The Heian Stakes (Japanese 平安ステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in May over a distance of 1900 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.

The Heian Stakes was first run in 1986 and has held Grade 3 status since 1994. The distance was originally 1400 metres before being increased to 1800 metres in 1994 and to 1900 metres in 2013. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1994.

Weight

57 kg for four-year-olds and above.

Allowances:

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 1994

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerTime
1994Toyo Lyphard4Masahiro MatsunagaYoshiharu MatsunagaToyo Club1:52.8
1995Lively Mount4Mamoru IshibashiFujio ShibataTetsuro Kato1:52.9
1996Admire Bosatsu6Junichi SerizawaMitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo1:50.5
1997 (dh)Shinko Windy4Hirofumi ShiiKiyotaka TanakaOsamu Yasuda1:49.9
Toyo Seattle4Masahiro MatsunagaYoshiharu MatsunagaToyo Club
1998M I Blanc6Yutaka TakeShuji ItoYutaka Inami1:48.5
1999Osumi Jet5Hirofumi ShiiToshiaki ShiraiHidenori Yamaji1:49.9
2000Osumi Jet6Hirofumi ShiiToshiaki ShiraiHidenori Yamaji1:49.8
2001Mambo Twist6Hirofumi ShiiTaira FurakawaGenichiro Tahaara1:48.7
2002Smart Boy7Naoto ItoKeizo ItoGrand Stud1:50.9
2003Smart Boy8Naoto ItoKeizo ItoGrand Stud1:49.7
2004Time Paradox6Mitsuaki AndoHiroyoshi MatsudaShadai Race Horse1:51.3
2005Hishi Atlas5Yuichi FukunagaTakao NakanoMasaichiro Abe1:50.3
2006Tagano Guernica4Kenichi IkezoeKaneo IkezoeRyoji Yagi1:50.2
2007Meisho Tokon5Mamoru IshibashiIsao YasudaYoshio Matsumoto1:51.0
2008Quiet Day8Koichi TsunodaShoichi MatsumotoSunday Racing1:51.0
2009Wonder Speed7Futoshi KomakiTomohiko HastukiNobuyuki Yamamoto1:50.4
2010Roll of the Dice5Yasunari IwataKatsuhiko SumiiTokyo Horse Racing1:51.1
2011Daishin Orange6Yuga KawadaYasushi ShonoNobuyuki Oyagi1:51.5
2012Hiraboku King5Yusuke FujiokaRyuji OkuboHirata Bokujo1:48.1
2013Nihonpiro Ours6Manabu SakaiYuki OhashiHyakutaro Kobayashi1:56.9
2014Kurino Star O4Hideaki MiyukiYoshitada TakahashiMamoru Kurimoto1:56.6
2015Incantation5Hiroyuki UchidaTomohiko HastukiTurf Sports1:55.1
2016Asukano Roman5Keisuke DazaiYoshihiko KawamuraChiro Toyoda1:56.2
2017Great Pearl4Yuga KawadaMitsumasa NakauchidaH.H. Sheikh Fahad1:55.7
2018Sunrise Soar4Mirco DemuroHiroshi KawachiTakao Matsuoka1:57.3
2019Chuwa Wizard4Yuga KawadaRyuji OkuboShinobu Nakanishi1:58.1
2020Omega Perfume5Yuichi KitamuraShogo YasudaReiko Hara1:56.0
2021Auvergne[a]5Yuichi FukunagaMasayuki NishimuraTadakuni Sugiyama1:54.7
2022T O Keynes[a]5Kohei MatsuyamaDaisuke TakayanagiTomoya Ozasa1:57.0
2023Gloria Mundi5Yuga KawadaRyuji OkuboKazumi Yoshida1:59.8
2024Mitono O4Kohei MatsuyamaKoji MakiRoyal Park1:57.4
2025Outrange5Kohei MatsuyamaRyuji OkuboToshio Terada1:57.2

a Runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

Previous Winners

  • 1986 - Marubutsu Sir Pen
  • 1987 - Fate Northern
  • 1988 - Dokanjo
  • 1989 - Dokanjo
  • 1990 - Dancing Sam
  • 1991 - Passing Lute
  • 1992 - Kyoei Swat
  • 1993 - Mr Tojin

See also

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