Capella Stakes

The Capella Stakes (Japanese カペラステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in December over a distance of 1200 metres on dirt at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]

Capella Stakes

Grade 3 race
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	2008
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 55 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg
Purse	¥77,360,000 (total), ¥36,000,000 (winner)

The race was first run in 2008 and has held Grade 3 status since 2009.

Winners since 2008

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2008	Victory Tetsuni	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hiroyuki Mori	1:08.7
2009	Million Disk	5	Issei Murata	Yoshiyuki Arakawa	1:09.6
2010	Sei Crimson	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Toshiyuki Hattori	1:09.7
2011	Keiai Gerbera	5	Shinichiro Akiyama	Osamu Hirata	1:09.1
2012	Silk Fortune	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Norio Fujisawa	1:10.8
2013	Northern River	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Hidekazu Asami	1:10.7
2014	Danon Legend	4	Kyosuke Maruta	Akira Murayama	1:09.5
2015	Kikuno Storm	6	Hiroyuki Uchida	Naohiro Yoshida	1:09.7
2016	Nobo Baccara	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Shoichi Temma	1:10.2[2]
2017	Dios Corrida	3	Akihide Tsumura	Yoshitada Takahashi	1:11.0[3]
2018	Copano Kicking	3	Daichi Shibata	Akira Murayama	1:10.2[4]
2019	Copano Kicking	4	Nanako Fujita	Akira Murayama	1:09.3

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

1. "Capella Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 11 December 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 10 December 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 9 December 2018.