hiroshi KawachiHajime Doi 2:04.3 2012 Nice Meet You 5 Futoshi Komaki Kojiro HashiguchiDanox 2:03.3 2013 Keiai Leone 3 Hideaki Miyuki Katsuichi NihiuraKazuhiro Kameda 2:03.4 2014 Kurino Star O 4 Hideaki Miyuki Yohitada TakahashiMamoru Kurimoto 2:03.8 2015 Awardee 5 Yutaka Take Mikio MatsunagaKoji Maeda 2:04.6 2016 Mask Zorro 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Inao OkadaShigeo Kadono 2:01.7 2017 Meisho Sumitomo 6 Yoshihiro Furukawa Katsumi MinaiYoshio Matsumoto 2:03.9 2018 Omega Perfume 3 Ryuji Wada Shogo YasudaReiko Hara 2:01.5 2019 Lord Golazo 4 Yusuke Fujioka Kenichi FujiokaLord Horse Club 2:03.5 2020 Cafe Pharoah 3 Christophe Lemaire Noriyuki HoriKoichi Nishikawa 1:57.8 2021 Sunrise Hope 4 Hideaki Miyuki Tomohiko HatsukiTakao Matsuoka 1:57.4 2022 Jun Light Bolt 5 Yukito Ishikawa Yasuo TomomichiJunji Kawai 1:57.7 2023 Hagino Alegrias 6 Mirai Iwata Hirofumi ShiiKokichi Hinokuma 2:04.42024Hagino Alegrias7Mirai IwataHirofumi ShiiKokichi Hinokuma1:57.12025Ho O Roulette6Yasunari IwataToru KuritaYoshihisa Ozasa2:04.82026Walzer Schall7Arata SaitoNoboru TakagiWest Forest Stable Co. Ltd.2:05.3
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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