Musashino Stakes
| Grade 3 race | |
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1989 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | 4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 55kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. |
| Purse | ¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner) |
The Musashino Stakes (Japanese 武蔵野ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 1600 metres on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1989 and has held Grade 3 status since 1996. It was run over a distance of 2100 metres from 1996 to 1999. The raceservesa trial for the Champions Cup.
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sanford City | 5 | Akira Muroyama | Makoto Osawa | 1:35.4 |
| 2001 | Kurofune | 3 | Yutaka Take | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:33.3 |
| 2002 | Double Happiness [a] | 5 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Mitsuhara Shibata | 1:52.2 |
| 2003 | Silent Deal | 3 | Olivier Peslier | Yasuo Ikee | 1:36.2 |
| 2004 | Pit Fighter | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yukihiro Kato | 1:35.4 |
| 2005 | Sunrise Bacchus | 3 | Tetsuzo Sato | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:35.2 |
| 2006 | Seeking The Best | 5 | Masaki Katsuura | Hideyuki Mori | 1:35.3 |
| 2007 | Eishin Lombard | 5 | Yutaka Yoshida | Ken Kozaki | 1:35.5 |
| 2008 | Kikuno Salire | 3 | Hiroki Goto | Naohiro Yoshida | 1:36.0 |
| 2009 | Wonder Acute | 3 | Katsumi Ando | Masao Sato | 1:35.5 |
| 2010 | Glorious Noah | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Yoshito Yahagi | 1:36.6 |
| 2011 | Namura Titan | 5 | Shigefumi Kumazawa | Yuki Ohashi | 1:35.2 |
| 2012 | Ijigen | 3 | Ryan Moore | Noriyuki Hori | 1.36.4 |
| 2013 | Belshazzar | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:35.3 |
| 2014 | Wide Bach | 5 | Yutaka Take | Yasushi Shono | 1:35.2 |
| 2015 | Nonkono Yume | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Yukihiro Kato | 1:34.7 |
| 2016 | Tagano Tonnerre | 6 | Hironobu Tanabe | Ippo Sameshima | 1:33.8[2] |
| 2017 | Incantation | 7 | Kosei Miura | Tomohiko Hatsuki | 1:35.5[3] |
| 2018 | Sunrise Nova | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Hidetaka Otonahi | 1:34.7[4] |
| 2019 | Wonder Lider | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda | 1:34.6 |
a The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 1800 metres.
Earlier winners
- 1989 - Rainbow Akasaka
- 1990 - Dyna Letter
- 1991 - Mr Tojin
- 1992 - Narita Hayabusa
- 1993 - Meisho Homura
- 1994 - Ibuki Crush
- 1995 - Ibuki Crush
- 1996 - Shinko King
- 1997 - Duke Grand Prix
- 1998 - M I Blanc
- 1999 - M I Blanc
See also
References
- ^ "Musashino Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 November 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 11 November 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 10 November 2018.