The Heian Stakes (Japanese 平安ステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in May over a distance of 1900 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.
The Heian Stakes was first run in 1986 and has held Grade 3 status since 1994. The distance was originally 1400 metres before being increased to 1800 metres in 1994 and to 1900 metres in 2013. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1994.
Weight 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
Winners since 1994 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time 1994 Toyo Lyphard 4 Masahiro Matsunaga Yoshiharu MatsunagaToyo Club 1:52.8 1995 Lively Mount 4 Mamoru Ishibashi Fujio ShibataTetsuro Kato 1:52.9 1996 Admire Bosatsu 6 Junichi Serizawa Mitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo 1:50.5 1997(dh) Shinko Windy 4 Hirofumi Shii Kiyotaka TanakaOsamu Yasuda 1:49.9Toyo Seattle4Masahiro MatsunagaYoshiharu MatsunagaToyo Club 1998 M I Blanc 6 Yutaka Take Shuji ItoYutaka Inami 1:48.5 1999 Osumi Jet 5 Hirofumi Shii Toshiaki ShiraiHidenori Yamaji 1:49.9 2000 Osumi Jet 6 Hirofumi Shii Toshiaki ShiraiHidenori Yamaji 1:49.8 2001 Mambo Twist 6 Hirofumi Shii Taira FurakawaGenichiro Tahaara 1:48.7 2002 Smart Boy 7 Naoto Ito Keizo ItoGrand Stud 1:50.9 2003 Smart Boy 8 Naoto Ito Keizo ItoGrand Stud 1:49.7 2004 Time Paradox 6 Mitsuaki Ando Hiroyoshi MatsudaShadai Race Horse 1:51.3 2005 Hishi Atlas 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Takao NakanoMasaichiro Abe 1:50.3 2006 Tagano Guernica 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo IkezoeRyoji Yagi 1:50.22007 Meisho Tokon 5 Mamoru Ishibashi Isao YasudaYoshio Matsumoto 1:51.0 2008 Quiet Day 8 Koichi Tsunoda Shoichi MatsumotoSunday Racing 1:51.0 2009 Wonder Speed 7 Futoshi Komaki Tomohiko HastukiNobuyuki Yamamoto 1:50.4 2010 Roll of the Dice 5 Yasunari Iwata Katsuhiko SumiiTokyo Horse Racing 1:51.1 2011 Daishin Orange 6 Yuga Kawada Yasushi ShonoNobuyuki Oyagi 1:51.5 2012 Hiraboku King 5 Yusuke Fujioka Ryuji OkuboHirata Bokujo 1:48.1 2013 Nihonpiro Ours 6 Manabu Sakai Yuki OhashiHyakutaro Kobayashi 1:56.9 2014 Kurino Star O 4 Hideaki Miyuki Yoshitada TakahashiMamoru Kurimoto 1:56.6 2015 Incantation 5 Hiroyuki Uchida Tomohiko HastukiTurf Sports 1:55.1 2016 Asukano Roman 5 Keisuke Dazai Yoshihiko KawamuraChiro Toyoda 1:56.2 2017 Great Pearl 4 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaH.H. Sheikh Fahad 1:55.7 2018 Sunrise Soar 4 Mirco Demuro Hiroshi KawachiTakao Matsuoka 1:57.3 2019 Chuwa Wizard 4 Yuga Kawada Ryuji OkuboShinobu Nakanishi 1:58.1 2020 Omega Perfume 5 Yuichi Kitamura Shogo YasudaReiko Hara 1:56.0 2021 Auvergne 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Masayuki NishimuraTadakuni Sugiyama 1:54.7 2022 T O Keynes 5 Kohei Matsuyama Daisuke TakayanagiTomoya Ozasa 1:57.0 2023 Gloria Mundi 5 Yuga Kawada Ryuji OkuboKazumi Yoshida 1:59.82024Mitono O4Kohei MatsuyamaKoji MakiRoyal Park1:57.42025Outrange5Kohei MatsuyamaRyuji OkuboToshio Terada1:57.22026Lord Couronne5Kazuo YokoyamaHirofumi ShiiLord Horse Club Co.,Ltd.1:56.9
Runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.
Previous Winners
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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