Ocean Stakes

The Ocean Stakes (Japanese オーシャンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in March over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]

Ocean Stakes

Grade 3 race
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	1996
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1200 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	56 kg, fillies and mares allowed 2 kg
Purse	¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

The Ocean Stakes was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status since 2009. It serves as a trial race for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen.

Winners since 2009

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2009	Urbanity	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Masaaki Koga	1:09.2
2010	Kinshasa No Kiseki	7	Hirofumi Shii	Noriyuki Hori	1:09.8
2011	Dasher Go Go	4	Yuga Kawada	Takayuki Yasuda	1:07.8
2012	One Carat	6	Yusuke Fujioka	Keichi Fujioka	1:09.2
2013	Sakura Gospel	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Tomohito Ozeki	1:08.5
2014	Smart Orion	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Yuichi Shikato	1:08.9
2015	Sakura Gospel	7	Keita Tosaki	Tomohito Ozeki	1:08.7
2016	A Shin Bullseye	5	Shu Ishibashi	Kenji Nonaka	1:07.5
2017	Melagrana	5	Keita Toaki	Manabu Ikezoe	1:08.3[2]
2018	King Heart	5	Hiroshi Kitamura	Shinobu Hoshino	1:08.3[3]
2019	Mozu Superflare	4	Christophe Lemaire	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:07.1[4]
2020	Danon Smash	5	Yuga Kawada	Takayuki Yasuda	1:07.4

See also

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

References

1. "Ocean Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 4 March 2017.
3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 3 March 2018.
4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 2 March 2019.