Fantasy Stakes (Japan)
| Grade 3 race | |
 2020 Fantasy Stakes winner Meikei Yell | |
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1996 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 2-y-o |
| Weight | 55 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 62,840,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 29,000,000 2nd: ¥ 12,000,000 3rd: ¥ 7,000,000 |
The Fantasy Stakes (Japanese ファンタジーステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run in November over a distance of 1400 metres at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]
The race was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since.
Past Winners
[edit]| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | She's Princess | Hirofumi Shii | Shuji Ito | 1:21.2 |
| 1997 | London Bridge | Mikio Matsunaga | Kenta Nakao | 1:21.2 |
| 1998 | Primo Ordine | Yuichi Fukunaga | Toyoji Nishihashi | 1:21.7 |
| 1999 | Tennessee GIrl | Kazuhiro Yamada | Masanao Tsubo | 1:22.1 |
| 2000 | Tashiro Spring | Kenichi Ikezoe | Akio Tsurudome | 1:21.3 |
| 2001 | Kitasan Hibotan | Naosuke Sugai | Hikozo Sugai | 1:22.6 |
| 2002 | Peace of World | Yuichi Fukunaga | Masahiro Sakaguchi | 1:22.2 |
| 2003 | Sweep Tosho | Koichi Tsunoda | Sakae Watanabe | 1:22.6 |
| 2004 | Rhein Kraft | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 1:21.6 |
| 2005 | Alluring Voice | Yutaka Take | Akihiko Nomura | 1:21.4 |
| 2006 | Aston Machan | Yutaka Take | Sei Ishizaka | 1:20.3 |
| 2007 | Odile | Katsumi Ando | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:21.1 |
| 2008 | Inazuma Amaryllis | Kenichi Ikezoe | Shigeki Matsumoto | 1:23.7 |
| 2009 | Tagano Elizabeth | Yuga Kawada | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:21.2 |
| 2010 | Marumo Sarah | Ken Tanaka | Kazuyoshi Kihara | 1:22.3 |
| 2011 | I'm Yours | Ioritz Mendizabal | Takahisa Tazuka | 1:21.3 |
| 2012 | Sound Rihanna | Mirco Demuro | Masao Sato | 1:20.8 |
| 2013 | Bel Canto | Yutaka Take | Koichi Tsunoda | 1:21.1 |
| 2014 | Cool Hotarubi | Futoshi Komaki | Hisashi Shimizu | 1:21.7 |
| 2015 | Candy Barows | Christophe Lemaire | Yoshito Yahagi | 1:21.9 |
| 2016 | Mi Suerte | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:21.8 [2] |
| 2017 | Beluga | Cristian Demuro | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:22.9 [3] |
| 2018 | Danon Fantasy | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:21.8 [4] |
| 2019 | Resistencia | Yuichi Kitamura | Takeshi Matsushita | 1:20.7 |
| 2020 | Meikei Yell[a] | Yutaka Take | Hidenori Take | 1:20.1 |
| 2021 | Water Navillera[a] | Yutaka Take | Koshiro Take | 1:21.1 |
| 2022 | Rivara[a] | Shu Ishibashi | Mizuki Takayanagi | 1:21.3 |
| 2023 | Culture Day | Manabu Sakai | Hirofumi Shii | 1:20.4 |
| 2024 | Dantsu Elan | Taisei Danno | Masaru Honda | 1:22.8 |
a The 2020, 2021, and 2022 editions were contested at Hanshin Racecourse, due to renovations held at the Kyoto Racecourse.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fantasy Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 5 November 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 3 November 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 2 November 2018.
- ^ "京都競馬場２０２３年春からリニューアル 京都開催は来年１１月から２年４か月間の休止". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "ファンタジーS". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Kbs Kyoto Sho Fantasy Stakes". Netkeiba.