February Stakes

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Grade 1 race
February Stakes

Location	Tokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1984
Race type	Thoroughbred
Website	JRA International Races 2008
Race information
Distance	1,600 meters (About 8 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, Left-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+, Thoroughbreds
Weight	57kg^[1]
Purse	¥201,020,000 (as of 2007)^[2]

The February Stakes (フェブラリーステークス, February Stakes^?) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 8 furlongs) at Tokyo Racecourse in late February.

It was first run in 1984 as February Handicap, and was given Domestic Grade 3 status. This was elevated to Domestic Grade 2 in 1994, Domestic Grade 1 in 1997, and to its present level in 2007.

It was renamed February Stakes in 1994. Horses trained outside Japan have been eligible to run in the race since 2007.

[edit] Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1984	Robaria Amon	5	Masato Yoshinaga	Kichisaburo Matsuyama	Uraichi Suga	1:40.1
1985	Andre Amon	6	Hiroyuki Nakajima	Yasuhisa Matsuyama	Amon Inc.	1:36.9
1986	Hatsuno Amoy	5	Eizaburo Otsuka	Yoshio Nakazumi	Hatsutaro Nakagawa	1:36.7
1987	Rikisan Power	6	Masato Shibata	Kunio Takamatsu	Saburo Iwai	1:36.5
1988	Roman Prince	7	Sueo Masuzawa	Seizuke Sato	Long Shoji co.	1:37.7
1989	Velvet Glob	6	Hiroyuki Gohara	Fusamatsu Okubo	Hideo Kuribayashi	1:37.2
1990	Carib Song	4	Masato Shibata	Shuho Kato	Ogifushi Bokujo RC co.	1:36.7
1991	Narita Hayabusa	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kentaro Nakao	Hidenori Yamaji	1:34.9
1992	Russian Gold	4	Masayoshi Ebina	Yokichi Okubo	Akihiro Ohara	1:35.4
1993	Meisho Homura	5	Masato Shibata	Shigetada Takahashi	Yoshio Matsumoto	1:35.7
1994	Cheers Atom	5	Masaru Honda	Kaoru Hoshikawa	Kiyoko Kitamura	1:37.8
1995	Lively Mount	4	Mamoru Ishibashi	Fujio Shibata	Tetsuo Kato	1:36.4
1996	Hokuto Vega	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Takayoshi Nakano	Kanamorimori Shoji	1:36.5
1997	Shinko Windy	4	Yukio Okabe	Kiyotaka Tanaka	Osamu Yasuda	1:36.0
1998	Gourmet Frontier	6	Yukio Okabe	Kiyotaka Tanaka	Masayoshi Ishii	1:37.5
1999	Meisei Opera	5	Isao Sugawra	Shuichi Sasaki	Meisei Shoji co.	1:36.5
2000	Wing Arrow	5	Olivier Peslier	Yoshimi Kudo	Minoru Ikeda	1:35.6
2001	Nobo True	5	Olivier Peslier	Hideyuki Mori	Ikebata	1:35.6
2002	Agnes Digital	5	Hirofumi Shii	Toshiaki Shirai	Takao Watanabe	1:35.1
2003	Gold Allure *	4	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee	Shadai Race Horse co.	1:50.9
2004	Admire Don	5	Katsumi Ando	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Riichi Kondo	1:36.8
2005	Meisho Bowler	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Toshiaki Shirai	Yoshio Matsumoto	1:34.7
2006	Kane Hekili	4	Yutaka Take	Katsuhiko Sumii	Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co.	1:34.9
2007	Sunrise Bacchus	5	Katsumi Ando	Hidetaka Otonashi	Takao Matsuoka	1:34.8
2008	Vermilion	6	Yutaka Take	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing	1:35.3