Fantasy Stakes (Japan)
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Horse race
 2020 Fantasy Stakes winner Meikei Yell | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1996 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 2-y-o |
| Weight | 55 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 62,840,000 (as of 2025)
|
The Fantasy Stakes (Japanese ファンタジーステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run in November over a distance of 1400 metres at Kyoto Racecourse.[1][2]
The race was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since.[2]
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | She's Princess | Hirofumi Shii | Shuji Ito | Takashi Saito | 1:21.2 |
| 1997 | London Bridge | Mikio Matsunaga | Kenta Nakao | Shimokobe Farm | 1:21.2 |
| 1998 | Primo Ordine | Yuichi Fukunaga | Toyoji Nishihashi | Hidekazu Date | 1:21.7 |
| 1999 | Tennessee Girl | Kazuhiro Yamada | Masanao Tsubo | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:22.1 |
| 2000 | Tashiro Spring | Kenichi Ikezoe | Akio Tsurudome | Nisshin Bokujo | 1:21.3 |
| 2001 | Kitasan Hibotan | Naosuke Sugai | Hikozo Sugai | Ono Shoji | 1:22.6 |
| 2002 | Peace of World | Yuichi Fukunaga | Masahiro Sakaguchi | Masashi Iida | 1:22.2 |
| 2003 | Sweep Tosho | Koichi Tsunoda | Sakae Watanabe | Tosho Sangyo | 1:22.6 |
| 2004 | Rhein Kraft | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Shigemasa Osawa | 1:21.6 |
| 2005 | Alluring Voice | Yutaka Take | Akihiko Nomura | Sunday Racing | 1:21.4 |
| 2006 | Aston Machan | Yutaka Take | Sei Ishizaka | Mayumi Tosa | 1:20.3 |
| 2007 | Odile | Katsumi Ando | Kojiro Hashiguchi | North Hills Management | 1:21.1 |
| 2008 | Inazuma Amaryllis | Kenichi Ikezoe | Shigeki Matsumoto | Kengo Koizumi | 1:23.7 |
| 2009 | Tagano Elizabeth | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Ryoji Yagi | 1:21.2 |
| 2010 | Marumo Sarah | Ken Tanaka | Kazuyoshi Kihara | Marumo Kumiai | 1:22.3 |
| 2011 | I'm Yours | Ioritz Mendizabal | Takahisa Tazuka | Your Story | 1:21.3 |
| 2012 | Sound Rihanna | Mirco Demuro | Masao Sato | Yuichi Masuda | 1:20.8 |
| 2013 | Bel Canto | Yutaka Take | Koichi Tsunoda | North Hills | 1:21.1 |
| 2014 | Cool Hotarubi | Futoshi Komaki | Hisashi Shimizu | Tetsuji Kawakami | 1:21.7 |
| 2015 | Candy Barows | Christophe Lemaire | Yoshito Yahagi | Koji Inokuma | 1:21.9 |
| 2016 | Mi Suerte | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing | 1:21.8 [3] |
| 2017 | Beluga | Cristian Demuro | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Robert Anderson | 1:22.9 [4] |
| 2018 | Danon Fantasy | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Danox | 1:21.8 [5] |
| 2019 | Resistencia | Yuichi Kitamura | Takeshi Matsushita | Carrot Farm | 1:20.7 |
| 2020 | Meikei Yell[a] | Yutaka Take | Hidenori Take | Nagoya Keiba | 1:20.1 |
| 2021 | Water Navillera[a] | Yutaka Take | Koshiro Take | Masato Yamaoka | 1:21.1 |
| 2022 | Rivara[a] | Shu Ishibashi | Mizuki Takayanagi | Yasuki Arai | 1:21.3 |
| 2023 | Culture Day | Manabu Sakai | Hirofumi Shii | MMS Holdings | 1:20.4 |
| 2024 | Dantsu Elan | Taisei Danno | Masaru Honda | Tetsuji Yamamoto | 1:22.8 |
| 2025 | Festival Hill | Cristian Demuro | Hirofumi Shii | Katsumi Yoshida | 1:20.9 |
a The 2020, 2021, and 2022 editions were contested at Hanshin Racecourse, due to renovations held at the Kyoto Racecourse.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Fantasy Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- 1 2 "特別レース名解説". Japan Racing Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ "2016 result". Racing Post. 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 3 November 2017.
- ↑ "2018 result". Racing Post. 2 November 2018.
- ↑ "京都競馬場２０２３年春からリニューアル 京都開催は来年１１月から２年４か月間の休止". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ↑ "ファンタジーS". Netkeiba.
- ↑ "Kbs Kyoto Sho Fantasy Stakes". Netkeiba.