Fuji Stakes

{{Infobox horseraces

| surface = Turf

| class = Grade 2

| horse race = Fuji Stakes

| image =MtFuji FujiCity.jpg

| caption =Mount Fuji, the namesake of the race

| location = Tokyo Racecourse

| inaugurated = 1986

| race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing

| website =

| distance = 1600 metres

| track = Left-handed

| qualification = 3-y-o+

| weight = Special Weight

| purse = {{JRA-purse-calculator|59|2024}}

| bonuses =

}}

The Fuji Stakes (Japanese 富士ステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in October over a distance of 1600 metres at Tokyo Racecourse.{{cite web|url=http://japanracing.jp/en/racing/schedule/graded/list/2019/1019fuji.html|title=Fuji Stakes|publisher=Horse Racing in Japan}}

It was first run in 1984 and held Grade 3 status from 1998 until 2019. The race was run over 1800 metres until 1996, and over 1400 metres from 1997 to 1999. It serves as a trial race for the Mile Championship, which is run in November.

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/2024/1019fuji.html |access-date=2024-10-19 |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 since 2000

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width="36px" \| Year ! width="120px" \| Winner ! Age ! width="140px" \| Jockey ! width="150px" \| Trainer ! Time
2000 \| Daiwa Caerleon \| 7 \| Hiroki Tanaka \| Yoshitaka Ninomiya \| 1:33.9
2001 \| Kris The Brave \| 7 \| Yutaka Yoshida \| Masakazu Akiyama \| 1:33.2
2002 \| Meisho Ramses \| 4 \| Yoshitomi Shibata \| Yuji Ito \| 1:32.3
2003 \| Millenium Bio \| 5 \| Yutaka Take \| Masaozo Ryoke \| 1:32.0
2004 \| Admire Max \| 5 \| Yutaka Take \| Mitsuru Hashida \| 1:33.2
2005 \| Win Radius \| 7 \| Katsuharu Tanaka \| Kazuo Fujisawa \| 1:32.9
2006 \| Kinetics \| 7 \| Megumu Shinkawa \| Megumu Shinkawa \| 1:32.8
2007 \| Meiner Segal \| 3 \| Hiroki Goto \| Sakae Kunieda \| 1:33.3
2008 \| Silent Pride \| 5 \| Norihiro Yokoyama \| Sakae Kunieda \| 1:32.7
2009 \| Absolute \| 5 \| Katsuharu Tanaka \| Yoshitada Munakata \| 1:33.3
2010 \| Danon Yoyo \| 4 \| Kousei Miura \| Hidetaka Otonashi \| 1:32.8
2011 \| Eishin Apollon \| 4 \| Hironobu Tanabe \| Masahiro Matsunaga \| 1:35.0
2012 \| Clarente \| 3 \| Yasunari Iwata \| Kojiro Hashiguchi \| 1:32.4
2013 \| Danon Shark \| 5 \| Suguru Hamanaka \| Ryuji Okubo \| 1:33.5
2014 \| Staphanos \| 3 \| Keita Tosaki \| Hideaki Fujiwara \| 1:33.2
2015 \| Danon Platina \| 3 \| Masayoshi Ebina \| Sakae Kunieda \| 1:32.7
2016 \| Young Man Power \| 4 \| Keita Tosaki \| Takahisa Tezuka \| 1:34.0{{cite web\|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/315/tokyo/2016-10-22/661859\|title=2016 result \|publisher=Racing Post\|date=22 October 2016}}
2017 \| Air Spinel \| 4 \| Yutaka Take \| Kazuhide Sasada \| 1:34.8{{cite web\|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/315/tokyo/2017-10-21/687558\|title=2017 result \|publisher=Racing Post\|date=21 October 2017}}
2018 \| Logi Cry \| 5 \| Christophe Lemaire \| Naosuke Sugai \| 1:31.7{{cite web\|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/315/tokyo/2018-10-20/714666\|title=2018 result \|publisher=Racing Post\|date=20 October 2018}}
2019 \| Normcore \| 4 \| Christophe Lemaire \| Kiyoshi Hagiwara \| 1:33.0
2020 \| Vin de Garde \| 4 \| Yuichi Fukunaga \| Hideaki Fujiwara \| 1:33.4
2021 \| Songline \| 3 \| Kenichi Ikezoe \| Toru Hayashi \| 1:33.2
2022 \| Serifos \| 3 \| Yusuke Fujioka \| Mitsumasa Nakauchida \| 1:32.0
2023 \| Namur \| 4 \| Joao Moreira \| Tomokazu Takano \| 1:31.4
2024 \|Jun Blossom \|5 \|Keita Tosaki \|Yasuo Tomomichi \|1:32.1

