Aoi Stakes
Horse race
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The Aoi Stakes (Japanese 葵ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds organized by Japan Racing Association. It is run in late May over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1] Famous horses who have won the race include Calstone Light O and Lord Kanaloa.
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Win Marvel wins the 2022 Aoi Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1985 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,200 meters |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3yo |
| Weight | 56 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2025)
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The race was first ran as Aoi Sho from 1985 until 1988 before it was renamed to Aoi Stakes. The distance was run at 1,400 meters from 1985 until 1995, then it was shortened to 1,200 meters from 1996 until 2001. The distance was once again increased to 1,400 meters from 2002 until 2009 then it was shortened back to its current distance at 1,200 meters. In 2018, the race was promoted to Grade status but was unable to obtain the current Grade 3 status until 2022.
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Breaktime | Mamoru Ishibashi | Shoji Yamamoto | North Hills Management | 1:08.0 |
| 2001 | Calstone Light O | Shigefumi Kumazawa | Hiroyuki Oneda | Sadamitsu Shimizu | 1:07.4 |
| 2002 | Dantsu Judge | Fujita Shinji | Kenji Yamauchi | Tetsuji Yamamoto | 1:21.2 |
| 2003 | Montparnasse | Mikio Matsunaga | Noriaki Tsubo | Tetsuo Tsunoda | 1:21.5 |
| 2004 | Meiner Zest | Hirofumi Shii | Yutaka Takahashi | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:20.9 |
| 2005 | Symboli Gran | Shigefumi Kumazawa | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | Symboli Stud | 1:20.9 |
| 2006 | Win Legend | Yuga Kawada | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Win | 1:23.0 |
| 2007 | Kanoya Zakura | Hiroyuki Uemura | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Kaoru Kanda | 1:22.6 |
| 2008 | Million Wave | Koichi Tsunoda | Hiroshi Miyamoto | Kenji Mannami | 1:21.7 |
| 2009 | Eishin Tiger | Yuga Kawada | Masato Nishizono | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:20.4 |
| 2010 | Keiai Daisy | Hideaki Miyuki | Kenji Yamauchi | Keiai Orthopedic Appliance | 1:07.6 |
| 2011 | Lord Kanaloa | Yuichi Kitamura | Takayuki Yasuda | Lord Horse Club | 1:09.3 |
| 2012 | Makoto Nawaratana | Kota Fujioka | Ippo Sameshima | Sachiko Oda | 1:08.0 |
| 2013 | Teehaff | Yutaka Take | Katsuichi Nishiura | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | 1:08.7 |
| 2014 | Real Venus | Kota Fujioka | Akio Adachi | Hoichi Yamauchi | 1:07.5 |
| 2015 | Just Doing | Tsubasa Wada | Kazuya Nakatake | Shinji Maeda | 1:08.0 |
| 2016 | Nac Venus | Manabu Sakai | Hiroaki Sugiura | Kinya Komatsu | 1:07.9 |
| 2017 | Arinna | Yusuke Fujioka | Shigeki Matsumoto | Normandy Thoroughbred Club | 1:10.5 |
| 2018 | Gold Queen | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Masanori Sakaguchi | Mitsuhiko Kato | 1:08.0 |
| 2019 | Dirndl | Yusuke Fujioka | Yutaka Okumura | Silk Racing | 1:08.0 |
| 2020 | Bien Fait | Yusuke Fujioka | Kazuya Nakatake | Koki Maeda | 1:08.1 |
| 2021 | Lei Halia[a] | Heart Kameda | Toshiaki Tajima | Hidaka Breeders Union | 1:08.1 |
| 2022 | Win Marvel[a] | Kohei Matsuyama | Masashi Fukayama | Win | 1:08.2 |
| 2023 | Mozu Meimei | Yutaka Take | Hidetaka Otonashi | Capital System | 1:07.1 |
| 2024 | Puro Magic | Kazuo Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda | 3H Racing | 1:07.1 |
| 2025 | Abu Qir Bay | Mirai Iwata | Tomoyasu Sakaguchi | Godolphin | 1:08.3 |
a The 2021 and 2022 editions were contested at Chukyo Racecourse, due to ongoing renovation at the Kyoto Racecourse.[2]
Earlier winners
- 1985 - Long Quick[3]
- 1986 - Lead Triple[4]
- 1987 - Marubutsu Lonely
- 1988 - Great Monte
- 1989 - Osaichi George
- 1990 - Daitaku Helios
- 1991 - Tenzan Hagoromo
- 1992 - Elizabeth Rose
- 1993 - Fuji One Man Cross
- 1994 - Maruka Okan
- 1995 - Isami Sakura
- 1996 - The Gold
- 1997 - Star Programmer
- 1998 - Meisho Ayame
- 1999 - Kool Neige