Falcon Stakes
Horse race
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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]
 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 2025)
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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 |
a The 2001 winner Rusunai Christie and the 2004 winner Kyowa Happiness were fillies
b The 2011 race was held at Hanshin Racecourse