The Ocean Stakes (Japanese オーシャンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in March over a distance of 1200 meters on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]

Ocean Stakes
オーシャンステークス
Grade 3 race
Vento Voce winning the 2023 Ocean Stakes
LocationNakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated1996
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1200 meters
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Weight56 kg, fillies and mares allowed 2 kg
Purse¥ 92,980,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 43,000,000
2nd: ¥ 17,000,000
3rd: ¥ 11,000,000

The Ocean Stakes was first run in 1996 at 1,800 meters. The distance was changed to 1,200 meters in 1997 and has held Grade 3 status since 2006. From 2014, the race serves as a trial race for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.[2]

Winners

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Trainer Time
1996 Meiner Gabe 5 Seiji Ebisawa Ryuichi Inaba Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:47.0
1997 Cheers Silence 5 Olivier Peslier Kenji Yamauchi Kiyoko Kitamura 1:09.3
1998 Shinko Forest 6 Yoshitomi Shibata Hironori Kurita Osamu Yasuda 1:09.0
1999 Izumi Success 5 Masaki Katsura Kazuhiko Hongo Takeshi Saito 1:09.3
2000 Taiki Bridle 6 Yukio Okabe Masanori Ito Taiki Farm 1:09.1
2001 Key Gold 6 Masayoshi Ebina Toru Miya Koichiro Kitasaki 1:09.8
2002 Shonan Kampf 4 Yutaka Yoshida Yokichi Okubo Tetsuhide Kunimoto 1:07.3
2003 Native Heart 5 Takayuki Ishizaki Kazuo Oyama Soryu Ikeda 1:09.7
2004 Silky Lagoon 4 Junichi Kobayashi Masahiro Ikegami Silk 1:08.1
2005 Silky Lagoon 5 Yoshitomi Shibata Masahiro Ikegami Silk 1:07.9
2006 Native Heart 8 Hiroyuki Uchida Noboru Sakamoto Soryu Ikeda 1:08.6
2007 I'll Love Again 5 Masami Matsuoka Takahisa Tezuka Yomoji Saito 1:08.2
2008 Premium Box 5 Hayato Yoshida Hiroyuki Uehara Shadai Race Horse 1:08.9
2009 Urbanity 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Masaaki Koga Shadai Race Horse 1:09.2
2010 Kinshasa No Kiseki 7 Hirofumi Shii Noriyuki Hori Kazumi Yoshida 1:09.8
2011 Dasher Go Go 4 Yuga Kawada Takayuki Yasuda Shin Ashida 1:07.8
2012 One Carat 6 Yusuke Fujioka Keichi Fujioka Yoichi Aoyama 1:09.2
2013 Sakura Gospel 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Tomohito Ozeki Sakura Commerce 1:08.5
2014 Smart Orion 4 Norihiro Yokoyama Yuichi Shikato Toru Okawa 1:08.9
2015 Sakura Gospel 7 Keita Tosaki Tomohito Ozeki Sakura Commerce 1:08.7
2016 A Shin Bullseye 5 Shu Ishibashi Kenji Nonaka Eishindo 1:07.5
2017 Melagrana 5 Keita Tosaki Manabu Ikezoe Kazumi Yoshida 1:08.3[3]
2018 King Heart 5 Hiroshi Kitamura Shinobu Hoshino Yoichi Masuda 1:08.3[4]
2019 Mozu Superflare 4 Christophe Lemaire Hidetaka Otonashi Capital Systems 1:07.1[5]
2020 Danon Smash 5 Yuga Kawada Takayuki Yasuda Danox 1:07.4
2021 Contra Check 5 Genki Maruyama Kazuo Fujisawa Carrot Farm 1:08.4
2022 Gendarme 7 Kiwamu Ogino Yasutoshi Ikee Koji Maeda 1:07.9
2023 Vento Voce 6 Christophe Lemaire Mitsunori Makiura Eden Association 1:07.4
2024 Toshin Macau 5 Takeshi Yokoyama Mizuki Takayanagi Sato 1:08.0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ocean Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "歴史・コース:夕刊フジ賞オーシャンステークス 今週の注目レース JRA". jra.jp (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association. Archived from the original on 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 4 March 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 3 March 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 2 March 2019.
  6. ^ "オーシャンS". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Yukan Fuji Sho Ocean Stakes". Netkeiba.