Fukuryu Stakes Explained

Surface:	Dirt
Class:	Open
Horse Race:	Fukuryu Stakes 伏竜ステークス
Location:	Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba
Inaugurated:	2000
Race Type:	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance:	1,800 meters
Track:	Right-handed
Qualification:	Three-year-olds
Weight:	56kg-57kg

The Fukuryu Stakes (in Japanese: 伏竜ステークス), is a race for three-year-old colts and fillies.^[1]

Race details

The race was first held in 2000.^[2] It is usually held at the end of March or the first week of April. There was no race held in 2011.

The race is a qualifier for the Kentucky Derby and is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby.^[3]

It has always been held at Nakayama Racecourse.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2024	T O Password	Katsuma Sameshima	Daisuke Takayanagi	Tomoya Ozasa	1:54.1
2023	Mitono O	Takuya Kowata	Koji Maki	Royal Park	1:51.9
2022	Delicada	Ryuji Wada	Naohiro Yoshida	Teruya Yoshida	1:52.1
2021	God Selection^[4]	Yuji Nakai	Teiichi Konno	Hiroyuki Kawakatsu		1:52.1
2020	Herrschaft^[5]	Yusuke Fujioka	Kenji Nonaka	Kanayama Holdings Co Ltd		1:53.4
2019	Der Flug^[6] ^[7]	Akihide Tsumura	Nobuhiro Suzuki	Isao Nishimori	1:53.2
2018	Don Fortis^[8]	Shu Ishibashi	Mitsunori Makiura	Koichi Yamada	1:54.7
2017	Resonator^[9]	Takuya Kohata	Koji Maki	Silk Racing Co Ltd	1:52.6
2016	Strong Barows^[10]		Noriyuki Hori	Hirotsugu Inokuma	1:52.4
2015	Cross Krieger^[11]	Yasunari Iwata	Yasushi Shono	Takashi Tsuji	1:53.0
2014	Runway Waltz	Keita Tosaki	Hidetaka Otonashi	Shimokobe Farm	1:53.0
2013	Copano Rickey	Yuichi Fukunaga	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	1:53.6
2012	Hatano Vainqueur	Hirofumi Shii	Mitsugu Kon	Good Luck Farm Co Ltd	1:53.5
No race was held
2010	Tosen Ares	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yasuhiro Suzuki	Takaya Shimakawa	1:53.4
2009	Suni	Hiroyuki Uchida	Naohiro Yoshida	Kazumi Yoshida	1:53.8
2008	Nanyo River	Yoshitomi Shibata	Masahiro Ikegami	Tokuya Nakamura	1:53.0
2007	Meisho Aigle	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	Yoshio Matsumoto	1:53.8
2006	Friendship	Hirofumi Shii	Katsuhiko Sumii	Teruya Yoshida	1:54.3
2005	Daiwa King Con	Hiroshi Kitamura	Sueo Masuzawa	Keizo Oshiro	1:54.3
2004	Meisho Munemori	Hiroyuki Uchida	Futoshi Kojima	Yoshio Matsumoto	1:55.2
2003	Big Wolf	Mirco Demuro	Tadashi Nakao	U.Big	1:54.1
2002	D S Thunder	Masaki Katsura	Tatsuo Fujiwara	Toshiyuki Akiya	1:53.0
2001	Tagano Forty	Yoshitomi Shibata	Toshimasa Hashimoto	Ryoji Yagi	1:51.0
2000	Meiner Brian	Hiroshi Kitamura	Toru Miya	Thoroughbred Club Ruffian Co Ltd	1:54.0

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Fukuryu Stakes. 9 January 2020. en.
2. Web site: Fukuryu Stakes. 9 January 2020. en.
3. Web site: The Derby Dispatch for Thursday, March 28, 2019. 9 January 2020. en.
4. https://umanity.jp/en/racedata/race_21.php?code=2021032706030110 Fukuryu Stakes 2021
5. https://umanity.jp/en/racedata/race_21.php?code=2020032806030110 Fukuryu Stakes 2020
6. Web site: 10R Fukuryu Stakes. 9 January 2020. en.
7. Web site: Der Flug Takes Fukuryu Stakes in Late Rally . 9 January 2020. en.
8. Web site: 10R Fukuryu Stakes. 9 January 2020. en.
9. Web site: 10R Fukuryu Stakes. 9 January 2020. en.
10. Web site: 10R Fukuryu Stakes. 9 January 2020. en.
11. Web site: 10R Fukuryu Stakes. 9 January 2020. en.