Unicorn Stakes
The Unicorn Stakes (Japanese ユニコーンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in June over a distance of 1600 metres on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]
| Grade 3 race | |
 I Am Actress wins the 2011 Unicorn Stakes | |
| Location | Tokyo Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1996 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o |
| Weight | Colts 56 kg, fillies 54 kg |
| Purse | ¥75,700,000 (total), ¥35,000,000 (winner) |
The race was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run over 1800 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Past winners of the race have included Taiki Shuttle, Agnes Digital and Kane Hekili.
Records
Record time (1600 metres):
- 1:34.9 - Cafe Pharoah 2020
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Yukio Okabe 1996, 1997
- 2 - Katsumi Ando 2003, 2008
- 2 - Yutaka Take 2005, 2007
- 2 - Yuichi Fukunaga 2012, 2019
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Sei Ishizaka 2001, 2013
- 2 - Katsuhiko Sumii 2005, 2019
- 2 - Noriyuki Hori 2012, 2020
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Shinko Windy | Yukio Okabe | Kiyotaka Tanaka | 1:52.8 |
| 1997 | Taiki Shuttle | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:36.8 |
| 1998 | Wing Arrow | Katsumi Minai | Yoshimi Kudo | 1:52.0 |
| 1999 | Gold Tiara [a] | Katsuharu Tanaka | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:52.6 |
| 2000 | Agnes Digital | Hiroshi Matoba | Toshiaki Shirai | 1:50.7 |
| 2001 | Nasdaq Power | Teruo Eda | Sei Ishizawa | 1:36.4 |
| 2002 | Himitsu Heiki | Seiji Sakai | Mitsuhiro Okabayashi | 1:36.4 |
| 2003 | Utopia | Katsumi Ando | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:35.8 |
| 2004 | Top of World | Hirofumi Shii | Kenichi Fujioka | 1:36.0 |
| 2005 | Kane Hekili | Yutaka Take | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:36.5 |
| 2006 | Nike Earthwork | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masayuki Kawashima | 1:37.2 |
| 2007 | Long Pride | Yutaka Take | Yukiharu Ono | 1:36.9 |
| 2008 | Ubiquitous | Katsumi Ando | Nobuhiro Suzuki | 1:35.1 |
| 2009 | Silk Mobius | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Masazo Ryoke | 1:35.5 |
| 2010 | Birdie Birdie | Masami Matsuoka | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:36.6 |
| 2011 | I Am Actress [a] | Shinichiro Akiyama | Hiroshi Nagahama | 1:36.2 |
| 2012 | Straw Hat | Yuichi Fukunaga | Noriyuki Hori | 1:36.5 |
| 2013 | Best Warrior | Keita Tosaki | Sei Ishizaka | 1:36.0 |
| 2014 | Red Alvis | Masayoshi Ebina | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:36.0 |
| 2015 | Nonkono Yume | Christophe Lemaire | Yukihiro Kato | 1:35.9 |
| 2016 | Gold Dream | Yuga Kawada | Osamu Hirata | 1:35.8[2] |
| 2017 | Sunrise Nova | Keita Tosaki | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:35.9[3] |
| 2018 | Le Vent Se Leve | Mirco Demuro | Kiyoshi Hagiwara | 1:35.0[4] |
| 2019 | Wide Pharaoh | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:35.5 |
| 2020 | Cafe Pharoah | Damian Lane | Noriyuki Hori | 1:34.9 |
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References
- "Unicorn Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- "2016 result". Racing Post. 19 June 2016.
- "2017 result". Racing Post. 18 June 2017.
- "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 June 2018.
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