Sirius Stakes

Horse race

Sirius Stakes
シリウスステークス
Race information
Grade 3 race
Yamanin Kingly wins the 2011 Sirius Stakes
Location	Hanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated	1997
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	2,000 meters
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥77,360,000 (total), ¥36,000,000 (winner)

The Sirius Stakes (Japanese シリウスステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in late September or early October over a distance of 2,000 meters on dirt at Hanshin Racecourse.^[1]

It was first run in 1993 and has held Grade 3 status since 1997. The first six editions of the race took place at Chukyo Racecourse and it was also run at that track in 2006. Originally contested as a 1,200 meter sprint on turf until the race distance was increased to 1,400 meters on dirt in 1997 and 1,700 meters in 2006. The Sirius Stakes has been run over 2,000 meters since 2007.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Meiner Brian	3	Shinji Fujita	Toru Miya	1:23.3
2001	Broad Appeal	7	Hirofumi Shii	Kunihide Matsuda	1:23.7
2002	Sterling Rose	5	Ryuji Wada	Shuji Kitahashi	1:22.4
2003	Meiner Select	4	Naohiro Onishi	Hitoshi Nakamura	1:23.1
2004	Agnes Wing	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Toshiaki Shirai	1:23.1
2005	Blue Concorde	5	Hideaki Miyuki	Toshiyuki Hattori	1:23.9
2006	Meisho Battler	6	Tetsuzo Sato	Shigetada Takahashi	1:43.1
2007	Dragon Fire	3	Yuichi Fukunaga	Takashi Kubota	2:05.1
2008	Meiner Hourglass	4	Minoru Yoshida	Ryuichi Inaba	2:03.8
2009	Wonder Acute	3	Ryuji Wada	Masao Sato	2:04.5
2010	Kings Emblem	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Sei Ishizaka	2:04.4
2011	Wonder Acute	6	Yutaka Take	Hiroshi Kawachi	2:04.3
2012	Nice Meet You	5	Futoshi Komaki	Kojiro Hashiguchi	2:03.3
2013	Keiai Leone	3	Hideaki Miyuki	Katsuichi Nihiura	2:03.4
2014	Kurino Star O	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Yohitada Takahashi	2:03.8
2015	Awardee	5	Yutaka Take	Mikio Matsunaga	2:04.6
2016	Mask Zorro	5	Shinichiro Akiyama	Inao Okada	2:01.7^[2]
2017	Meisho Sumitomo	6	Yoshihiro Furukawa	Katsumi Minai	2:03.9^[3]
2018	Omega Perfume	3	Ryuji Wada	Shogo Yasuda	2:01.5^[4]
2019	Lord Golazo	4	Yusuke Fujioka	Kenichi Fujioka	2:03.5
2020	Cafe Pharoah ^[1]	3	Christophe Lemaire	Noriyuki Hori	1:57.8
2021	Sunrise Hope^[1]	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Tomohiko Hatsuki	1:57.4
2022	Jun Light Bolt^[1]	5	Yukito Ishikawa	Yasuo Tomomichi	1:57.7
2023	Hagino Alegrias	6	Mirai Iwata	Hirofumi Shii	2:04.4

¹ The 2020, 2021 and 2022 races took place at Chukyo Racecourse over 1900 metres.

Earlier winners

1990 - Horino Winner
1994 - Minamoto Juniors
1995 - Samsung Queen
1993 - Yuki Top Run
1994 - Eishin Washington
1995 - Nihon Pillow Story
1996 - Nishino Final
1997 - Toyo Rainbow
1998 - Makoto Raiden
1999 - Gold Tiara

References

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^ "Sirius Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 1 October 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 30 September 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 29 September 2018.
^ "シリウスS". Netkeiba.
^ "Sirius Stakes". Netkeiba.

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