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Aoi Stakes

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Aoi Stakes
葵ステークス
Grade 3 race
Win Marvel wins the 2022 Aoi Stakes
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated1985
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1,200 meters
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3yo
Weight56 kg
Allowance: Fillies 2 kg
Purse¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 41,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Aoi Stakes (Japanese 葵ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, run in late May over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1] Famous horses who won the race include Calstone Light O and Lord Kanaloa.

The race was first ran as Aoi Sho from 1985 until 1988 before it was renamed to Aoi Stakes. The distance was run at 1,400 meters from 1985 until 1995, then it was shortened to 1,200 meters from 1996 until 2001. The distance was once again increased to 1,400 meters from 2002 until 2009 then it was shortened back to its current distance at 1,200 meters. In 2018, the race was promoted to Grade status but was unable to obtain the current Grade 3 status until 2022.

Winners since 2000

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Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Breaktime Mamoru Ishibashi Shoji Yamamoto 1:08.0
2001 Calstone Light O Shigefumi Kumazawa Hiroyuki Oneda 1:07.4
2002 Dantsu Judge Fujita Shinji Kenji Yamauchi 1:21.2
2003 Montparnasse Mikio Matsunaga Noriaki Tsubo 1:21.5
2004 Meiner Zest Hirofumi Shii Yutaka Takahashi 1:20.9
2005 Symboli Gran Shigefumi Kumazawa Yoshihiro Hatakeyama 1:20.9
2006 Win Legend Yuga Kawada Tsutomu Setoguchi 1:23.0
2007 Kanoya Zakura Hiroyuki Uemura Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:22.6
2008 Million Wave Koichi Tsunoda Hiroshi Miyamoto 1:21.7
2009 Eishin Tiger Yuga Kawada Masato Nishizono 1:20.4
2010 Keiai Daisy Hideaki Miyuki Kenji Yamauchi 1:07.6
2011 Lord Kanaloa Yuichi Kitamura Takayuki Yasuda 1:09.3
2012 Makoto Nawaratana Kota Fujioka Ippo Sameshima 1:08.0
2013 Teehaff Yutaka Take Katsuichi Nishiura 1:08.7
2014 Real Venus Kota Fujioka Akio Adachi 1:07.5
2015 Just Doing Tsubasa Wada Kazuya Nakatake 1:08.0
2016 Nac Venus Manabu Sakai Hiroaki Sugiura 1:07.9
2017 Arinna Yusuke Fujioka Shigeki Matsumoto 1:10.5
2018 Gold Queen Yoshihiro Furukawa Masanori Sakaguchi 1:08.0
2019 Dirndl Yusuke Fujioka Yutaka Okumura 1:08.0
2020 Bien Fait Yusuke Fujioka Kazuya Nakatake 1:08.1
2021 Lei Halia[a] Heart Kameda Toshiaki Tajima 1:08.1
2022 Win Marvel[a] Kohei Matsuyama Masashi Fukayama 1:08.2
2023 Mozu Meimei Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi 1:07.1
2024 Puro Magic Kazuo Yokoyama Shogo Yasuda 1:07.1

a The 2021 and 2022 editions were contested at Chukyo Racecourse, due to renovations held at the Kyoto Racecourse.[2]

Earlier winners

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  • 1985 - Long Quick[3]
  • 1986 - Lead Triple[4]
  • 1987 - Marubutsu Lonely
  • 1988 - Great Monte
  • 1989 - Osaichi George
  • 1990 - Daitaku Helios
  • 1991 - Tenzan Hagoromo
  • 1992 - Elizabeth Rose
  • 1993 - Fuji One Man Cross
  • 1994 - Maruka Okan
  • 1995 - Isami Sakura
  • 1996 - The Gold
  • 1997 - Star Programmer
  • 1998 - Meisho Ayame
  • 1999 - Kool Neige

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Aoi Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "京都競馬場2023年春からリニューアル 京都開催は来年11月から2年4か月間の休止". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  3. ^ "葵ステークス". おウマのアイコン.
  4. ^ "葵Sの歴史と概要". umanity.jp.
  5. ^ "葵S". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Aoi Stakes". Netkeiba.