The Elm Stakes (Japanese エルムステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in August over a distance of 1700 metres on dirt at Sapporo Racecourse.
It was first run in 1990 and has held Grade 3 status since 1996. The first seven editions of the race took place at Hakodate Racecourse and it was also run at that track in 2013. The 2009 contest took place over 1800 metres at Niigata Racecourse
Weight 54 kg for three-year-old, 57 kg for four-year-old and above.
Allowances:
2 kg for fillies / mares 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-old
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 (1 kg for fillies / mares) 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 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Time 2000 Shinko Splendor 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Fumio Koga 1:42.8 2001 Engel Grosse 4 Yukio Okabe Tsutomo Niizeki 1:43.4 2002 Preeminence 5 Yoshitomi Shibata Keizo Ito 1:43.6 2003 Admire Don 4 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:43.8 2004 Personal Rush 3 Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi 1:43.2 2005 Personal Rush 4 Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi 1:44.9 2006 Hishi Atlas 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Takayoshi Nakano 1:43.0 2007 Meishi Tokon 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Isao Yasuda 1:43.3 2008 Ferrari Pisa 4 Yasunari Iwata Toshiaki Shirai 1:42.9 2009 Machikanenihombare 4 Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo Fujisawa 1:51.1 2010 Courir Passion 5 Akihide Tsumura Ikuo Aizawa 1:43.5 2011 Renforcer 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Kiyoshi Hagiwara 1:44.2 2012 Roman Legend 4 Yasunari Iwata Hideaki Fujiwara1:42.2 2013 Fleet Street 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Katsuhiko Sumii 1:42.0 2014 Roman Legend 6 Yasunari Iwata Hideaki Fujiwara 1:41.9 2015 Jebel Musa 5 Yasunari Iwata Masahiro Otake 1:43.0 2016 Riccardo 5 Hiroto Mayuzumi Yuichi Kuroiwa 1:43.5 2017 London Town 4 Yasunari Iwata Kazuya Makita 1:40.9 2018 Highland Peak 4 Kazuo Yokoyama Minoru Tsuchida 1:42.0 2019 Mozu Attraction 5 Kota Fujioka Takeshi Matsushita 1:41.9 2020 Time Flyer 5 Christophe Lemaire Kunihide Matsuda 1:43.4 2021 Suave Aramis 6 Daisaku Matsuda Naosuke Sugai 1:44.5 2022 Full Depth Leader 5 Yuji Tannai Makoto Saito 1:44.2 2023 Sekifu 4 Yutaka Take Koshiro Take 1:42.82024Peisha Es5Kazuo YokoyamaKazuo Konishi1:44.02025Perriere5Daisuke SasakiYoichi Kuroiwa1:43.52026Luxor Cafe4Takeshi YokoyamaNoriyuki Hori1:43.8
Earlier winners
1990 -Merci Atla 1991 - Kamino Cresse 1992 - Kyoei Swat 1993 - Daikatsu Joanne 1994 - Makino Tosho 1995 - Ibuki Crush 1996 - Kyoto City 1997 - Battle Line 1998 - Taiki Sherlock 1999 - Nihon Pillow Jupiter
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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