Horse race
Silk Road Stakes
シルクロードステークス|
![]() Lord Kanaloa win the 2012 Silk Road Stakes |
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
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| Inaugurated | 1996 |
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| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
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| Distance | 1200 metres |
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| Surface | Turf |
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| Track | Right-handed |
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| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
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| Weight | Handicap |
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| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 41,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
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The Silk Road Stakes (Japanese シルクロードステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]
The Silk Road Stakes was first run as a graded race in 1996 with Grade 3 status, and has held on to that status ever since.
Past winners
Year
|
Winner
|
Age
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Time
|
| 1996[2]
|
Flower Park
|
4
|
Seiki Tabara
|
Shoichi Matsumoto
|
1:07.6
|
| 1997
|
Eishin Berlin
|
5
|
Katsumi Minai
|
Masanori Sakaguchi
|
1:06.9
|
| 1998
|
Seeking The Pearl
|
3
|
Yutaka Take
|
Hideyuki Mori
|
1:08.6
|
| 1999
|
Meiner Love
|
4
|
Mikio Matsunaga
|
Ryuichi Inaba
|
1:08.7
|
| 2000
|
Broad Appeal
|
6
|
Koshiro Take
|
Kunihide Matsuda
|
1:09.5
|
| 2001
|
Trot Star
|
5
|
Masayoshi Ebina
|
Eiji Nakano
|
1:08.7
|
| 2002
|
Gaily Flash
|
9
|
Tetsuya Kobayashi
|
Isao Yasuda
|
1:08.7
|
| 2003
|
T M Sunday
|
7
|
Shinichiro Akiyama
|
Masaru Fukushima
|
1:08.6
|
| 2004
|
Keeneland Swan
|
6
|
Andreas Suborics
|
Hideyuki Nori
|
1:08.6
|
| 2005
|
Precious Cafe
|
5
|
Masayoshi Ebina
|
Futoshi Kojima
|
1:08.1
|
| 2006
|
Tamamo Hot Play
|
5
|
Kunihiko Watanabe
|
Katsumi Minai
|
1:08.9
|
| 2007
|
M O Winner
|
6
|
Futoshi Komaki
|
Toshiyuki Hattori
|
1:07.8
|
| 2008
|
Fine Grain
|
5
|
Hideaki Miyuki
|
Hiroyuki Nagahama
|
1:09.1
|
| 2009
|
Urban Street
|
5
|
Yuichi Fukunaga
|
Akihiko Nomura
|
1:08.5
|
| 2010
|
Ultima Thule
|
6
|
Norihiro Yokoyama
|
Masashi Okuhira
|
1:08.1
|
| 2011
|
Jo Cappuccino
|
5
|
Kota Fujioka
|
Kazuya Nakatake
|
1:08.2
|
| 2012
|
Lord Kanaloa
|
4
|
Yuichi Fukunaga
|
Takayuki Yasuda
|
1:08.3
|
| 2013
|
Dream Valentino
|
6
|
Kohei Matsuyama
|
Tadashi Kayo
|
1:08.6
|
| 2014
|
Straight Girl
|
5
|
Yasunari Iwata
|
Hideaki Fujiwara
|
1:07.4
|
| 2015
|
Am Ball Bleiben
|
6
|
Ken Tanaka
|
Nobuharu Fukushima
|
1:07.9
|
| 2016
|
Dance Director
|
6
|
Suguru Hamanaka
|
Kazuhide Sasada
|
1:07.9
|
| 2017
|
Dance Director
|
7
|
Yutaka Take
|
Kazuhide Sasada
|
1:07.8[3]
|
| 2018
|
Fine Needle
|
5
|
Yuga Kawada
|
Yoshitada Takahashi
|
1:08.3[4]
|
| 2019
|
Danon Smash
|
4
|
Yuichi Kitamura
|
Takayuki Yasuda
|
1:08.3[5]
|
| 2020
|
A Will A Way
|
4
|
Yuga Kawada
|
Tomokazu Takano
|
1:09.0
|
| 2021*
|
Shivaji
|
6
|
Yuichi Fukunaga
|
Kenji Nonaka
|
1:08.3
|
| 2022*
|
Meikei Yell
|
4
|
Kenichi Ikezoe
|
Hidenori Take
|
1:08.1
|
| 2023*
|
Namura Clair
|
4
|
Suguru Hamanaka
|
Kodai Hasegawa
|
1:07.3
|
| 2024
|
Lugal
|
4
|
Atsuya Nishimura
|
Haruki Sugiyama
|
1:07.7
|
*The 2021, 2022, and 2023 races took place at Chukyo Racecourse.
Previous Silk Road Stakes
From 1989 to 1995, a listed race of the same name was held at Kyoto Racecourse. The race was held over a distance of 1600m in 1989 while the race in subsequent years were held at 1200m.
Year
|
Winner
|
Age
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Time
|
| 1989[6]
|
Shiyono Roman
|
4
|
Yutaka Take
|
Hozumi Shono
|
1:35.7
|
| 1990[7]
|
Eiko Caesar
|
5
|
Yutaka Take
|
Isao Yasuda
|
1:10.9
|
| 1991[8]
|
Meisho Machina
|
4
|
Yoshiyasu Tajima
|
Nao Takahashi
|
1:09.9
|
| 1992[9]
|
Yuki Top Run
|
4
|
Yutaka Take
|
Masaru Sayama
|
1:09.4
|
| 1993[10]
|
Yutaka Take
|
5
|
Hiroshi Kawachi
|
Masaru Sayama
|
1:09.5
|
| 1994[11]
|
Gold Mountain
|
5
|
Koichi Tsunoda
|
Masaru Sayama
|
1:08.8
|
| 1995[12]
|
Gold Mountain
|
6
|
Shigehiko Kishi
|
Masaru Sayama
|
1:07.9
|
See also
References
- Netkeiba:[13][14]
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