The Queen Stakes (Japanese クイーンステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over, run in late July or early August over a distance of 1800 meters on turf at Sapporo Racecourse.
The Queen Stakes was first run in 1953 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The distance of the race was originally 2000 meters but was reduced to 1800 meters in 1996. The race was usually run at either Tokyo Racecourse or Nakayama Racecourse before moving to its current venue in 2000.
Weight 51 kg for three-year-old, 55 kg for four-year-old and above.
Allowances:
2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-old 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred four-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 a grade 2 win 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 a grade 2 win
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 To The Victory 4 Shinji Fujita Yasuo IkeeMakoto Kaneko 1:46.8 2001 Yamakatsu Suzuran 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo IkezoeHiroyasu Yamada 1:47.4 2002 Mitsuwa Top Lady 5 Teruhiko Chida Sakae WatanabeTakasho 1:48.1 2003 Osumi Haruka 3 Shinji Kawashima Masatoshi AndoHidenori Yamaji 1:47.7 2004 Osumi Haruka 4 Shinji Kawashima Masatoshi AndoHidenori Yamaji 1:47.5 2005 Les Clefs d'Or 4 Masayoshi Ebina Yasuo IkeeSunday Racing 1:46.7 2006 Daring Heart 4 Shinji Fujita Hideaki FujiwaraShadai Race Horse 1:46.7 2007 Asahi Rising 4 Yoshitomi Shibata Masaaki KogaMasamitsu Terauchi 1:46.7 2008 Yamaninmerveilleux 6 Yuichi Shibayama Hironori KuritaHajime Doi 1:48.1 2009 Piena Venus 5 Yoshihiro Furukawa Katsumi MinaiKenzo Mototani 1:48.2 2010 Apricot Fizz 3 Yutaka Take Futoshi KojimaShadai Race Horse 1:47.6 2011 Aventura 3 Kenichi Ikezoe Katsuhiko SumiiCarrot Farm 1:46.6 2012 I'm Yours 3 Kenichi Ikezoe Takahisa TezukaYour Story 1:47.2 2013 I'm Yours 4 Keita Tosaki Takahisa TezukaYour Story 1:49.4 2014 Quatre Feuilles 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Katsuhiko SumiiLord Horse Club 1:45.7 2015 Meisho Suzanna 6 Daisaku Matsuda Yoshitada TakahashiYoshitaka Matsumoto 1:47.1 2016 Makoto Brillar 6 Hirofumi Shii Ippo SameshimaDiamant 1:47.7 2017 Aerolithe 3 Norihiro Yokoyama Takanori KikuzawaSunday Racing 1:45.7 2018 Deirdre 4 Christophe Lemaire Mitsuru HashidaToji Morita 1:46.2 2019 Mikki Charm 4 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaMizuki Noda 1:47.0 2020 Red Anemos 4 Hayato Yoshida Yasuo TomomichiTokyo Horse Racing 1:45.9 2021 Terzetto 4 Christophe Lemaire Shoichiro WadaSilk Racing 1:47.8 2022 Terzetto 5 Kenichi Ikezoe Shoichiro WadaSilk Racing 1:47.8 2023 Dura 3 Arata Saito Yasuyuki TakahashiCypress Holdings 1:46.72024Koganeno Sora3Yuji TannaiTakanori KikuzawaBig Red Farm1:47.42025Argine5Yuga KawadaMitsumasa NakauchidaLord Horse Club1:46.02026Coconuts Brown6Yuichi KitamuraHiroyuki UemuraTakayuki Shimokobe1:46.1
Earlier winners
1953 - Cheerio 1954 - Komano Hana 1955 - Blessing 1956 - Akatsuki 1957 - Miss Seiha 1958 - Miss Marusa 1959 -Miss Higashi O 1960 - Chidori 1961 - Ezokozan 1962 - Ryu Z 1963 - Miss Toyopet 1964 - Flower Wood 1965 - Kikuno Suzuran 1966 - Kiyo Shigeru 1967 - Mejiro Asahi 1968 - Hardware 1969 - Meiji Aster 1970 - Harbor Games 1971 - Poppy Onward 1972 - Takaihoma 1973 - Hida Kogane 1974 - Toko Elsa 1975 - Anselmo 1976 - Nissho Dia 1977 - Pretty Akatsuki 1978 - Ban Passer 1979 - Hazama Fast 1980 - Takeno Happy 1981 - Super Fast 1982 - Victoria Crown 1983 - Sweet Brest 1984 - Happy Uroton 1985 - Asakusa Scale 1986 - Royal Silky 1987 - Strong Lady 1988 - Free Talk 1989 - Mejiro Monterey 1990 - Winners Gold 1991 - Inazuma Cross 1992 - Shinko Lovely 1993 - Yukino Bijin 1994 - Hishi Amazon 1995 - Sakura Candle 1996 - Rainbow Queen 1997 - Promotion 1998 - Air Deja Vu 1999 - Air Zion
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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