Centaur Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| surface = Turf
| class = Grade 2
| horse race = Centaur Stakes
セントウルステークス
| image = File:A-Shin-Virgo20110911(2).jpg
| caption = The 25th (2011) Centaur Stakes
| location = Hanshin Racecourse
| inaugurated = 1987
| race type = Thoroughbred
| website = [http://japanracing.jp/sprinters/index.html japanracing.jp - Centaur Stakes & Sprinters Stakes]
| distance = 1200 meters
(About 6 furlongs)
| track = Right-handed (inner course)
| qualification = 3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
| weight = Special Weight
| purse = {{JRA-purse-calculator|59|2024}}
}}
The {{nihongo|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 centaur, a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.
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.{{Cite web |title=List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan |url=https://japanracing.jp/en/racing/schedule/graded/list/2024/0908centaur.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Horse Racing in Japan |language=en}}
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
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
Winners
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" |
| style="width:32px" | Year ! style="width:140px" | Winner ! style="width:32px" | Age ! style="width:160px" | Jockey ! style="width:180px" | Trainer ! style="width:180px" | 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 | 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 | Tsugio Yanagida | Legend | 1:21.2 |
| 1996
| Fujino Makken O | 5 | Yutaka Take | Yoshio Nakamura | Hirotoshi Nakamura | 1:21.0 |
| 1997
| Osumi Tycoon | 6 | 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 | Shūji Kitahashi | 1:07.6 |
| 2001
| Tennessee Girl | 4 | Kazuhiro Yamada | Masanao Tsubo | Toyomitsu Hirai | 1:08.1 |
| 2002
| Believe | 4 | Shigeki Matsumoto | Kōji Maeda | 1:07.1 |
| 2003
| Tenshino Kiseki | 5 | 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{{efn|name="chukyo"|The race took place at Chukyo Racecourse}}
| She Is Tosho | 6 | Akio Tsurudome | Tōshō Sangyō Corporation | 1:08.6 |
| 2007
| Sans Adieu | 5 | 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 | 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 | Kenichi Fujioka | Akira Nakatsuji | 1:07.6 |
| 2017
| Fine Needle | 4 | Yoshitada Takahashi | 1:07.5 |
| 2018
| Fine Needle | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Yoshitada Takahashi | Godolphin | 1:08.8 |
| 2019
| Tower of London | 4 | Godolphin | 1:06.7 |
| 2020{{efn|name="chukyo"}}
| 5 | Takayuki Yasuda | Danox Co Ltd | 1:07.9 |
| 2021{{efn|name="chukyo"}}
| 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Takeshi Matsushita | Carrot Farm | 1:07.2 |
| 2022{{efn|name="chukyo"}}
| Meikei Yell | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Hidenori Take | 1:06.2 |
| 2023
| T M Spada | 4 | Akatsuki Tomita | Kazuyoshi Kihara | Masatsugu Takezono | 1:07.2 |
| 2024{{efn|name="chukyo"}}
|Toshin Macau |5 |Sato Co. Ltd. |Akira Sugawara |Mizuki Takayanagi |1:07.7 |
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See also
References
- Netkeiba:{{cite web|title=セントウルS |url=https://race.netkeiba.com/special/index.html?id=0092 |website=Netkeiba}}{{cite web|title=Sankei Sho Centaur Stakes |url=https://en.netkeiba.com/race/special.html?id=0092 |website=Netkeiba}}
- {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1994|07030811}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1995|08060811}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1996|09040811}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1997|09040811}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1998|09050811}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|1999|09040811}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2000|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2001|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2002|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2003|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2004|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2005|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2006|07030211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2007|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2008|09040110}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2009|09040210}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2010|09040210}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2011|09050211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2012|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2013|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2014|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2015|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2016|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2017|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2018|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2019|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2020|07020211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2021|07050211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2022|07050211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2023|09040211}}, {{Netkeiba-raceresult|2024|07030211}}
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{{Japanese Grade II horse races}}