Shion Stakes Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Grade 2
Horse Race:Shion Stakes
紫苑ステークス
Location:Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated:2000
Race Type:Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance:2000 metres
Track:Right-handed
Qualification:3-y-o fillies
Weight:54 kg
Purse:¥75,700,000 (total), ¥35,000,000 (winner)

The Shion Stakes (Japanese 紫苑ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run in September over a distance of 1800 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]

The race, which serves as a trial race for the Shuka Sho, was first contested in 2000 and has been run at Grade 3 level since 2016. The Shion Stakes was originally run over 1800 metres before the distance was increased to 2000 metres in 2007. The 2002 and 2014 editions were held at Niigata Racecourse. It was promoted to Grade 2 in 2023.[2]

Winners since 2016

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
OwnerTime
2016BicheKeita TosakiYuichi ShikatoYasushi Kubota1:59.7[3]
2017DeirdreYasunari IwataMitsuru HashidaTouji Morita1:59.8[4]
2018NormcoreChristophe LemaireKiyoshi HagiwaraSeiichi Iketani1:58.0 [5]
2019Passing ThroughKeita TosakiYoichi KuroiwaCarrot Farm1:58.3
2020Maltese DiosaHironobu TanabeTakahisa TezukaNagako Fujita2:02.1
2021Fine RougeYuichi FukunagaTakaki IwatoGenichi Mutsui1:58.2
2022Stunning RoseRyusei SakaiTomokazu TakanoSunday Racing1:59.9
2023MoryanaNorihiro YokoyamaYoshinori MutoFumio Takahashi1:58.0

Earlier winners

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shion Stakes. Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. Web site: 2023 Racing Program.
  3. Web site: 2016 result. Racing Post. 10 September 2017.
  4. Web site: 2017 result. Racing Post. 9 September 2017.
  5. Web site: 2018 result. Racing Post. 8 September 2018.
  6. Web site: 紫苑S . Netkeiba.
  7. Web site: Shion Stakes . Netkeiba.