The Ocean Stakes (Japanese オーシャンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race organized by Japan Racing Association (JRA) for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. It is run in March over a distance of 1,200 meters on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.
The Ocean Stakes was first run in 1996 at 1,800 meters. The distance was changed to 1,200 meters in 1997 and has held Grade 3 status since 2006. From 2014, the race serves as a trial race for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.
Weight 57 kg for four-year-olds 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 Year Winner Age Jockey TrainerOwner Time1996Meiner Gabe5Seiji EbisawaRyuichi InabaThoroughbred Club Ruffian1:47.01997Cheers Silence5Olivier PeslierKenji YamauchiKiyoko Kitamura1:09.31998Shinko Forest6Yoshitomi ShibataHironori KuritaOsamu Yasuda1:09.01999Izumi Success5Masaki KatsuraKazuhiko HongoTakeshi Saito1:09.32000Taiki Bridle6Yukio OkabeMasanori ItoTaiki Farm1:09.12001Key Gold6Masayoshi EbinaToru MiyaKoichiro Kitasaki1:09.82002Shonan Kampf4Yutaka YoshidaYokichi OkuboTetsuhide Kunimoto1:07.32003Native Heart5Takayuki IshizakiKazuo OyamaSoryu Ikeda1:09.72004Silky Lagoon4Junichi KobayashiMasahiro IkegamiSilk1:08.12005Silky Lagoon5Yoshitomi ShibataMasahiro IkegamiSilk1:07.92006Native Heart8Hiroyuki UchidaNoboru SakamotoSoryu Ikeda1:08.62007I'll Love Again5Masami MatsuokaTakahisa TezukaYomoji Saito1:08.22008Premium Box5Hayato YoshidaHiroyuki UeharaShadai Race Horse1:08.9 2009 Urbanity 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Masaaki KogaShadai Race Horse 1:09.2 2010 Kinshasa no Kiseki 7 Hirofumi Shii Noriyuki HoriKazumi Yoshida 1:09.8 2011 Dasher Go Go 4 Yuga Kawada Takayuki YasudaShin Ashida 1:07.8 2012 One Carat 6 Yusuke Fujioka Keichi FujiokaYoichi Aoyama 1:09.2 2013 Sakura Gospel 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Tomohito OzekiSakura Commerce 1:08.5 2014 Smart Orion 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Yuichi ShikatoToru Okawa 1:08.9 2015 Sakura Gospel 7 Keita Tosaki Tomohito OzekiSakura Commerce 1:08.7 2016 A Shin Bullseye 5 Shu Ishibashi Kenji NonakaEishindo 1:07.5 2017 Melagrana 5 Keita Tosaki Manabu IkezoeKazumi Yoshida 1:08.3 2018 King Heart 5 Hiroshi Kitamura Shinobu HoshinoYoichi Masuda 1:08.3 2019 Mozu Superflare 4 Christophe Lemaire Hidetaka OtonashiCapital Systems 1:07.1 2020 Danon Smash 5 Yuga Kawada Takayuki YasudaDanox 1:07.4 2021 Contra Check 5 Genki Maruyama Kazuo FujisawaCarrot Farm 1:08.4 2022 Gendarme 7 Kiwamu Ogino Yasutoshi IkeeKoji Maeda 1:07.9 2023 Vento Voce 6 Christophe Lemaire Mitsunori MakiuraEden Association 1:07.42024Toshin Macau5Takeshi YokoyamaMizuki TakayanagiSato Co. Ltd.1:08.02025Mama Cocha6Yuga KawadaYasutoshi IkeeKaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd.1:07.12026Pair Pollux5Yasunari IwataTomoyuki UmedaHirosaki Toshihiro HD Co. Ltd.1:07.0
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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