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]
| Grade 3 race | |
 Tokyo Racecourse | |
| 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 | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 86,400,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 40,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
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.
Weight
edit56 kg for three-year-olds, 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 2000
edit| 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[3] |
| 2017 | Incantation | 7 | Kousei Miura | Tomohiko Hatsuki | 1:35.5[4] |
| 2018 | Sunrise Nova | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:34.7[5] |
| 2019 | Wonder Lider | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda | 1:34.6 |
| 2020 | Sunrise Nova | 6 | Fuma Matsuwaka | Hidetaka Otonahi | 1:35.0 |
| 2021 | Soliste Thunder | 6 | Keita Tosaki | Daisuke Takayanagi | 1:35.0 |
| 2022 | Gilded Mirror | 5 | Kousei Miura | Mikio Matsunaga | 1:35.6 |
| 2023 | Dry Stout | 4 | Takeshi Yokoyama | Mitsunori Makiura | 1:35.2 |
| 2024 | Emperor Wakea | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Haruki Sugiyama | 1:36.0 |
a The 2002 race took place at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 1800 metres.
Earlier winners
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Musashino 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 2024-11-09.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 12 November 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 11 November 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 10 November 2018.
- ^ "武蔵野S". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Tokyo Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino Stakes". Netkeiba.