Rose Stakes

Rose Stakes
ローズステークス
Art House winning the 2022 Rose Stakes
ClassGrade 2
LocationHanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated1983
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o fillies
Weight55 kg
Purse¥ 112,520,000 (as of 2025)
  • 1st: ¥ 52,000,000
  • 2nd: ¥ 21,000,000
  • 3rd: ¥ 13,000,000

The Rose Stakes (Japanese ローズステークス) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Hyōgo Prefecture for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1800 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in September, having been run over 2000 metres until 2006.

The Rose Stakes was first run in 1983 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It serves as a trial race for the Shuka Sho, which is run in October and is the final leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown. Winners of the Rose Stakes have included Daiwa Scarlet, Gentildonna and Sinhalite.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2000 Nihon Pillow Swan Yuichi Fukunaga Tanaka Kotaro Hyakutaro Kobayashi 2:00.3
2001 Diamond Biko Mikio Matsunaga Kazuo Fujisawa Shinobu Osako 2:01.9
2002 Fine Motion Mikio Matsunaga Yuji Ito Tatsuo Fushikida 2:00.1
2003 Admire Groove Yutaka Take Mitsuru Hashida Riichi Kondo 2:01.5
2004 Les Clefs d'Or Katsumi Ando Yasuo Ikee Sunday Racing 1:59.0
2005 Air Messiah Yutaka Take Yasunori Ito Lucky Field 2:00.1
2006 Admire Kiss Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi Matsuda Riichi Kondo 1:58.2
2007 Daiwa Scarlet Katsumi Ando Kunihide Matsuda Keizo Oshiro 1:46.1
2008 Meine Ratsel Yuga Kawada Tadao Igarashi Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:47.3
2009 Broad Street Shinji Fujita Hideaki Fujiwara Shimokobe Farm 1:44.7
2010 Animate Bio Hiroki Goto Koji Maki Bio 1:45.8
2011 Whale Capture Kenichi Ikezoe Kiyotaka Tanaka Ken Shimada 1:48.1
2012 Gentildonna Yasunari Iwata Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing 1:46.8
2013 Denim And Ruby Hiroyuki Uchida Katsuhiko Sumii Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:47.7
2014 Nuovo Record Yasunari Iwata Makoto Saito Reiko Hara 1:46.0
2015 Touching Speech Christophe Lemaire Sei Ishizaka Sunday Racing 1:45.2
2016 Sinhalite Kenichi Ikezoe Sei Ishizaka Carrot Farm 1:46.7
2017 Rabbit Run Ryuji Wada Katsuhiko Sumii Kazuko Yoshida 1:45.5
2018 Cantabile Christophe Lemaire Kazuya Nakatake Tatsue Ishikawa 1:45.7
2019 Danon Fantasy Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Danox 1:44.4
2020 Ria Amelia Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Silk Racing 1:59.9
2021 Andvaranaut Yuichi Fukunaga Manabu Ikezoe Sunday Racing 2:00.0
2022 Art House Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida H. H. Sheikh Fahad 1:58.5
2023 Masked Diva Mirai Iwata Yasuyuki Tsujino Shadai Race Horse 1:43.0
2024 Queen's Walk Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa Nakauchida Sunday Racing 1:59.9
2025 Kamunyak Yuga Kawada Yasuo Tomomichi Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:43.5
2026 Monroe Walk Keita Tosaki Hiroyuki Uemura M's Racing 1:44.5
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The race took place at Chukyo Racecourse over 2,000 meters
  2. ↑ Set a course record

Earlier winners

  • 1983 - Long Grace
  • 1984 - Long Leather
  • 1985 - Takeno Hinami
  • 1986 - Mejiro Ramonu
  • 1987 - Max Beauty
  • 1988 - Shiyono Roman
  • 1989 - Shadai Kagura
  • 1990 - Katsuno Jo
  • 1991 - Rinden Lily
  • 1992 - El Casa River
  • 1993 - Star Ballerina
  • 1994 - Hishi Amazon
  • 1995 - Silent Happiness
  • 1996 - Hishi Natalie
  • 1997 - Kyoei March
  • 1998 - Phalaenopsis
  • 1999 - Hishi Pinnacle

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rose Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ↑ "2016 result". Racing Post. 18 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 17 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "2018 result". Racing Post. 16 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "ローズS". Netkeiba.
  6. ↑ "Kansai Television Co. Ltd. Sho Rose Stakes". Netkeiba.