Miyako Stakes

The Miyako Stakes (Japanese みやこステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in November over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]

Miyako Stakes

Grade 3 race
The 2011 winner Espoir City
Location	Kyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated	1986 (as Topaz Stakes)
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	4-y-o+ 56 kg, 3-y-o 54 kg, fillies allowed 2 kg
Purse	¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner)

The race was originally named the Topaz Stakes and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2009. It was renamed the Miyako Stakes in the following year. The race serves as a trial for the Champions Cup.

Winners since 2009

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2009	Silk Mobius	3	Hiroyasu Tanaka	Masazo Ryoke	1:49.6
2010	Transcend	4	Shinji Fujita	Takayuki Yasuda	1:49.8
2011	Espoir City	6	Tetsuzo Sato	Akio Adachi	1:48.4
2012	Roman Legend	4	Yasunari Iwata	Hideaki Fujiwara	1:49.6
2013	Brightline	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Ippo Sameshima	1:49.2
2014	Incantation	4	Takuya Ono	Tomohiko Hatsuki	1:50.2
2015	Roi Jardin	4	Suguru Hamanaka	Hirofumi Toda	1:47.8
2016	Apollo Kentucky	4	Fuma Matsukawa	Kenji Yamauchi	1:50.1[2]
2017	T M Jinsoku	5	Yoshihiro Furakawa	Kazuyoshi Kihara	1:50.1[3]
2018	no race
2019	Vengeance	6	Hideaki Miyuki	Hiroyuki Oneda	1:49.1

See also

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

References

1. "Miyako Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 6 November 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 November 2017.