Leopard Stakes

Horse race
Leopard Stakes
レパードステークス
Grade 3 race
LocationNiigata Racecourse
Inaugurated2009
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o
WeightColts 56 kg, fillies 54 kg
Purse¥86,400,000 (total), ¥40,000,000 (winner)

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]

The race was first run in 2009 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2011.

Winners since 2009

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

a The 2010 winner Miracle Legend was a filly

See also

References

  • Netkeiba:[5][6]
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  1. ^ "Leopard Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 7 August 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 5 August 2018.
  5. ^ "レパードS". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Leopard Stakes". Netkeiba.
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List of Japanese Grade III horse races
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  • Tokyo Jump Stakes
  • Niigata Jump Stakes
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  • Hanshin Jump Stakes
  • Kyoto Jump Stakes
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