Falcon Stakes
Purpur Ray winning the 2022 Falcon Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Chukyo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1987 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o |
| Weight | 57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2026)
|
The Falcon Stakes (ファルコンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in March over a distance of 1400 metres at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]
The race was first run in 1987 as the Chunichi Sports Yonsai Stakes (中日スポーツ賞4歳ステークス) and has held Grade 3 status from its inauguration. It was initially run over 1800 before being cut to 1200 metres in 1996 and then extended to 1400 metres in 2012.[2]
The name was changed to the current name in 2001.[2]
Previous winners
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Hide Ryu O | Tadashi Kayo | Makoto Osawa | Mitsuyuki Umezawa | 1:48.8 |
| 1988 | Soccer Boy | Hiroshi Kawachi | Koji Ono | Shadai Race Horse | 1:48.9 |
| 1989 | Osaichi George | Katsuhide Maruyama | Kazumi Domon | Choichi Node | 1:47.9 |
| 1990 | Long Arch | Yutaka Take | Akihiko Uda | Nakai Shoji | 1:48.5 |
| 1991 | Kogane Power | Seiki Tabara | Akio Tsurudome | Takao Seto | 1:48.5 |
| 1992 | Kyoei Bowgun | Tatsuya Matsumoto | Akihiko Nomura | Masao Matsuoka | 1:48.2 |
| 1993 | Nehai Caesar | Katsumi Shiomura | Tadashi Fuse | Daimaru Kigyo | 1:45.2 |
| 1994 | Inazuma Takao | Shoichi Osaki | Ryoichi Hisako | Takao Kojima | 1:48.7 |
| 1995 | Ibuki Rajo Mon | Yutaka Take | Masazo Ryoke | Ibuki | 1:49.6 |
| 1996 | Sugino Hayakaze | Hirokazu Tajima | Yukiharu Shikato | Yoshio Sugie | 1:08.5 |
| 1997 | Opening Theme | Takao Koike | Yoshihito Dazai | Koji Maeda | 1:09.6 |
| 1998 | Tokio Perfect | Masayoshi Ebina | Fumio Koga | Tokio Sakata | 1:09.9 |
| 1999 | Saikyo Sunday | Hirohi Kawachi | Masahiro Sakaguchi | Kenichiro Okumoto | 1:09.8 |
| 2000 | Yuwa Falcon | Eiji Nakadate | Masahiro Horii | Yuwa | 1:08.9 |
| 2001 | Rusunai Christiea | Shinichiro Akiyama | Yoshio Takagi | Takaaki Bokujo | 1:08.9 |
| 2002 | Sunningdale | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Shigeki Goto | 1:08.9 |
| 2003 | Gallant Arrow | Hideaki Miyuki | Hiroki Sakiyama | Atsuko Tomizawa | 1:09.7 |
| 2004 | Kyowa Happinessa | Yasuhiko Yasuda | Masaru Sayama | Masahiko Asakawa | 1:09.5 |
| 2005 | Kazusa Line | Eiji Nakadate | Masamichi Wada | Kazumasa Azu | 1:09.9 |
| 2006 | Tagano Bastille | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | Ryoji Yagi | 1:09.9 |
| 2007 | Admire Hokuto | Norihiko Yokoyama | Fumio Koga | Riichi Kondo | 1:08.0 |
| 2008 | Danon Go Go | Yutaka Take | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Danox | 1:09.0 |
| 2009 | Jo Cappuccino | Kota Fujioka | Kazuya Nakatake | Keiko Ueda | 1:08.9 |
| 2010 | A Shin Whity | Yuichi Kitamura | Shigeki Matsumoto | Eishindo | 1:08.7 |
| 2011 | Henny Houndb | Yasunari Iwata | Yoshito Yahagi | Masamichi Hayashi | 1:08.7 |
| 2012 | Brightline | Katsumi Ando | Ippo Sameshima | North Hills | 1:24.0 |
| 2013 | Impulse Hero | Katsuharu Tanaka | Sakae Kunieda | Kanji Sasaki | 1:22.2 |
| 2014 | Tagano Grandpa | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Ryoji Yagi | 1:21.2 |
| 2015 | Tagano Azaghal | Daisaku Matsuda | Teruhiko Chida | Ryoji Yagi | 1:22.9 |
| 2016 | Tosho Drafter | Hironobu Tanabe | Koji Kayano | Tosho Sangyo | 1:25.0 |
| 2017 | Kosoku Straight | Keita Tosaki | Eiji Nakadate | Akio Nozaki | 1:21.1[3] |
| 2018 | Mr Melody | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideaki Fujiwara | Green Fields | 1:22.1[4] |
| 2019 | Happy Hour | Hayato Yoshida | Koshiro Take | Yuko Takashima | 1:20.9[5] |
| 2020 | Shine Garnet | Hironobu Tanabe | Toru Kurita | Koichiro Yamaguchi | 1:21.3 |
| 2021 | Rooks Nest | Hideaki Miyuki | Tamio Hamada | Yoshiro Kubota | 1:20.1 |
| 2022 | Purpur Ray | Mirco Demuro | Naosuke Sugai | G Riviere Racing | 1:20.9 |
| 2023 | Tamamo Black Tie | Hideaki Miyuki | Koichi Tsunoda | Tamamo | 1:22.6 |
| 2024 | Danon McKinley | Yuichi Kitamura | Hideaki Fujiwara | Danon | 1:20.2 |
| 2025 | Yankee Barows | Mirai Iwata | Hiroyuki Uemura | Koji Inokuma | 1:21.0 |
| 2026 | Diamond Knot | Yuga Kawada | Yuichi Fukunaga | Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd | 1:19.8 |
a The 2001 winner Rusunai Christie and the 2004 winner Kyowa Happiness were fillies
b The 2011 race was held at Hanshin Racecourse
See also
References
- Netkeiba:[6][7]
- 1987 en, 1988 en, 1989 en, 1990 en, 1991 en, 1992 en, 1993 en, 1994 en, 1995 en, 1996 en, 1997 en, 1998 en, 1999 en, 2000 en, 2001 en, 2002 en, 2003 en, 2004 en, 2005 en, 2006 en, 2007 en, 2008 en, 2009 en, 2010 en, 2011 en, 2012 en, 2013 en, 2014 en, 2015 en, 2016 en, 2017 en, 2018 en, 2019 en, 2020 en, 2021 en, 2022 en, 2023 en, 2024 en, 2025 en, 2026 en
- ^ "Falcon Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ a b "歴史・コース：中日スポーツ賞ファルコンステークス 今週の注目レース". jra.jp. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 18 March 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 March 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 16 March 2019.
- ^ "ファルコンS". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Chunichi Sports Sho Falcon Stakes". Netkeiba.