Turquoise Stakes
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 Smile Kana wins the 2020 Turquoise Stakes | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
| Inaugurated | 2015 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ fillies and mares |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2025)
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The Turquoise Stakes (Japanese ターコイズステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over. It is run in December over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse, in Funabashi, Chiba.[1]
It was first run in 2015 and has held Grade 3 status since 2017.
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sing With Joy | 3 | Keita Tosaki | Yasuo Tomomichi | Shadai Race Horse | 1:35.7 |
| 2016 | Magic Time | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Tadashige Nakagawa | Sunday Racing | 1:33.6 |
| 2017 | Miss Panthere | 3 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsugu Kon | Chiyono Terada | 1:34.2 |
| 2018 | Miss Panthere | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsugu Kon | Chiyono Terada | 1:32.7 |
| 2019 | Contra Check | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Kazuo Fujisawa | Carrot Farm | 1:32.2 |
| 2020 | Smile Kana | 3 | Daichi Shibata | Yoshiyasu Takahashi | Shigeyuki Okada | 1:34.6 |
| 2021 | Miss New York | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Haruki Sugiyama | Takaaki Farm | 1:32.8 |
| 2022 | Miss New York | 5 | Mirco Demuro | Haruki Sugiyama | Takaaki Farm | 1:33.5 |
| 2023 | Fierce Pride | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | Godolphin | 1:32.7 |
| 2024 | Argine | 4 | Atsuya Nishimura | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Lord Horse Club | 1:33.2 |
| 2025 | Drop of Light | 6 | Fuma Matsuwaka | Yuichi Fukunaga | Makio Okada | 1:33.0 |