Procyon Stakes Explained

Surface:	Dirt
Class:	Grade 3
Horse Race:	Procyon Stakes プロキオンステークス
Location:	Chukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated:	1989
Race Type:	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance:	1400 metres
Track:	Left-handed
Qualification:	3-y-o+
Weight:	Special Weight

The Procyon Stakes (Japanese プロキオンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 1400 metres on dirt at Chukyo Racecourse.^[1]

It was first run over the current distance in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. It was run at Hanshin Racecourse before moving to Chukyo in 2012.

Weight

53 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.^[2]

Allowances:

• 2 kg for fillies / mares
• 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
• 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred four-year-olds

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

• If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
  • 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares)
  • 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
• If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
  • 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
  • 1 kg for a grade 2 win

Winners since 1996

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1996	Namura Kakuo	5	Hiroyuki Uemura	Akihiko Nomura	1:23.6
1997	Battle Line	4	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:22.9
1998	Tempai	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Nobuharu Fukushima	1:22.7
1999	Tayasu K Point	4	Kazuhiro Kato	Kiyohiro Tadokoro	1:23.2
2000	Gold Tiara	4	Yutaka Take	Kunihide Matsuda	1:21.9
2001	Broad Appeal	7	Kent Desormeaux	Kunihide Matsuda	1:22.9
2002	Sterling Rose	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	1:22.9
2003	Sterling Rose	6	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	1:23.0
2004	Nihon Pillow Cert	6	Futoshi Komaki	Tatsuya Meno	1:22.3
2005	Blue Concorde	5	Hideaki Miyuki	Toshiyuki Hattori	1:21.9
2006	Meisho Battler	6	Tetsuzo Sato	Shigetada Takahashi	1:22.0
2007	Wild Wonder	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Takashi Kubota	1:22.7
2008	Vaincre Tateyama	6	Kotaro Akagi	Hiroshi Takeda	1:22.0
2009	Lanzarote	6	Yutaka Take	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:22.7
2010	Keiai Gerbera	4	Yasunari Iwata	Osamu Hirata	1:21.8
2011	Silk Fortune	5	Kota Fujioka	Norio Fujisawa	1:22.1
2012	Toshi Candy	6	Manabu Sakai	Shoichi Temma	1:22.6
2013	Admire Royal	6	Hirofumi Shii	Mitsuru Hashida	1:21.9
2014	Best Warrior	4	Keita Tosaki	Sei Ishizaka	1:22.6
2015	Best Warrior	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Sei Ishizaka	1:22.5
2016	Nobo Baccara	4	Mirco Demuro	Shoichi Temma	1:22.1^[3]
2017	King's Guard	6	Yusuke Fujioka	Ryo Terashima	1:22.9^[4]
2018	Matera Sky	4	Yutaka Take	Hideyuki Mori	1:20.3^[5]
2019	Arctos	4	Hironobu Tanabe	Toru Kurita	1:21.2
2020	Sunrise Nova	6	Fuma Matsuwaka	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:21.8
2021	Meisho Kazusa	4	Kohei Matsuyama	Akio Adachi	1:40.9
2022	Gempachi Lucifer	6	Yuga Kawada	Shozo Sasaki	1:43.7
2023	Don Frankie	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Takashi Saito	1:23.0
2024	Yamanin Ours	4	Yutaka Take	Takashi Saito	1:42.7

• Prior 2012, the race ran at Hanshin Racecourse.
  • In 2006 and 2011, it was run at Kyoto Racecourse.
• It was moved to Chukyo Racecourse since 2012.
  • In 2020, it was run again at Hanshin Racecourse.
  • In 2021 and 2022, it was run at Kokura Racecourse over 1700 meters.

See also

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

References

• Netkeiba:^{[6] [7]}
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Musashino Stakes. Horse Racing in Japan.
2. Web site: List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan . 2024-07-07 . Horse Racing in Japan . en.
3. Web site: 2016 result . Racing Post. 10 July 2016.
4. Web site: 2017 result . Racing Post. 9 July 2017.
5. Web site: 2018 result . Racing Post. 8 July 2018.
6. Web site: プロキオンS . Netkeiba.
7. Web site: Procyon Stakes . Netkeiba.