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width="36px" | Year

! width="120px" | Winner

! Age

! width="140px" | Jockey

! width="150px" | Trainer

! Time

2000

| Daiwa Caerleon

| 7

| Hiroki Tanaka

| Yoshitaka Ninomiya

| 1:33.9

2001

| Kris The Brave

| 7

| Yutaka Yoshida

| Masakazu Akiyama

| 1:33.2

2002

| Meisho Ramses

| 4

| Yoshitomi Shibata

| Yuji Ito

| 1:32.3

2003

| Millenium Bio

| 5

| Yutaka Take

| Masaozo Ryoke

| 1:32.0

2004

| Admire Max

| 5

| Yutaka Take

| Mitsuru Hashida

| 1:33.2

2005

| Win Radius

| 7

| Katsuharu Tanaka

| Kazuo Fujisawa

| 1:32.9

2006

| Kinetics

| 7

| Megumu Shinkawa

| 1:32.8

2007

| Meiner Segal

| 3

| Hiroki Goto

| Sakae Kunieda

| 1:33.3

2008

| Silent Pride

| 5

| Norihiro Yokoyama

| Sakae Kunieda

| 1:32.7

2009

| Absolute

| 5

| Katsuharu Tanaka

| Yoshitada Munakata

| 1:33.3

2010

| Danon Yoyo

| 4

| Kousei Miura

| Hidetaka Otonashi

| 1:32.8

2011

| Eishin Apollon

| 4

| Hironobu Tanabe

| Masahiro Matsunaga

| 1:35.0

2012

| Clarente

| 3

| Yasunari Iwata

| Kojiro Hashiguchi

| 1:32.4

2013

| Danon Shark

| 5

| Suguru Hamanaka

| Ryuji Okubo

| 1:33.5

2014

| Staphanos

| 3

| Keita Tosaki

| Hideaki Fujiwara

| 1:33.2

2015

| Danon Platina

| 3

| Masayoshi Ebina

| Sakae Kunieda

| 1:32.7

2016

| Young Man Power

| 4

| Keita Tosaki

| Takahisa Tezuka

| 1:34.0{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/315/tokyo/2016-10-22/661859|title=2016 result |publisher=Racing Post|date=22 October 2016}}

2017

| Air Spinel

| 4

| Yutaka Take

| Kazuhide Sasada

| 1:34.8{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/315/tokyo/2017-10-21/687558|title=2017 result |publisher=Racing Post|date=21 October 2017}}

2018

| Logi Cry

| 5

| Christophe Lemaire

| Naosuke Sugai

| 1:31.7{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/315/tokyo/2018-10-20/714666|title=2018 result |publisher=Racing Post|date=20 October 2018}}

2019

| Normcore

| 4

| Christophe Lemaire

| Kiyoshi Hagiwara

| 1:33.0

2020

| Vin de Garde

| 4

| Yuichi Fukunaga

| Hideaki Fujiwara

| 1:33.4

2021

| Songline

| 3

| Kenichi Ikezoe

| Toru Hayashi

| 1:33.2

2022

| Serifos

| 3

| Yusuke Fujioka

| Mitsumasa Nakauchida

| 1:32.0

2023

| Namur

| 4

| Joao Moreira

| Tomokazu Takano

| 1:31.4

2024

|Jun Blossom

|Keita Tosaki

|Yasuo Tomomichi

|1:32.1

Earlier winners

1986 - Waverley Star
1987 - Triptych
1988 - Salem Drive
1989 - Oracle Asuka
1990 - Mogami Champion
1991 - Stabilizer
1992 - Shinko Lovely
1993 - Matikanetannhauser
1994 - Sakura Chitose O
1995 - Fujiyama Kenzan
1996 - Shinko King
1997 - Biko Alpha
1998 - Air Jihad
1999 - Red Chili Pepper

References

Netkeiba:{{cite web|title=富士Ｓ |url=https://race.netkeiba.com/special/index.html?id=0106 |website=Netkeiba}}{{cite web|title=Fuji Stakes |url=https://en.netkeiba.com/race/special.html?id=0106 |website=Netkeiba}}
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Category:Turf races in Japan

Category:Horse races established in 1986

Fuji Stakes

Weight

Winners since 2000

Earlier winners

See also

References