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Miyako Stakes

The Miyako Stakes (Japanese みやこステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.[1][2]

Miyako Stakes
みやこステークス
The 2011 winner Espoir City
ClassGrade 3
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated2010
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o+
WeightSpecial Weight
Purse¥ 86,400,000 (as of 2025)
  • 1st: ¥ 40,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The race was originally named the Topaz Stakes from 1986 until 2009, with the inaugural race being run on a turf track over a distance of 1400 metres, before the distance was extended to 2000 metres from 1984 to 1996. The race became a dirt race in 1997, and was later promoted to Grade 3 status in 2010 and renamed to Miyako Stakes.[2] The race serves as a trial for the Champions Cup, which is run in early December, with the winner given an entry slot in the race since 2014.[2]

The race was not held in 2018 as the Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Classic (as well as the Sprint and Ladies' Classics) were held instead that year.[3]

Weight

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55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[4]

Allowances:

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

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

Previous winners

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Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
Topaz Stakes
1983 Nihon Pillow Winner 3 Hiroshi Kawachi Masatoshi Hattori Hyakutaro Kobayashi 1:22.7
1984 Long Leather 3 Hiroshi Kawachi Hikosaburo Nagahama Choichi Nakai 2:04.6
1985 Royal Cosmah 3 Seiki Tabara Kuniichi Asami Atsuko Uchida 2:05.2
1986 Suzutaka Hero 4 Katsuhide Maruyama Masahiro Sakaguchi Takashi Suzuki 2:01.7
1987 Hashiken ELDO 4 Tatsuya Matsumoto Tadashi Nakao Hiroshi Hashimoto 2:02.5
1988 Happy Suzuran 3 Seiki Tabara Saburo Yuasa Momoko Yanai 2:02.1
1989 Marron Glace 5 Junichiro Oka Hozumi Shono Hideo Kuribayashi 2:00.8
1990 Dai Yusaku 5 Shigefumi Kumazawa Shigeharu Naito Kohei Hashimoto 2:00.1
1991 Lucky Guerlain 5 Koichi Uchida Royal Farm Royal Farm 2:06.4
1992 Osumi Roch 5 Tatsuya Matsumoto Tadashi Nakao Hidenori Yamaji 2:00.3
1993 Towa Nagon 4 Hideo Koyauchi Masaru Sayama Ichiro Saito 2:00.8
1994 Tamamo Highway 4 Hirofumi Shii Shinobu Yoshinaga Tamamo 1:59.6
1995 Yutosei 5 Katsumi Shiomura Norihiro Tanaka Aitetsu 2:00.9
1996 Yutosei 6 Katsumi Shiomura Norihiro Tanaka Aitetsu 2:00.4
1997 Premium Thunder 3 Yutaka Take Makoto Osawa Hiroaki Nakanishi 1:48.4
1998 Osumi Jet 4 Hirofumi Shii Toshiaki Shirai Hidenori Yamaji 1:50.5
1999 World Cleek 4 Kazuhiro Kato Hitoshi Arai International Horse 1:51.6
2000 Hokusetsu King 4 Shinichiro Akiyama Masayuki Sakata Shobu Hirashima 1:50.2
2001 Tamamo Ruby King 4 Tetsuya Kobayashi Yoshihiko Kawamura Tamamo 1:51.3
2002 Air Pierre 6 Shinji Fujita Yasuhito Tamura Lucky Field 1:52.2
2003 Time Paradox 5 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda Shadai Race Horse 1:51.6
2004 Ancient Hill 3 Kenichi Shono Shigeki Matsumoto Carrot Farm 1:50.7
2005 Bellagio 6 Mikio Matsunaga Keiji Takaichi Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:50.3
2006 Cafe Olympus 5 Hirofumi Shii Yasuhisa Matsuyama Koichi Nishikawa 1:50.9
2007 Long Pride 3 Yutaka Take Yukiharu Ono Toshio Nakai 1:51.3
2008 Espoir City 3 Tetsuzo Sato Akio Adachi Yushun Horse Club 1:50.8
2009 Silk Mobius 3 Hiroyasu Tanaka Masazo Ryoke Silk Racing 1:49.6
Miyako Stakes
2010 Transcend 4 Shinji Fujita Takayuki Yasuda Koji Maeda 1:49.8
2011 Espoir City 6 Tetsuzo Sato Akio Adachi Yushun Horse Club 1:48.4
2012 Roman Legend 4 Yasunari Iwata Hideaki Fujiwara Yoshimi Ota 1:49.6
2013 Brightline 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Ippo Sameshima North Hills 1:49.2
2014 Incantation 4 Takuya Ono Tomohiko Hatsuki Turf Sport 1:50.2
2015 Roi Jardin 4 Suguru Hamanaka Hirofumi Toda Shadai Race Horse 1:47.8
2016 Apollo Kentucky 4 Fuma Matsukawa Kenji Yamauchi Apollo Thoroughbred Club 1:50.1[5]
2017 T M Jinsoku 5 Yoshihiro Furakawa Kazuyoshi Kihara Masatsugu Takezono 1:50.1[6]
2018 no race[3]
2019 Vengeance 6 Hideaki Miyuki Hiroyuki Oneda Junzo Miyagawa 1:49.1
2020 Clincher 6 Yuga Kawada Hiroshi Miyamoto Koji Maeda 1:49.9[a]
2021 Meisho Hario 4 Suguru Hamanaka Inao Okada Yoshio Matsumoto 1:50.8[b]
2022 Sunrise Hope 5 Hideaki Miyuki Tomohiko Hatsuki Takao Matsuoka 1:51.6[c]
2023 Seraphic Call 3 Mirco Demuro Ryo Terashima Carrot Farm 1:50.9
2024 Sunrise Zipangu 3 Katsuma Sameshima Hidetaka Otonashi Life House 1:49.7
2025 W Heart Bond 4 Ryusei Sakai Ryuji Okubo Silk Racing 1:47.5[d]
  1. ↑ The races from 2020 to 2022 were held at Hanshin Racecourse due to renovations at Kyoto Racecourse
  2. ↑ The races from 2020 to 2022 were held at Hanshin Racecourse due to renovations at Kyoto Racecourse
  3. ↑ The races from 2020 to 2022 were held at Hanshin Racecourse due to renovations at Kyoto Racecourse
  4. ↑ Set the track record

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Miyako Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. 1 2 3 "歴史・コース：みやこステークス　今週の注目レース　JRA". Japan Racing Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  3. 1 2 "平成３０年度競馬番組等について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. 2017-11-14. ダート競馬の祭典として，例年，地方競馬で実施しているJBC競走について，中央競馬・地方競馬を通じて実施しているダートグレード競走の魅力をお客様に知っていただく契機とするため，平成３０年は，第５回京都競馬第２日において，１日３競走を下表のとおり実施いたします。
    なお，これに伴い，同週に実施しているみやこステークス（ＧⅢ）は休止いたします。
  4. ↑ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  5. ↑ "2016 result". Racing Post. 6 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "みやこS". Netkeiba.
  8. ↑ "Miyako Stakes". Netkeiba.
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