Negishi Stakes


The Negishi Stakes is a Grade 3 horse race organized by the Japan Racing Association for Thoroughbreds aged four and over. It is run in February over a distance of 1400 metres on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse.
The Negishi Stakes was first run in 1987 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was contested over 1200 metres from 1990 to 2000 and again in 2003. The 2003 edition was run at Nakayama Racecourse. The race is named in honour of Negishi Racecourse, a former horse racing venue in Yokohama.

Weight

57 kg for four-year-olds above.
Allowances:
Penalties :

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
OwnerTime
2000Broad Appeal6Koshiro TakeKunihide MatsudaMakoto Kaneko1:10.1
2001Nobo True5Olivier PeslierHideyuki MoriIkebata1:22.1
2002South Vigorous6Yoshitomi ShibataYoshiyasu TakahashiHisashi Nanba1:22.8
2003South Vigorous7Yoshitomi ShibataYoshiyasu TakahashiHisashi Nanba1:10.4
2004Shadow Scape5Teruo EdaHideyuki MoriTomokazu Iizuka1:24.0
2005Meisho Bowler4Yuichi FukunagaToshiaki ShiraiYoshio Matsumoto1:23.0
2006Limitless Bid4Hiroyuki UchidaTadashi KayoShadai Race Horse1:23.7
2007Big Grass6Issei MurataHidemasa NakaoWahei Tsubonoya1:23.5
2008Wild Wonder6Yasunari IwataTakashi KubotaTsunefumi Kusama1:22.7
2009Ferrari Pisa5Yasunari IwataToshiaki ShiraiYoshimi Ichikawa1:22.1
2010Glorious Noah4Shinichiro KobayashiYoshito YahagiYoko Takano1:23.7
2011Sei Crimson5Hideaki MiyukiToshiyuki HattoriSeiki Kaneda1:23.0
2012Silk Fortune6Kota FujiokaNorio FujisawaSilk1:23.5
2013Meisho Mashu5Yusuke FujiokaYoshio OkiHisashi Nanba1:23.7
2014Gorski7Fran BerryYasutoshi IkeeShadai Race Horse1:23.4
2015Air Khalifa6Kosei MiuraKatsuhiko SumiiLucky Field1:23.4
2016Moanin4Keita TosakiSei IshizawaYukio Baba1:22.0
2017Kafuji Take5Yuichi FukunagaSachio YukuboMamoru Kato1:23.0
2018Nonkono Yume6Hiroyuki UchidaYukihiro KatoKazumasa Yamada1:21.5
2019Copano Kicking4Oisin MurphyAkira MurayamaSachiaki Kobayashi1:23.5
2020Mozu Ascot6Christophe LemaireYoshito YahagiCapital System1:22.7
2021Red Le Zele5Yuga KawadaTakayuki YasudaTokyo Horse Racing1:22.3
2022T M South Dan5Yasunari IwataYuzo IidaMasatsugu Takezono1:23.1
2023Lemon Pop5Keita TosakiHiroyasu TanakaGodolphin1:22.5
2024Emperor Wakea4Yuga KawadaHaruki SugiyamaTsunefumi Kusama1:24.1
2025Costa Nova5Takeshi YokoyamaTetsuya KimuraKatsumi Yoshida1:22.6
2026Lord Fons6Kazuo YokoyamaShogo YasudaLord Horse Club Co.,Ltd.1:23.3

Earlier winners

  • 1987 - Grace Shiraoki
  • 1988 - Winning Smile
  • 1989 - Dyna Letter
  • 1990 - Eiko Trans
  • 1991 - Tomoe Regent
  • 1992 - Happy Guinness
  • 1993 - Prost Line
  • 1994 - Fujino Makken O
  • 1995 - Young Ebros
  • 1996 - Stone Stepper
  • 1997 - Washington Color
  • 1998 - Washington Color
  • 1999 - Select Green