Centaur Stakes

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Grade 2 race
Centaur Stakes
Location Hanshin Racecourse
Inaugurated 1987
Race type Thoroughbred
Website japanracing.jp - Centaur Stakes & Sprinters Stakes
Race information
Distance 1200 meters
(About 6 furlongs)
Track Turf, Right-handed (inner course)
Qualification 3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight 3-y-o 55 kg \ 4-y-o & up 57kg[1]
Purse ¥127,800,000 (as of 2007)[2]

The Centaur Stakes is a Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,200 metres (approximately 6 furlongs) at Hanshin Racecourse in September.

It was first run in 1987 and takes its name from a statue at the racecourse in the form of the mythological creature Centaur.

Prior to 2000 the race was run over a distance of 1,400 metres (7 furlongs), and having originally been classed as a Domestic Grade 3 race, it was promoted to Domestic Grade 2 status in 2006 and it was promoted to International Grade 2 status in 2007.

It is now the fifth leg in the seven race Global Sprint Challenge series, preceded by the Golden Jubilee Stakes and followed by the Sprinters Stakes.

[edit] Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Behind the Mask 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Shuji Kitahashi 1:07.6
2001 Tennessee Girl 4 Kazuhiro Yamada Masanao Tsubo 1:08.1
2002 Believe 4 Yasunari Iwata Shigeki Matsumoto 1:07.1
2003 Tenshino Kiseki 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:07.8
2004 Golden Cast 4 Yutaka Take Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:08.2
2005 Golden Cast 5 Futoshi Komaki Kojiro Hashiguchi 1:08.3
2006 She Is Tosho * 6 Kenichi Ikezoe Akio Tsurudome 1:08.6
2007 Sans Adieu 5 Yuga Kawada Hidetaka Otonashi 1:07.1

* The 2006 race took place at Chukyo Racecourse.

[edit] Earlier winners

  • 1987 Mr. Boy
  • 1988 Sankin Hayate
  • 1989 Hoei Sovereign
  • 1990 Eiko Caesar
  • 1991 Nifty Niece
  • 1992 My Superman
  • 1993 Elizabeth Rose
  • 1994 Eishin Washington
  • 1995 Biko Pegasus
  • 1996 Fujino Makken O
  • 1997 Osumi Tycoon
  • 1998 Meiner Love
  • 1999 Eishin Guymon
  • 2000 Behind the Mask

[edit] References

  1. ^ JRA International Races 2007
  2. ^ JRA International Races 2007
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List of Japanese Grade II horse races

International Races (regular GII races) |

Nikkei Shinshun Hai | Kyoto Kinen | Nakayama Kinen | Hanshin Daishoten | Nikkei Sho | Osaka Hai | Hanshin Himba Stakes (fillies and mares) | Milers Cup | Keio Hai Spring Cup | Tokai Stakes (Dirt) | Kinko Sho | Centaur Stakes | All Comer | Mainichi Okan | Kyoto Daishoten | Swan Stakes

Domestic Races (JPN II races)

America Jockey Club Cup (open to international horses) | Empress Hai (fillies and mares; dirt) | Yayoi sho (3-year-old) | Diolite Kinen (dirt) | Fillies' Revue (3-year-old fillies) | Spring Stakes (3-year-old) | New Zealand Trophy (3-year-old) | Flora Stakes (3-year-old fillies) | Hyogo Championship (3-year-old; dirt) | Aoba Sho (3-year-old) | Kyoto Shimbun Hai (3-year-old) | Meguro Kinen (open to international horses) | Kanto Oaks (3-year-old fillies; dirt) | Breeders' Gold Cup (dirt) | Sapporo Kinen | St. Lite Kinen (3-year-old) | Rose Stakes (3-year-old fillies) | Kobe Shimbun Hai (3-year-old) | Nihon TV Hai (dirt) | Tokyo Hai (dirt) | Daily Hai Nisai Stakes (2-year-old) | Copa Republica Argentina (open to international horses) | Keio Hai Nisai Stakes (2-year-old) | Urawa Kinen (dirt) | Hyogo Junior Grand Prix (2-year-old; dirt) | Stayers Stakes | Hanshin Cup (open to international horses) | Nagoya Grand Prix (dirt)

Steeplechase Races (J-GII races)

Hanshin Spring Jump | Kyoto High Jump | Tokyo High Jump

See also

Japan Racing Association | Horse Racing in Japan, Wikipedia article "Horse racing" | Horse Racing in Japan, official website
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