| Surface: | Dirt |
| Class: | Grade 3 |
| Horse Race: | Capella Stakes カペラステークス |
| Location: | Nakayama Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 2008 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 1200 metres |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o+ |
| Weight: | 4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 55 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg |
| Purse: | 1st: ¥38,000,000 (as of 2023) |
The Capella Stakes (Japanese カペラステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in December over a distance of 1200 metres on dirt at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]
The race was first run in 2008 and has held Grade 3 status since 2009.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Victory Tetsuni | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hiroyuki Mori | Yoshinori Sakae | 1:08.7 | |
| 2009 | Million Disk | 5 | Issei Murata | Yoshiyuki Arakawa | Shadai Race Horse | 1:09.6 | |
| 2010 | Sei Crimson | 4 | Hideaki Miyuki | Toshiyuki Hattori | Seiki Kaneda | 1:09.7 | |
| 2011 | Keiai Gerbera | 5 | Shinichiro Akiyama | Osamu Hirata | Keiai Orthopedic Appliance Co., Ltd. | 1:09.1 | |
| 2012 | Silk Fortune | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Norio Fujisawa | Silk | 1:10.8 | |
| 2013 | Northern River | 5 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Hidekazu Asami | Masamichi Hayashi | 1:10.7 | |
| 2014 | Danon Legend | 4 | Kyosuke Maruta | Akira Murayama | Danox | 1:09.5 | |
| 2015 | Kikuno Storm | 6 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Naohiro Yoshida | Goro Kikuchi | 1:09.7 | |
| 2016 | Nobo Baccara | 4 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Shoichi Temma | LS.M | 1:10.2[2] | |
| 2017 | Dios Corrida | 3 | Akihide Tsumura | Yoshitada Takahashi | Shoji Nojima | 1:11.0[3] | |
| 2018 | Copano Kicking | 3 | Daichi Shibata | Akira Murayama | Sachiaki Kobayashi | 1:10.2[4] | |
| 2019 | Copano Kicking | 4 | Nanako Fujita | Akira Murayama | Sachiaki Kobayashi | 1:09.3 | |
| 2020 | Justin | 4 | Ryusei Sakai | Yoshito Yahagi | Yoshio Oda | 1:09.8 | |
| 2021 | Dancing Prince | 5 | Kousei Miura | Keisuke Miyata | Chizu Yoshida | 1:09.5 | |
| 2022 | Remake | 3 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Koichi Shintani | Koji Maeda | 1:08.9 | |
| 2023 | T M Tokkyu | 5 | Akihide Tsumura | Kazuyoshi Kihara | Masatsugu Takezono | 1:09.3 |