Incantation win the 2015 Heian Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1900 metres |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2025)
|
The Heian Stakes (Japanese 平安ステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in May over a distance of 1900 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]
The Heian Stakes was first run in 1986 and has held Grade 3 status since 1994. The distance was originally 1400 metres before being increased to 1800 metres in 1994 and to 1900 metres in 2013. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1994.
Weight
[edit]57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[2]
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 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 1994
[edit]| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Toyo Lyphard | 4 | Masahiro Matsunaga | Yoshiharu Matsunaga | Toyo Club | 1:52.8 |
| 1995 | Lively Mount | 4 | Mamoru Ishibashi | Fujio Shibata | Tetsuro Kato | 1:52.9 |
| 1996 | Admire Bosatsu | 6 | Junichi Serizawa | Mitsuru Hashida | Riichi Kondo | 1:50.5 |
| 1997 (dh) |
Shinko Windy | 4 | Hirofumi Shii | Kiyotaka Tanaka |
Osamu Yasuda | 1:49.9 |
| Toyo Seattle | 4 | Masahiro Matsunaga | Yoshiharu Matsunaga | Toyo Club | ||
| 1998 | M I Blanc | 6 | Yutaka Take | Shuji Ito | Yutaka Inami | 1:48.5 |
| 1999 | Osumi Jet | 5 | Hirofumi Shii | Toshiaki Shirai | Hidenori Yamaji | 1:49.9 |
| 2000 | Osumi Jet | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Toshiaki Shirai | Hidenori Yamaji | 1:49.8 |
| 2001 | Mambo Twist | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Taira Furakawa | Genichiro Tahaara | 1:48.7 |
| 2002 | Smart Boy | 7 | Naoto Ito | Keizo Ito | Grand Stud | 1:50.9 |
| 2003 | Smart Boy | 8 | Naoto Ito | Keizo Ito | Grand Stud | 1:49.7 |
| 2004 | Time Paradox | 6 | Mitsuaki Ando | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Shadai Race Horse | 1:51.3 |
| 2005 | Hishi Atlas | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Takao Nakano | Masaichiro Abe | 1:50.3 |
| 2006 | Tagano Guernica | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | Ryoji Yagi | 1:50.2 |
| 2007 | Meisho Tokon | 5 | Mamoru Ishibashi | Isao Yasuda | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:51.0 |
| 2008 | Quiet Day | 8 | Koichi Tsunoda | Shoichi Matsumoto | Sunday Racing | 1:51.0 |
| 2009 | Wonder Speed | 7 | Futoshi Komaki | Tomohiko Hastuki | Nobuyuki Yamamoto | 1:50.4 |
| 2010 | Roll of the Dice | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | Tokyo Horse Racing | 1:51.1 |
| 2011 | Daishin Orange | 6 | Yuga Kawada | Yasushi Shono | Nobuyuki Oyagi | 1:51.5 |
| 2012 | Hiraboku King | 5 | Yusuke Fujioka | Ryuji Okubo | Hirata Bokujo | 1:48.1 |
| 2013 | Nihonpiro Ours | 6 | Manabu Sakai | Yuki Ohashi | Hyakutaro Kobayashi | 1:56.9 |
| 2014 | Kurino Star O | 4 | Hideaki Miyuki | Yoshitada Takahashi | Mamoru Kurimoto | 1:56.6 |
| 2015 | Incantation | 5 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Tomohiko Hastuki | Turf Sports | 1:55.1 |
| 2016 | Asukano Roman | 5 | Keisuke Dazai | Yoshihiko Kawamura | Chiro Toyoda | 1:56.2 |
| 2017 | Great Pearl | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | H.H. Sheikh Fahad | 1:55.7[3] |
| 2018 | Sunrise Soar | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Hiroshi Kawachi | Takao Matsuoka | 1:57.3[4] |
| 2019 | Chuwa Wizard | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Ryuji Okubo | Shinobu Nakanishi | 1:58.1[5] |
| 2020 | Omega Perfume | 5 | Yuichi Kitamura | Shogo Yasuda | Reiko Hara | 1:56.0 |
| 2021 | Auvergne[a] | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Masayuki Nishimura | Tadakuni Sugiyama | 1:54.7 |
| 2022 | T O Keynes[a] | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Daisuke Takayanagi | Tomoya Ozasa | 1:57.0 |
| 2023 | Gloria Mundi | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Ryuji Okubo | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:59.8 |
| 2024 | Mitono O | 4 | Kohei Matsuyama | Koji Maki | Royal Park | 1:57.4 |
| 2025 | Outrange | 5 | Kohei Matsuyama | Ryuji Okubo | Toshio Terada | 1:57.2 |
a Runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.
Previous Winners
[edit]- 1986 - Marubutsu Sir Pen
- 1987 - Fate Northern
- 1988 - Dokanjo
- 1989 - Dokanjo
- 1990 - Dancing Sam
- 1991 - Passing Lute
- 1992 - Kyoei Swat
- 1993 - Mr Tojin
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Heian 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 2024-05-18.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 20 May 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 19 May 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 18 May 2019.
- ^ "平安S". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Heian Stakes". Netkeiba.