The Capella Stakes (Japanese カペラステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged three and above. Organized by the Japan Racing Association, it is run in December over a distance of 1200 metres on dirt at Nakayama Racecourse.
The race was first run in 2008 and has held Grade 3 status since 2009.
Weight 56 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: 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares) 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares) 1 kg for a grade 3 win If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year: 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares) 1 kg for a grade 2 win
Winners since 2008 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2008 Victory Tetsuni 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Hideyuki MoriYoshinori Sakae 1:08.7 2009 Million Disk 5 Issei Murata Yoshiyuki ArakawaShadai Race Horse 1:09.6 2010 Sei Crimson 4 Hideaki Miyuki Toshiyuki HattoriSeiki Kaneda 1:09.7 2011 Keiai Gerbera 5 Shinichiro Akiyama Osamu HirataKeiai Orthopedic Appliance Co., Ltd. 1:09.1 2012 Silk Fortune 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Norio FujisawaSilk 1:10.8 2013 Northern River 5 Yoshitomi Shibata Hidekazu AsamiMasamichi Hayashi 1:10.7 2014 Danon Legend 4 Kyosuke Maruta Akira MurayamaDanox 1:09.5 2015 Kikuno Storm 6 Hiroyuki Uchida Naohiro YoshidaGoro Kikuchi 1:09.7 2016 Nobo Baccara 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Shoichi TemmaLS.M 1:10.2 2017 Dios Corrida 3 Akihide Tsumura Yoshitada TakahashiShoji Nojima 1:11.0 2018 Copano Kicking 3 Daichi Shibata Akira MurayamaSachiaki Kobayashi 1:10.2 2019 Copano Kicking 4 Nanako Fujita Akira MurayamaSachiaki Kobayashi 1:09.3 2020 Justin 4 Ryusei Sakai Yoshito YahagiYoshio Oda 1:09.8 2021 Dancing Prince 5 Kousei Miura Keisuke MiyataChizu Yoshida 1:09.5 2022 Remake 3 Yuichi Fukunaga Koichi ShintaniKoji Maeda 1:08.9 2023 T M Tokkyu 5 Akihide Tsumura Kazuyoshi KiharaMasatsugu Takezono 1:09.32024Gabby's Sister3Hayato YoshidaKazutomo MoriKazuhiko Nagashima1:10.12025T O Elvis3Katsuma SameshimaDaisuke TakayanagiTomoya Ozasa1:08.6
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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