Sapporo Nisai Stakes

Sapporo Nisai Stakes
札幌2歳ステークス
The finish of the 2009 Sapporo Nisai Stakes
ClassGrade 3
LocationSapporo Racecourse
Inaugurated1966
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification2-y-o
Weight55 kg
Purse¥ 66,860,000 (as of 2025)
  • 1st: ¥ 31,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 12,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 8,000,000

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

  1. ^ "Sapporo Nisai Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 2 September 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 1 September 2018.
  5. ^ "札幌2歳S". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Sapporo Nisai Stakes". Netkeiba.