Antares Stakes
The Antares Stakes is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in April over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Hanshin Racecourse.
The Antares Stakes was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse from 1997 to 2011.
Race details
The race is run on a right-handed track at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on dirt.Weight
57 kg for four-year-olds and above.Allowances:
- 2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
- * 3 kg for a grade 1 win
- * 2 kg for a grade 2 win
- * 1 kg for a grade 3 win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- * 2 kg for a grade 1 win
- * 1 kg for a grade 2 win