Negishi Stakes

Horse race

Negishi Stakes
根岸ステークス
Race information
Grade 3 race
Lemon Pop winning the 2023 Negishi Stakes
Location	Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1951
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1400 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	5-y-o+ 56 kg, 4-y-o 55 kg, fillies and mares allowed 2 kg
Purse	¥ 86,400,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 40,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Negishi Stakes (Japanese 根岸ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse.^[1]

The Negishi Stakes was first run in 1987 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was contested over 1200 metres from 1990 to 2000 and again in 2003. The 2003 edition was run at Nakayama Racecourse. The race is named in honour of Negishi Racecourse, a former horse racing venue in Yokohama.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Broad Appeal	6	Koshiro Take	Kunihide Matsuda	1:10.1
2001	Nobo True	5	Olivier Peslier	Hideyuki Mori	1:22.1
2002	South Vigorous	6	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yoshiyasu Takahashi	1:22.8
2003	South Vigorous	7	Yoshitomi Shibata	Yoshiyasu Takahashi	1:10.4
2004	Shadow Scape	5	Teruo Eda	Hideyuki Mori	1:24.0
2005	Meisho Bowler	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Toshiaki Shirai	1:23.0
2006	Limitless Bid	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Tadashi Kayo	1:23.7
2007	Big Grass	6	Issei Murata	Hidemasa Nakao	1:23.5
2008	Wild Wonder	6	Yasunari Iwata	Takashi Kubota	1:22.7
2009	Ferrari Pisa	5	Yasunari Iwata	Toshiaki Shirai	1:22.1
2010	Glorious Noah	4	Shinichiro Kobayashi	Yoshito Yahagi	1:23.7
2011	Sei Crimson	5	Hideaki Miyuki	Toshiyuki Hattori	1:23.0
2012	Silk Fortune	6	Kota Fujioka	Norio Fujisawa	1:23.5
2013	Meisho Mashu	5	Yusuke Fujioka	Yoshio Oki	1:23.7
2014	Gorski	7	Fran Berry	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:23.4
2015	Air Khalifa	6	Kousei Miura	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:23.4
2016	Moanin	4	Keita Tosaki	Sei Ishizawa	1:22.0
2017	Kafuji Take	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Sachio Yukubo	1:23.0^[2]
2018	Nonkono Yume	6	Hiroyuki Uchida	Yukihiro Kato	1:21.5^[3]
2019	Copano Kicking	4	Oisin Murphy	Akira Murayama	1:23.5^[4]
2020	Mozu Ascot	6	Christophe Lemaire	Yoshito Yahagi	1:22.7
2021	Red Le Zele	5	Yuga Kawada	Takayuki Yasuda	1:22.3
2022	T M South Dan	5	Yasunari Iwata	Yuzo Iida	1:23.1
2023	Lemon Pop	5	Keita Tosaki	Hiroyasu Tanaka	1:22.5
2024	Emperor Wakea	4	Yuga Kawada	Haruki Sugiyama	1:24.1

Earlier winners

1987 - Grace Shiraoki
1988 - Winning Smile
1989 - Dyna Letter
1990 - Eiko Trans
1991 - Tomoe Regent
1992 - Happy Guinness
1993 - Prost Line
1994 - Fujino Makken O
1995 - Young Ebros
1996 - Stone Stepper
1997 - Washington Color
1998 - Washington Color
1999 - Select Green

References

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^ "Negishi Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 29 January 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 28 January 2018.
^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 27 January 2019.
^ "根岸S". Netkeiba.
^ "Negishi Stakes". Netkeiba.

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