The Leopard Stakes (Japanese レパードステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in August over a distance of 1800 metres at Niigata Racecourse.[1]
| Grade 3 race | |
 Niigata Racecourse | |
| Location | Niigata Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2009 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o |
| Weight | 57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 79,920,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 37,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 9,000,000 |
The race was first run in 2009 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2011.
Winners since 2009
edit| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Transcend | Masami Matsuoka | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:49.5 |
| 2010 | Miracle Legend [a] | Hiroshi Kitamura | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:51.8 |
| 2011 | Boreas | Yutaka Take | Naohiro Yoshida | 1:52.0 |
| 2012 | Hokko Tarumae | Hideaki Miyuki | Katsuichi Nishiura | 1:51.8 |
| 2013 | Incantation | Takuya Ono | Tomohiko Hatsuki | 1:50.3 |
| 2014 | Asia Express | Keita Tosaki | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:50.4 |
| 2015 | Cross Krieger | Yasunari Iwata | Yasushi Shono | 1:51.9 |
| 2016 | Glanzend | Keita Tosaki | Yukihiro Kato | 1:50.6[2] |
| 2017 | Rose Princedom | Tahuya Kawata | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | 1:52.9[3] |
| 2018 | Grimm | Hiroyuki Uchida | Kenji Nonaka | 1:52.0[4] |
| 2019 | Hayayakko | Hironobu Tanabe | Sakae Kunieda | 1:51.3 |
| 2020 | Kenshinko | Genki Maruyama | Kazuo Konishi | 1:49.2 |
| 2021 | Meisho Murakumo | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yusuke Wada | 1:51.3 |
| 2022 | Kafuji Octagon | Chak Yiu Ho | Yoshito Yahagi | 1:51.9 |
| 2023 | Riot Grrrl | Mirai Iwata | Naoya Nakamura | 1:50.8 |
| 2024 | Mikki Fight | Keita Tosaki | Hiroyasu Tanaka | 1:51.2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Leopard Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 7 August 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 6 August 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 5 August 2018.
- ^ "レパードS". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Leopard Stakes". Netkeiba.