Miyako Stakes
| Grade 3 race | |
 The 2011 winner Espoir City | |
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1986 (as Topaz Stakes) |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | 4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 54 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner) |
The Miyako Stakes (Japanese みやこステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]
The race was originally named the Topaz Stakes and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2009. It was renamed the Miyako Stakes in the following year. The race serves as a trial for the Champions Cup.
Winners since 2009[]
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Silk Mobius | 3 | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Masazo Ryoke | 1:49.6 |
| 2010 | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:49.8 | |
| 2011 | Espoir City | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Akio Adachi | 1:48.4 |
| 2012 | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:49.6 | |
| 2013 | Brightline | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Ippo Sameshima | 1:49.2 |
| 2014 | Incantation | 4 | Takuya Ono | Tomohiko Hatsuki | 1:50.2 |
| 2015 | Roi Jardin | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Hirofumi Toda | 1:47.8 |
| 2016 | 4 | Fuma Matsukawa | Kenji Yamauchi | 1:50.1[2] | |
| 2017 | T M Jinsoku | 5 | Yoshihiro Furakawa | Kazuyoshi Kihara | 1:50.1[3] |
| 2018 | no race | ||||
| 2019 | Vengeance | 6 | Hideaki Miyuki | Hiroyuki Oneda | 1:49.1 |
| 2020 | Clincher | 6 | Yuga Kawada | Hiroshi Miyamoto | 1:49.9 |
| 2021 | Meisho Hario | 4 | Suguru Hamanaka | Inao Okada | 1:50.8 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Miyako Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 6 November 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 November 2017.
Categories:
- Dirt races in Japan