Cattleya Stakes Explained

Surface:Dirt
Class:Open
Horse Race:Cattleya Stakes
カトレアステークス
Location:Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan
Inaugurated:1975
Race Type:Thoroughbred
Website:japanracing.jp/
Distance:1,600 meters
Track:Left-handed
Qualification:2-y-o Thoroughbreds
Weight:2-y-o 56 kg
Allowance : Fillies 2kg

The Cattleya Stakes is a flat horse race in Japan open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Tokyo Racecourse over a distance of 1,600 metres.

The race was first run as Cattleya Sho in 1975 and then discontinued between 2008 and 2014.[1] The race was reintroduced in 2015. In 2016, the race began to be included as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series.[2] It was renamed to Cattleya Stakes in 2020.

The inaugural race in 1975 was run at 1,600 metres, the next year it was run at 1,700 metres on turf, but was brought back to 1,600 meters on dirt the year after. It has since run at 1,600 metres except for 2003 when it was run at 1,800 metres in Nakayama Racecourse.[2] [3] [4]

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerTime
2023Amante BiancoChristophe LemaireKeisuke MiyataSilk Racing Co Ltd1:37.5
2022ContinuarDamian LaneYoshito YahagiLion Race Horse Co Ltd1:36.6
2021ConsigliereChristophe LemaireYukio InagakiKazumi Yoshida1:38.0
2020[5] Lemon PopKeita TosakiHiroyasu TanakaGodolphin1:36.4
2019[6] Dieu du VinFrankie DettoriYukihiro KatoThree H Racing Co Ltd1:36.2
2018[7] Make HappyChristophe LemaireKoichi ShinkaiKazuko Yoshida1.38.3
2017[8] RuggeroKeita TosakiYuichi ShikatoTakashi Muraki1.38.2
2016Mont Saint LegameTakuya KowataKoji MakiShinichi Yamashita1:37.8
2015LaniHiroyuki UchidaMikio MatsunagaYoko Maeda1:37.4
Discontinued from 2008 to 2014
2007Domingo CityHiroki GotoYasuhito TamuraYushun Horse Co Ltd1:38.8
2006Red Bar SpinHiroki GotoMasanori SakaguchiYoshio Fujita1:40.1
2005Daiwa King ConHiroshi KitamuraSueo MasuzawaKeizo Oshiro1:40.0
2004Gaily SnowmanEiji NakadateAkio TsurudomeHiroaki Nakamura1:39.1
2003Dantsu EnergyShinji FujitaKenji YamauchiTetsuji Yamamoto1:54.7

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: カトレアS 歴代勝ち馬【おうまのアイコン wire-to-wire】 . 2024-03-04 . horseicon.web.fc2.com . ja.
  2. https://extra.betamerica.com/kentucky-derby/road-to-the-kentucky-derby/the-cattleya-sho/ The Cattleya Sho
  3. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/217971/mont-saint-legame-in-kentucky-derby-picture Mont Saint Legame in Kentucky Derby Picture
  4. https://www.twinspires.com/cattleya-sho-kentucky-derby-prep-race Cattleya Sho Race History
  5. https://umanity.jp/en/racedata/race_21.php?code=2020112805050809 2020 Cattleya Sho
  6. https://umanity.jp/en/racedata/race_21.php?code=2019112305050709 2019 Cattleya Sho
  7. https://umanity.jp/en/racedata/race_21.php?code=2018112405050709 9R CATTLEYA SHO 2018
  8. https://umanity.jp/en/racedata/race_21.php?code=2017112505050709 9R CATTLEYA SHO 2017