Procyon Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| surface = Dirt
| class = Grade 2
| horse race = Procyon Stakes
プロキオンステークス
| image = Silk-fortune20110710(2).jpg
| caption = Silk Fortune wins the 2011 Procyon Stakes at Kyoto
| location = Chukyo Racecourse
| inaugurated = 1989
| race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing
| website =
| distance = 1,800 meters
| track = Left-handed
| qualification = 4-y-o+
| weight = Special Weight
| purse = {{JRA-purse-calculator|55|2025}}
| bonuses =
}}
The Procyon Stakes (Japanese プロキオンステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1,800 meters on dirt at Chukyo Racecourse.{{cite web|url=http://japanracing.jp/en/racing/schedule/graded/list/2019/1109musashino.html|title=Musashino Stakes|publisher=Horse Racing in Japan}}
It was first run over the distance of 1,400 meters in 1996, open to three and over, and has held Grade 3 status ever since. It was run at Hanshin Racecourse before moving to Chukyo in 2012. In 2025, the race will be promoted to Grade 2 status and will be run in January over a distance of 1,800 meters.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-30 |title=2025年度の競馬番組等について (Changes regarding to the 2025 Horse Racing Programme) |url=https://jra.jp/keiba/program/2025/pdf/henkou.pdf |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=jra.jp}} The race will now serve as a trial for the February Stakes.
Weight
56 kg for four-year-olds, 57 kg for five-year-olds and above.{{Cite web |title=List of JRA Graded Races 2025｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan |url=https://japanracing.jp/en/racing/schedule/graded/list/2025/0126procyon.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Horse Racing in Japan |language=en}}
Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred four-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 1996
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" |
| width="36px" | Year ! width="120px" | Winner ! Age ! width="140px" | Jockey ! width="150px" | Trainer ! Time |
|---|
| 1996
| Namura Kakuo | 5 | Hiroyuki Uemura | Akihiko Nomura | 1:23.6 |
| 1997
| Battle Line | 4 | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:22.9 |
| 1998
| Tempai | 5 | Nobuharu Fukushima | 1:22.7 |
| 1999
| Tayasu K Point | 4 | Kazuhiro Kato | Kiyohiro Tadokoro | 1:23.2 |
| 2000
| Gold Tiara | 4 | Yutaka Take | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:21.9 |
| 2001
| Broad Appeal | 7 | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:22.9 |
| 2002
| Sterling Rose | 5 | Shuji Kitahashi | 1:22.9 |
| 2003
| Sterling Rose | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | 1:23.0 |
| 2004
| Nihon Pillow Cert | 6 | Futoshi Komaki | Tatsuya Meno | 1:22.3 |
| 2005
| Blue Concorde | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Toshiyuki Hattori | 1:21.9 |
| 2006
| Meisho Battler | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shigetada Takahashi | 1:22.0 |
| 2007
| Wild Wonder | 5 | Takashi Kubota | 1:22.7 |
| 2008
| Vaincre Tateyama | 6 | Kotaro Akagi | Hiroshi Takeda | 1:22.0 |
| 2009
| Lanzarote | 6 | Yutaka Take | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:22.7 |
| 2010
| Keiai Gerbera | 4 | Osamu Hirata | 1:21.8 |
| 2011
| Silk Fortune | 5 | Kota Fujioka | Norio Fujisawa | 1:22.1 |
| 2012
| Toshi Candy | 6 | Manabu Sakai | Shoichi Temma | 1:22.6 |
| 2013
| Admire Royal | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:21.9 |
| 2014
| Best Warrior | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Sei Ishizaka | 1:22.6 |
| 2015
| Best Warrior | 5 | Sei Ishizaka | 1:22.5 |
| 2016
| Nobo Baccara | 4 | Shoichi Temma |
| 2017
| King's Guard | 6 | Yusuke Fujioka | Ryo Terashima |
| 2018
| Matera Sky | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori |
| 2019
| Arctos | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Toru Kurita | 1:21.2 |
| 2020
| Sunrise Nova | 6 | Fuma Matsuwaka | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:21.8 |
| 2021
| Meisho Kazusa | 4 | Kohei Matsuyama | Akio Adachi | 1:40.9 |
| 2022
| Gempachi Lucifer | 6 | Shozo Sasaki | 1:43.7 |
| 2023
| Don Frankie | 4 | Takashi Saito | 1:23.0 |
| 2024
| Yamanin Ours | 4 | Yutaka Take | Takashi Saito | 1:42.7 |
| 2025
|Sunday Funday |5 |Katsuma Sameshima |Katsuma Sameshima |1:50.6 |
- Prior 2012, the race ran at Hanshin Racecourse.
- In 2006 and 2011, it was run at Kyoto Racecourse.
- It was moved to Chukyo Racecourse since 2012.
- In 2020, it was run again at Hanshin Racecourse.
- In 2021 and 2022, it was run at Kokura Racecourse at 1,700 meters.
- In 2025 and onwards, it will be run at 1,800 meters.
See also
References
- Netkeiba:{{cite web|title=プロキオンS |url=https://race.netkeiba.com/special/index.html?id=0072 |website=Netkeiba}}{{cite web|title=Procyon Stakes |url=https://en.netkeiba.com/race/special.html?id=0072 |website=Netkeiba}}
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