The March Stakes (Japanese マーチステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in March over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Nakayama Racecourse.
It was first run in 1994 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 2011.
Previous winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time1994Bamboo Genesis5Yutaka TakeKunihiko TakeBamboo Stud1:50.01995Toyo Lyphard5Masahiro MatsunagaYoshiharu MatsunagaToyo Club1:50.51996Ami Cyclone6Takayuki HirameYoichiro AsanoNaito Stud1:53.31997Wild Blaster5Hiroki HashimotoHitoshi AraiYoshinobu Hayashi1:51.51998Wild Blaster6Hiroki HashimotoHitoshi AraiYoshinobu Hayashi1:51.91999Tayasu K.Point4Kazuhiro KatoKiyohiro TadokoroAtsumu Tadokoro1:51.3 2000 Tamamo Strong 5 Koike Takao Shinobu YoshinagaTamamo 1:49.7 2001 Island Oja 5 Eiji Nakadate Masakatsu SakaiFumio Shimamura 1:50.8 2002 Mambo Twist 7 Katsumi Ando Taira FurukawaGenichiro Tabara 1:51.3 2003 Smart Boy 8 Naoto Ito Keizo ItoGrand Stud 1:52.0 2004 En Dehors 5 Mikio Matsunaga Hiroyuki NagahamaShadai Race Horse 1:53.0 2005 Koolinger 6 Ryuji Wada Ichizo IwamatoSusumu Hayashi 1:52.0 2006 Hishi Atlas 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Takao NakanoMasaichiro Abe 1:51.4 2007 Quiet Day 7 Koichi Tsunoda Shoichi MatsumotoSunday Racing 1:51.4 2008 Nanayo Himawari 7 Yoshiyuki Obara Isami ObaraWasuke Ozaki 1:51.6 2009 Espoir City 4 Masami Matsuoka Akio AdachiYushun Horse Club 1:51.9 2010 Makoto Sparviero 7 Hiroki Goto Ippo SameshimaAkira Makabe 1:51.9 2011 Testa Matta 5 Hirofumi Shii Akira MurayamaKazumi Yoshida 1:50.0 2012 Silent Melody 5 Hiroki Goto Sakae KuniedaShadai Race Horse 1:51.0 2013 Grand City 6 Akihide Tsumura Ikuo AizawaYushun Horse Club 1:52.6 2014 Solor 4 Masayoshi Ebina Kazuya NakatakeSunday Racing 1:51.2 2015 Meiner Crop 5 Yuji Tannai Yuzo IidaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:52.7 2016 Shonan Apollon 6 Masami Matsuoka Fumiaki KogaTetsuhide Kunimoto 1:52.7 2017 Incantation 7 Masaki Katsuura Tomohiko HatsukiTurf Sport 1:52.0 2018 Centurion 6 Hideaki Miyuki Yauhito TamuraYasushi Kubota 1:52.1 2019 Satono Titan 6 Shu Ihibashi Noriyuki HoriHaruki Satomi 1:52.3 2020 Suave Aramis 5 Kota Fujioka Naosuke SugaiNICKS 1:51.3 2021 Rapier Wit 6 Shu Ihibashi Noriyuki HoriKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:51.0 2022 Meisho Hario 5 Suguru Hamanaka Inao OkadaYoshio Matsumoto 1:50.2 2023 Hayabusa Nandekun 7 Akihide Tsumura Keiji YoshimuraOsamu Takeda 1:51.42024Walzer Schall5Arata SaitoNoboru TakagiWest Forest Stable1:50.72025Brian Sense5Mirai IwataMakoto SaitoMasamichi Hayashi1:51.52026Sunday Funday6Yamato TsunodaAkishi HigashidaYoshizawa Holdings1:51.2
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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