| Surface: | Dirt |
| Class: | Grade 3 |
| Horse Race: | March Stakes マーチステークス |
| Location: | Nakayama Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 1994 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 1800 metres |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 4-y-o+ |
| Weight: | Handicap |
The March Stakes (Japanese マーチステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in March over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 1994 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 2011.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tamamo Strong | 5 | Koike Takao | Shinobu Yoshinaga | 1:49.7 | |
| 2001 | Island Oja | 5 | Eiji Nakadate | Masakatsu Sakai | 1:50.8 | |
| 2002 | Mambo Twist | 7 | Katsumi Ando | Taira Furukawa | 1:51.3 | |
| 2003 | Smart Boy | 8 | Naoto Ito | Keizo Ito | 1:52.0 | |
| 2004 | En Dehors | 5 | Mikio Matsunaga | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 1:53.0 | |
| 2005 | Koolinger | 6 | Ryuji Wada | Ichizo Iwamato | 1:52.0 | |
| 2006 | Hishi Atlas | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Takao Nakano | 1:51.4 | |
| 2007 | Quiet Day | 7 | Koichi Tsunoda | Shoichi Matsumoto | 1:51.4 | |
| 2008 | Nanayo Himawari | 7 | Yoshiyuki Obara | Isami Obara | 1:51.6 | |
| 2009 | Espoir City | 4 | Masami Matsuoka | Akio Adachi | 1:51.9 | |
| 2010 | Makoto Sparviero | 7 | Hiroki Goto | Ippo Sameshima | 1:51.9 | |
| 2011 | Testa Matta | 5 | Hirofumi Shii | Akira Murayama | 1:50.0 | |
| 2012 | Silent Melody | 5 | Hiroki Goto | Sakae Kunieda | 1:51.0 | |
| 2013 | Grand City | 6 | Akihide Tsumura | Ikuo Aizawa | 1:52.6 | |
| 2014 | Solor | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Kazuya Nakatake | 1:51.2 | |
| 2015 | Meiner Crop | 5 | Yuji Tannai | Yuzo Iida | 1:52.7 | |
| 2016 | Shonan Apollon | 6 | Masami Matsuoka | Fumiaki Koga | 1:52.7 | |
| 2017 | Incantation | 7 | Masaki Katsuura | Tomohiko Hatsuki | 1:52.0[2] | |
| 2018 | Centurion | 6 | Hideaki Miyuki | Yauhito Tamura | 1:52.1[3] | |
| 2019 | Satono Titan | 6 | Shu Ihibashi | Noriyuki Hori | 1:52.3[4] | |
| 2020 | Suave Aramis | 5 | Kota Fujioka | Naosuke Sugai | 1:51.3 | |
| 2021 | Rapier Wit | 6 | Shu Ihibashi | Noriyuki Hori | 1:51.0 | |
| 2022 | Meisho Hario | 5 | Suguru Hamanaka | Inao Okada | 1:50.2 | |
| 2023 | Hayabusa Nandekun | 7 | Akihide Tsumura | Keiji Yoshimura | 1:51.4 | |
| 2024 | Walzer Schall | 5 | Arata Saito | Noboru Takagi | 1:50.7 |