Horse race
Centaur Stakes セントウルステークス The 25th (2011) Centaur Stakes
Location Hanshin Racecourse Inaugurated 1987 Race type Thoroughbred Website japanracing.jp - Centaur Stakes & Sprinters Stakes Distance 1200 meters (About 6 furlongs) Surface Turf Track Right-handed (inner course) Qualification 3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds Weight Special Weight Purse ¥ 128,140,000 (as of 2024)1st: ¥ 59,000,0002nd: ¥ 24,000,0003rd: ¥ 15,000,000
The Centaur Stakes (セントウルステークス , Sentouru Sutekusu ) is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,200 metres (approximately 6 furlongs) at Hanshin Racecourse in September.
It was first run in 1987 and takes its name from a statue at the racecourse in the form of the mythological creature centaur .
Prior to 2000 the race was run over a distance of 1,400 metres (7 furlongs), and having originally been classed as a Domestic Grade 3 race, it was promoted to Domestic Grade 2 status in 2006 and it was promoted to International Grade 2 status in 2007.
From 2005 to 2010 it was a leg of the Global Sprint Challenge series. It has now been replaced as a Japanese leg of the series by the Takamatsunomiya Kinen .
Weight
55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.[ 1]
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:
Winners
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
1987
Mr Boy
5
Hiroshi Kawachi
Tadashi Nakao
Iwao Obara
1:22.5
1988
Sankin Hayate
4
Hiroshi Kawachi
Kōjirō Hashiguchi
Sakino Kawahara
1:21.7
1989
Hoei Sovereign
5
Yoshiyuki Muramoto
Tetsuya Meno
Suetsugu Kitagawa
1:20.9
1990
Eiko Caesar
5
Nobuyuki Tajima
Isao Yasuda
Ken'ichi Ikeuchi
1:08.5
1991
Nifty Niece
4
Keiji Takehara
Yasuhisa Matsuyama
Zenya Yoshida
1:07.9
1992
My Superman
6
Katsumi Minai
Yukiharu Shikato
Goichi Sugawara
1:07.6
1993
Elizabeth Rose
4
Hiroshi Kawachi
Sakae Watanabe
Katsumi Yoshida
1:22.1
1994
Eishin Washington
3
Shigefumi Kumazawa
Shigeharu Naitō
Toyomitsu Hirai
1:08.7
1995
Biko Pegasus
4
Yutaka Take
Tsugio Yanagida
Legend
1:21.2
1996
Fujino Makken O
5
Yutaka Take
Yoshio Nakamura
Hirotoshi Nakamura
1:21.0
1997
Osumi Tycoon
6
Kōshirō Take
Kunihiko Take
Hidenori Yamaji
1:21.0
1998
Meiner Love
3
Yutaka Take
Ryūichi Inaba
Thoroughbred Club Ruffian
1:21.3
1999
Eishin Guymon
6
Jun'ichi Serizawa
Tadashi Kayō
Toyomitsu Hirai
1:20.7
2000
Behind the Mask
4
Yūichi Fukunaga
Shūji Kitahashi
Sunday Racing Co; Ltd.
1:07.6
2001
Tennessee Girl
4
Kazuhiro Yamada
Masanao Tsubo
Toyomitsu Hirai
1:08.1
2002
Believe
4
Yasunari Iwata
Shigeki Matsumoto
Kōji Maeda
1:07.1
2003
Tenshino Kiseki
5
Norihiro Yokoyama
Kōjirō Hashiguchi
Masuo Sugitani
1:07.8
2004
Golden Cast
4
Yutaka Take
Kōjirō Hashiguchi
Kōji Maeda
1:08.2
2005
Golden Cast
5
Futoshi Komaki
Kōjirō Hashiguchi
Kōji Maeda
1:08.3
2006[ a]
She Is Tosho
6
Kenichi Ikezoe
Akio Tsurudome
Tōshō Sangyō Corporation
1:08.6
2007
Sans Adieu
5
Yuga Kawada
Hidetaka Otonashi
Takao Matuoka
1:07.1
2008
Kanoya Zakura
4
Futoshi Komaki
Kōjirō Hashiguchi
Kaoru Kanda
1:07.3
2009
Ultima Thule
5
Masami Matsuoka
Masashi Okuhira
Shadai Race Horse
1:07.8
2010
Dasher Go Go
3
Yūga Kawada
Takayuki Yasuda
Shin Ashida
1:08.0
2011
A Shin Virgo
4
Hironobu Tanabe
Ken Kozaki
Eishindō Co Ltd
1:08.5
2012
Epice Arome
3
Yutaka Take
Sei Ishizaka
Katsumi Yoshida
1:07.3
2013
Hakusan Moon
3
Manabu Sakai
Masato Nishizono
Goichi Kawasaki
1:07.5
2014
Little Gerda
5
Kyosuke Maruta
Ippo Sameshima
Yoshiko Kuriyama
1:07.4
2015
Active Minoru
3
Kota Fujioka
Yoshihito Kitade
Minoru Yoshioka
1:07.8
2016
Big Arthur
5
Yuichi Fukunaga
Kenichi Fujioka
Akira Nakatsuji
1:07.6
2017
Fine Needle
4
Mirco Demuro
Yoshitada Takahashi
Godolphin
1:07.5
2018
Fine Needle
5
Yuga Kawada
Yoshitada Takahashi
Godolphin
1:08.8
2019
Tower of London
4
Christophe Lemaire
Kazuo Fujisawa
Godolphin
1:06.7
2020[ a]
Danon Smash
5
Kousei Miura
Takayuki Yasuda
Danox Co Ltd
1:07.9
2021[ a]
Resistencia
4
Christophe Lemaire
Takeshi Matsushita
Carrot Farm
1:07.2
2022[ a]
Meikei Yell
4
Kenichi Ikezoe
Hidenori Take
Nagoya Keiba Co Ltd
1:06.2
2023
T M Spada
4
Akatsuki Tomita
Kazuyoshi Kihara
Masatsugu Takezono
1:07.2
2024[ a]
Toshin Macau
5
Sato Co. Ltd.
Akira Sugawara
Mizuki Takayanagi
1:07.7
See also
References
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