Falcon Stakes

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Falcon Stakes
Grade 3 race
Henny-hound20110319.jpg
Henny Hound wins the 2011 Falcon Stakes
LocationChukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1961
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o
WeightColts 56 kg, fillies 54 kg
Purse¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner)

The Falcon Stakes (Japanese ファルコンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in March over a distance of 1400 metres at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]

The race was first run in 1987 and has held Grade 3 status from its inauguration. It was initially run over 1800 before being cut to 1200 metres in 1996 and then extended to 1400 metres in 2012.

Winners since 2000[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Yuwa Falcon Eiji Nakadate Masahiro Horii 1:08.9
2001 Rusunai Christiea Shinichiro Akiyama Yoshio Takagi 1:08.9
2002 Sunningdale Yuichi Fukunaga Tsutomu Setoguchi 1:08.9
2003 Gallant Arrow Hideaki Miyuki Hiroki Sakiyama 1:09.7
2004 Kyowa Happinessa Yasuhiko Yasuda Masaru Sayama 1:09.5
2005 Kazusa Line Eiji Nakadate Masamichi Wada 1:09.9
2006 Tagano Bastille Kenichi Ikezoe Kaneo Ikezoe 1:09.9
2007 Admire Hokuto Norihiko Yokoyama Fumio Koga 1:08.0
2008 Danon Go Go Yutaka Take Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:09.0
2009 Kota Fujioka Kazuya Nakatake 1:08.9
2010 A Shin Whity Yuichi Kitamura Shigeki Matsumoto 1:08.7
2011 Henny Houndb Yasunari Iwata Yoshihito Yahagi 1:08.7
2012 Brightline Katsumi Ando Ippo Sameshima 1:24.0
2013 Impulse Hero Katsuharu Tanaka Sakae Kunieda 1:22.2
2014 Tagano Grandpa Yuichi Fukunaga Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:21.2
2015 Tagano Azaghal Daisaku Matsuda Teruhiko Chida 1:22.9
2016 Tosho Drafter Hironobu Tanabe Koji Kayano 1:25.0
2017 Kosoku Straight Keita Tosaki Eiji Nakadate 1:21.1[2]
2018 Yuichi Fukunaga Hideaki Fujiwara 1:22.1[3]
2019 Happy Hour Hayato Yoshida Koshiro Take 1:20.9[4]
2020 Shine Garnet Hironobu Tanabe Toru Kurita 1:21.3
2021 Rooks Nest Hideaki Miyuki Tamio Hamada 1:20.1

a The 2001 winner Rusunai Christie and the 2004 winner Kyowa Happiness were fillies
b The 2011 race was held at Hanshin Racecourse

Earlier winners[]

  • 1987 - Hide Ryu O
  • 1988 -
  • 1989 - Osaichi George
  • 1990 - Long Arch
  • 1991 - Kogane Power
  • 1992 - Kyoei Bowgun
  • 1993 - Nehai Caesar
  • 1994 - Inazao Takao
  • 1995 - Ibuki Rajo Mon
  • 1996 - Sugino Hayakaze
  • 1997 - Opening Theme
  • 1998 - Tokio Perfect
  • 1999 - Saikyo Sunday

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Falcon Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 18 March 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 16 March 2019.
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