Miyako Stakes
 The 2011 winner Espoir City | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 2010 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 86,400,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 40,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The Miyako Stakes (Japanese みやこステークス) is a Japanese 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 from 1986 until 2009. It was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2010 and renamed to Miyako Stakes. The race serves as a trial for the Champions Cup, which is run in early December.
Weight
55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[2]
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
- 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 2 win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- 1 kg for a grade 1 win
Winners since 2009
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Silk Mobius | 3 | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Masazo Ryoke | 1:49.6 |
| 2010 | Transcend | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:49.8 |
| 2011 | Espoir City | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Akio Adachi | 1:48.4 |
| 2012 | Roman Legend | 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 | Apollo Kentucky | 4 | Fuma Matsukawa | Kenji Yamauchi | 1:50.1[3] |
| 2017 | T M Jinsoku | 5 | Yoshihiro Furakawa | Kazuyoshi Kihara | 1:50.1[4] |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Sunrise Hope | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Tomohiko Hatsuki | 1:51.6 |
| 2023 | Seraphic Call | 3 | Mirco Demuro | Ryo Terashima | 1:50.9 |
| 2024 | Sunrise Zipangu | 3 | Katsuma Sameshima | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:49.7 |
See also
References
- ^ "Miyako Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 6 November 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 November 2017.
- ^ "みやこS". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Miyako Stakes". Netkeiba.