Antares Stakes

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Antares Stakes
Grade 3 race
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated1996
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Weight56 kg, fillies and mares allowed 2 kg
Purse¥77,360,000 (total), ¥36,000,000 (winner)

The Antares Stakes (Japanese アンタレスステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in April over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Hanshin Racecourse.[1]

The Antares Stakes was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse from 1997 to 2011.

Winners since 2000[]

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Smart Boy 5 Naoto Ito Keizo Ito 1:49.6
2001 Smart Boy 6 Naoto Ito Keizo Ito 1:50.6
2002 Hagino High Grade 6 Yutaka Take Kunihide Matsuda 1:48.7
2003 Gold Allure 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee 1:49.7
2004 6 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:51.5
2005 Pit Fighter 6 Katsumi Ando Yukihiro Kato 1:49.8
2006 Fifty Oner 4 Yutaka Take Takayuki Yasuda 1:49.0
2007 Wild Wonder 5 Yasunari Iwata Takashi Kubota 1:49.9
2008 Wonder Speed 6 Futoshi Komaki Tomohiko Hatsuki 1:50.5
2009 War Tactics 4 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee 1:47.8
2010 Daishin Orange 5 Yuga Kawada Yasushi Shono 1:49.7
2011 Gold Blitz 4 Hironobu Tanabe Naohiro Yoshida 1:48.1
2012 Gold Blitz 5 Yuga Kawada Naohiro Yoshida 1:49.9
2013 4 Yasunari Iwata Katsuichi Nishiura 1:49.7
2014 Namura Victor 5 Futoshi Komaki Nobuharu Fukushima 1:51.5
2015 Kurino Star O 5 Hideaki Miyuki Yoshitada Takahashi 1:49.6
2016 6 Yutaka Take Mikio Matsunaga 1:49.9
2017 Molto Bene 5 Mirco Demuro Masahiro Matsunaga 1:49.9[2]
2018 Great Pearl 5 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida 1:49.8[3]
2019 Another Truth 5 Takuya Ono Noboru Takagi 1:50.8[4]
2020 Westerlund 8 Yusuke Fujioka Shozo Sasaki 1:49.8
2021 T O Keynes 4 Fuma Matsuwaka Daisuke Takayanagi 1:49.0

Earlier winners[]

  • 1996 - Theseus Frise
  • 1997 - M I Blanc
  • 1998 - Wild Buster
  • 1999 - Osumi Jet

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Antares Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 15 April 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 15 April 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 14 April 2019.
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