Negishi Stakes
Horse race
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The Negishi Stakes (Japanese 根岸ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race organized by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. It is run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]
Lemon Pop winning the 2023 Negishi Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 1987 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400 metres |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 86,400,000 (as of 2026)
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The Negishi Stakes was first run in 1987 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was contested over 1200 metres from 1990 to 2000 and again in 2003. The 2003 edition was run at Nakayama Racecourse. The race is named in honour of Negishi Racecourse, a former horse racing venue in Yokohama.
Weight
57 kg for four-year-olds above.[2]
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
Past winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Length (in m) |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Grace Shiraoki | 3 | D1400m | Seiji Ebisawa | Yoshinami Shimizu | Masahiro Hiranoi | 1:23.4 |
| 1988 | Winning Smile | 5 | D1400m | Masamitsu Tamura | Terumasa Yano | Fusa Shirai | 1:24.4 |
| 1989 | Dyna Letter | 5 | D1400m | Hiroaki Sugiura | Toshio Nihonyanagi | Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. | 1:23.8 |
| 1990 | Eiko Trans | 6 | D1200m | Shoichi Osaki | Isao Yasuda | Kenichi Ikeuchi | 1:10.0 |
| 1991 | Tomoe Regent | 3 | D1200m | Yasuhiro Nemoto | Teruo Hashimoto | Toshihiko Okamoto | 1:10.0 |
| 1992 | Happy Guinness | 6 | D1200m | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yasuo Nishizuka | Junko Sano | 1:11.0 |
| 1993 | Prost Line | 4 | D1200m | Yukio Okabe | Yasuhisa Matsuyama | Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. | 1:12.3 |
| 1994 | Fujino Makken O | 3 | D1200m | Yukio Okabe | Yoshio Nakamura | Fumie Takahashi | 1:10.9 |
| 1995 | Young Ebros | 3 | D1200m | Hiroki Hashimoto | Tsugio Yanagida | Shigeo Kajiwara | 1:10.9 |
| 1996 | Stone Stepper | 3 | D1200m | Shigefumi Kumazawa | Tetsuya Meno | Isao Ogawa | 1:10.6 |
| 1997 | Washington Color | 3 | D1200m | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yasuhisa Matsuyama | Tenjin Co., Ltd. | 1:11.2 |
| 1998 | Washington Color | 4 | D1200m | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yasuhisa Matsuyama | Tenjin Co., Ltd. | 1:10.5 |
| 1999 | Select Green | 4 | D1200m | Katsuharu Tanaka | Hidetaka Otonashi | Green Farm Co. Ltd. | 1:09.2 |
| 2000 | Broad Appeal | 6 | D1200m | Koshiro Take | Kunihide Matsuda | Makoto Kaneko | 1:10.1 |
| 2001 | Nobo True | 5 | D1400m | Olivier Peslier | Hideyuki Mori | LS.M Co.,Ltd. | 1:22.1 |
| 2002 | South Vigorous | 6 | D1400m | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshiyasu Takahashi | Hisashi Namba | 1:22.8 |
| 2003 | South Vigorous | 7 | D1200m | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshiyasu Takahashi | Hisashi Namba | 1:10.4 |
| 2004 | Shadow Scape | 5 | D1400m | Teruo Eda | Hideyuki Mori | Tomokazu Iizuka | 1:24.0 |
| 2005 | Meisho Bowler | 4 | D1400m | Yuichi Fukunaga | Toshiaki Shirai | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:23.0 |
| 2006 | Limitless Bid | 4 | D1400m | Hiroyuki Uchida | Tadashi Kayo | Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. | 1:23.7 |
| 2007 | Big Grass | 6 | D1400m | Issei Murata | Hidemasa Nakao | Wahei Tsubonoya | 1:23.5 |
| 2008 | Wild Wonder | 6 | D1400m | Yasunari Iwata | Takashi Kubota | Tsunefumi Kusama | 1:22.7 |
| 2009 | Ferrari Pisa | 5 | D1400m | Yasunari Iwata | Toshiaki Shirai | Yoshimi Ichikawa | 1:22.1 |
| 2010 | Glorious Noah | 4 | D1400m | Shinichiro Kobayashi | Yoshito Yahagi | Yoko Takano | 1:23.7 |
| 2011 | Sei Crimson | 5 | D1400m | Hideaki Miyuki | Toshiyuki Hattori | Seiki Kaneda | 1:23.0 |
| 2012 | Silk Fortune | 6 | D1400m | Kota Fujioka | Norio Fujisawa | Silk Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:23.5 |
| 2013 | Meisho Mashu | 5 | D1400m | Yusuke Fujioka | Yoshio Oki | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:23.7 |
| 2014 | Gorski | 7 | D1400m | Fran Berry | Yasutoshi Ikee | Shadai Race Horse Co. Ltd. | 1:23.4 |
| 2015 | Air Khalifa | 6 | D1400m | Kosei Miura | Katsuhiko Sumii | Lucky Field Co. Ltd. | 1:23.4 |
| 2016 | Moanin | 4 | D1400m | Keita Tosaki | Sei Ishizawa | Yukio Baba | 1:22.0 |
| 2017 | Kafuji Take | 5 | D1400m | Yuichi Fukunaga | Sachio Yukubo | Mamoru Kato | 1:23.0[3] |
| 2018 | Nonkono Yume | 6 | D1400m | Hiroyuki Uchida | Yukihiro Kato | Kazumasa Yamada | 1:21.5[4] |
| 2019 | Copano Kicking | 4 | D1400m | Oisin Murphy | Akira Murayama | Sachiaki Kobayashi | 1:23.5[5] |
| 2020 | Mozu Ascot | 6 | D1400m | Christophe Lemaire | Yoshito Yahagi | Capital System Co. Ltd. | 1:22.7 |
| 2021 | Red Le Zele | 5 | D1400m | Yuga Kawada | Takayuki Yasuda | Tokyo Horse Racing Co. Ltd. | 1:22.3 |
| 2022 | T M South Dan | 5 | D1400m | Yasunari Iwata | Yuzo Iida | Masatsugu Takezono | 1:23.1 |
| 2023 | Lemon Pop | 5 | D1400m | Keita Tosaki | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Godolphin | 1:22.5 |
| 2024 | Emperor Wakea | 4 | D1400m | Yuga Kawada | Haruki Sugiyama | Tsunefumi Kusama | 1:24.1 |
| 2025 | Costa Nova | 5 | D1400m | Takeshi Yokoyama | Tetsuya Kimura | Katsumi Yoshida | 1:22.6 |
| 2026 | Lord Fons | 6 | D1400m | Kazuo Yokoyama | Shogo Yasuda | Lord Horse Club Co., Ltd. | 1:23.3 |