Sapporo Nisai Stakes
The finish of the 2009 Sapporo Nisai Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Sapporo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1966 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 2-y-o |
| Weight | 55 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 66,860,000 (as of 2025)
|
The Sapporo Nisai Stakes (Japanese 札幌2歳ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race in Japan for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in late August or early September over a distance of 1800 metres at Sapporo Racecourse.[1]
The race was first run in 1966 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984. Originally run over 1200 metres, the race was increased to its current distance in 1997. It was run at Hakodate Racecourse in 1989. Past winners have included Jungle Pocket, Admire Moon, Logi Universe and Sodashi.
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Jungle Pocket | Teruhiko Chida | Sakae Watanabe | Yomoji Saito | 1:49.6 |
| 2001 | Yamano Blizzard | Hiroto Kawashima | Kawada Takayoshi | Yoshihiro Yamaizumi | 1:50.9 |
| 2002 | Sakura President | Katsuharu Tanaka | Futoshi Kojima | Sakura Commerce | 1:51.7 |
| 2003 | Moere Espoir | Tsuyoshi Chiba | Yoshinori Doyama | Kazuo Nakamura | 1:54.1 |
| 2004 | Stormy Cafe | Hirofumi Shii | Futoshi Kojima | Kyoko Nishikawa | 1:49.9 |
| 2005 | Admire Moon | Masaru Honda | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Riichi Kondo | 1:50.4 |
| 2006 | Namura Mars | Yusuke Fujioka | Nobuharu Fukushima | Nobushige Namura | 1:49.7 |
| 2007 | Oriental Rock | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Tadokoro | Rumiko Tanaami | 1:51.9 |
| 2008 | Logi Universe | Norihiro Yokoyama | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | Masaaki Kumeta | 1:49.1 |
| 2009 | San Diego City | Yusuke Fujioka | Seiji Sakuta | Yushun Horse Club | 1:49.7 |
| 2010 | All As One | Katsumi Ando | Masaozo Ryoke | Junzo Miyagawa | 1:49.8 |
| 2011 | Grandezza | Shinichiro Akiyama | Osamu Hirata | Shadai Race Horse | 1:50.8 |
| 2012 | Codino | Norohiro Yokoyama | Kazuo Fujisawa | Sunday Racing | 1:48.5 |
| 2013 | Red Reveur | Keita Tosaki | Naosuke Sugai | Tokyo Horse Racing | 1:59.7 |
| 2014 | Bright Emblem | Hironobu Tanabe | Shigeyuki Kojima | Silk | 1:50.0 |
| 2015 | Admire Eikan | Yasunari Iwata | Naosuke Sugai | Riichi Kondo | 1:50.8 |
| 2016 | Trust | Daichi Shibata | Hiroaki Kawazu | Shigeyuki Okada | 1:49.9[2] |
| 2017 | Rock This Town | Christophe Lemaire | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Sunday Racing | 1:51.4[3] |
| 2018 | Nishino Daisy | Masaki Katsuura | Noboru Takagi | Shigeyuki Nishiyama | 1:50.1[4] |
| 2019 | Black Hole | Yukito Ishikawa | Ikuo Aizawa | Seiichi Serizawa | 1:50.4 |
| 2020 | Sodashi | Hayato Yoshida | Naosuke Sugai | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 1:48.2 |
| 2021 | Geoglyph | Christophe Lemaire | Takaki Iwato | Sunday Racing | 1:49.1 |
| 2022 | Dura | Arata Saito | Yasuyuki Takahashi | Cypress Holdings | 1:50.0 |
| 2023 | Set Up | Takeshi Yokoyama | Yuichi Shikato | Ken Shimada | 1:50.5 |
| 2024 | Magic Sands | Daisuke Sasaki | Naosuke Sugai | Sunday Racing | 1:50.3 |
| 2025 | Shonan Gulf | Kenichi Ikezoe | Naosuke Sugai | Tetsuhide Kunimoto | 1:50.6 |
Earlier winners
- 1966 - Ryuzuki
- 1967 - Kitano Diao
- 1968 - Bourbone
- 1969 - High Prince
- 1970 - Lone One
- 1971 - Tomoe O
- 1972 - Yushio
- 1973 - Colonel Symboli
- 1974 - Prosperous
- 1975 - Kami Ichi
- 1976 - Hishi Speed
- 1977 - Lovely Tosho
- 1978 - Teruno Eight
- 1979 - Katsu Rookie O
- 1980 - Big Desire
- 1981 - Kochi Osho
- 1982 - Max Fire
- 1983 - Sea Black
- 1984 - Western Five
- 1985 - Kalista Kaiser
- 1986 - Gal Dancer
- 1987 - Miyono Speed
- 1988 - Miyono Gold
- 1989 - Inter Voyager
- 1990 - Scarlet Bouquet
- 1991 - Nishino Flower
- 1992 - T M Hurricane
- 1993 - Mellow Fruit
- 1994 - Prime Stage
- 1995 - Biwa Heidi
- 1996 - Seiryu O
- 1997 - I Am The Prince
- 1998 - Meiner Platinum
- 1999 - Meiner Condor
See also
References
- ^ "Sapporo Nisai Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 3 September 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 2 September 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 1 September 2018.
- ^ "札幌2歳S". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Sapporo Nisai Stakes". Netkeiba.