Fuji Stakes
Horse race
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The Fuji Stakes (Japanese 富士ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]
 Gaia Force, winner of the 2025 Fuji Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 2 |
|---|---|
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1984 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 128,140,000 (as of 2025)
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It was first run in 1984 and held Grade 3 status from 1998 until 2019 before being elevated to its current Grade 2 status. The race was run over 1800 metres until 1996, and over 1400 metres from 1997 to 1999. During its time it was run over 1400 metres, the race was seen as a step race for the Sprinters Stakes which was held in mid-December at the time. In 2000, the race was moved to October and was to be run over its current disctance.[2]
From 2014, the race serves as a trial race for the Mile Championship, which is run at Kyoto in November.[2]
Weight
55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[3]
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
- 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 2 win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- 1 kg for a grade 1 win
Previous winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Arrow Bohemian | 5 | Tomio Yasuda | Yoshimatsu Kaji | Hidekazu Date | 1:49.8 |
| 1985 | Tosho Summit | 3 | Masatsugu Kashiwazaki | Shinji Okuhira | Tosho Sangyo | 1:48.6 |
| 1986 | Waverley Star | 4 | Lance O'Sullivan | Dave O'Sullivan | Waverley Park Stud | 1:47.5 |
| 1987 | Triptych | 5 | Anthony Cruz | Patrick Biancone | Alan Clore | 1:46.9 |
| 1988 | Salem Drive | 6 | Chris Antley | R. J. Randy | Virginia Kraft Payson | 1:46.9 |
| 1989 | Oracle Asuka | 4 | Yukio Okabe | Shunji Tamura | Teibun | 1:47.8 |
| 1990 | Mogami Champion | 5 | Futoshi Kojima | Katsutaro Sakai | Sakura Commerce | 1:47.9 |
| 1991 | Stabilizer | 3 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Hideo Takahashi | Horseman | 1:47.4 |
| 1992 | Shinko Lovely | 3 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | Osamu Yasuda | 1:47.6 |
| 1993 | Matikanetannhauser | 4 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Yuji Ito | Masuo Hosokawa | 1:48.2 |
| 1994 | Sakura Chitose O | 4 | Futoshi Kojima | Katsutaro Sakai | Sakura Commerce | 1:46.9 |
| 1995 | Fujiyama Kenzan | 7 | Masayoshi Ebina | Hideyuki Mori | Tatsuya Fujimoto | 1:47.5 |
| 1996 | Shinko King | 5 | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | Osamu Yasuda | 1:48.5 |
| 1997 | Biko Alpha | 7 | Michael Roberts | Yukiharu Shikato | Legend | 1:22.8 |
| 1998 | Air Jihad | 3 | Hiroki Hashimoto | Masanori Ito | Lucky Field | 1:23.0 |
| 1999 | Red Chili Pepper | 3 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Kazuko Yoshida | 1:21.4 |
| 2000 | Daiwa Caerleon | 7 | Hiroki Tanaka | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Daiwa Shoji | 1:33.9 |
| 2001 | Kris The Brave | 7 | Yutaka Yoshida | Masakazu Akiyama | Shadai Race Horse | 1:33.2 |
| 2002 | Meisho Ramses | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yuji Ito | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:32.3 |
| 2003 | Millenium Bio | 5 | Yutaka Take | Masazo Ryoke | Bio | 1:32.0 |
| 2004 | Admire Max | 5 | Yutaka Take | Mitsuru Hashida | Riichi Kondo | 1:33.2 |
| 2005 | Win Radius | 7 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Kazuo Fujisawa | Win | 1:32.9 |
| 2006 | Kinetics | 7 | Megumu Shinkawa | Megumu Shinkawa | North Hills Management | 1:32.8 |
| 2007 | Meiner Segal | 3 | Hiroki Goto | Sakae Kunieda | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:33.3 |
| 2008 | Silent Pride | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Sakae Kunieda | Shadai Race Horse | 1:32.7 |
| 2009 | Absolute | 5 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Yoshitada Munakata | Hiroyuki Sonobe | 1:33.3 |
| 2010 | Danon Yoyo | 4 | Kousei Miura | Hidetaka Otonashi | Danox | 1:32.8 |
| 2011 | Eishin Apollon | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Masahiro Matsunaga | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:35.0 |
| 2012 | Clarente | 3 | Yasunari Iwata | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Shinji Maeda | 1:32.4 |
| 2013 | Danon Shark | 5 | Suguru Hamanaka | Ryuji Okubo | Danox | 1:33.5 |
| 2014 | Staphanos | 3 | Keita Tosaki | Hideaki Fujiwara | Carrot Farm | 1:33.2 |
| 2015 | Danon Platina | 3 | Masayoshi Ebina | Sakae Kunieda | Danox | 1:32.7 |
| 2016 | Young Man Power | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Takahisa Tezuka | Juichi Hoshino | 1:34.0[4] |
| 2017 | Air Spinel | 4 | Yutaka Take | Kazuhide Sasada | Lucky Field | 1:34.8[5] |
| 2018 | Logi Cry | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Naosuke Sugai | Masaaki Kumeda | 1:31.7[6] |
| 2019 | Normcore | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | Seiichi Iketani | 1:33.0 |
| 2020 | Vin de Garde | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Hideaki Fujiwara | Shadai Race Horse | 1:33.4 |
| 2021 | Songline | 3 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Toru Hayashi | Sunday Racing | 1:33.2 |
| 2022 | Serifos | 3 | Yusuke Fujioka | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | G1 Racing | 1:32.0 |
| 2023 | Namur | 4 | Joao Moreira | Tomokazu Takano | Carrot Farm | 1:31.4 |
| 2024 | Jun Blossom | 5 | Keita Tosaki | Yasuo Tomomichi | Junji Kawai | 1:32.1 |
| 2025 | Gaia Force | 6 | Takeshi Yokoyama | Haruki Sugiyama | KR Japan | 1:31.7 |