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Horse race
Procyon Stakes
プロキオンステークス
Grade 2 race
Silk Fortune wins the 2011 Procyon Stakes at Kyoto
LocationChukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1989
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1,800 meters
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Weight5-y-o + 56 kg, 4-y-o 55 kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse¥ 119,100,000 (as of 2025)
1st: ¥ 55,000,000
2nd: ¥ 22,000,000
3rd: ¥ 14,000,000

The Procyon Stakes (Japanese プロキオンステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1,800 meters on dirt at Chukyo Racecourse.

It was first run over the distance of 1,400 meters in 1996, open to three and over, and has held Grade 3 status ever since. It was run at Hanshin Racecourse before moving to Chukyo in 2012. In 2025, the race will be promoted to Grade 2 status and will be run in January over a distance of 1,800 meters. The race will now serve as a trial for the February Stakes.

Winners since 1996

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
1996 Namura Kakuo 5 Hiroyuki Uemura Akihiko Nomura 1:23.6
1997 Battle Line 4 Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi Matsuda 1:22.9
1998 Tempai 5 Norihiro Yokoyama Nobuharu Fukushima 1:22.7
1999 Tayasu K Point 4 Kazuhiro Kato Kiyohiro Tadokoro 1:23.2
2000 Gold Tiara 4 Yutaka Take Kunihide Matsuda 1:21.9
2001 Broad Appeal 7 Kent Desormeaux Kunihide Matsuda 1:22.9
2002 Sterling Rose 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Shuji Kitahashi 1:22.9
2003 Sterling Rose 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Shuji Kitahashi 1:23.0
2004 Nihon Pillow Cert 6 Futoshi Komaki Tatsuya Meno 1:22.3
2005 Blue Concorde 5 Hideaki Miyuki Toshiyuki Hattori 1:21.9
2006 Meisho Battler 6 Tetsuzo Sato Shigetada Takahashi 1:22.0
2007 Wild Wonder 5 Masayoshi Ebina Takashi Kubota 1:22.7
2008 Vaincre Tateyama 6 Kotaro Akagi Hiroshi Takeda 1:22.0
2009 Lanzarote 6 Yutaka Take Yasutoshi Ikee 1:22.7
2010 Keiai Gerbera 4 Yasunari Iwata Osamu Hirata 1:21.8
2011 Silk Fortune 5 Kota Fujioka Norio Fujisawa 1:22.1
2012 Toshi Candy 6 Manabu Sakai Shoichi Temma 1:22.6
2013 Admire Royal 6 Hirofumi Shii Mitsuru Hashida 1:21.9
2014 Best Warrior 4 Keita Tosaki Sei Ishizaka 1:22.6
2015 Best Warrior 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Sei Ishizaka 1:22.5
2016 Nobo Baccara 4 Mirco Demuro Shoichi Temma 1:22.1
2017 King's Guard 6 Yusuke Fujioka Ryo Terashima 1:22.9
2018 Matera Sky 4 Yutaka Take Hideyuki Mori 1:20.3
2019 Arctos 4 Hironobu Tanabe Toru Kurita 1:21.2
2020 Sunrise Nova 6 Fuma Matsuwaka Hidetaka Otonashi 1:21.8
2021 Meisho Kazusa 4 Kohei Matsuyama Akio Adachi 1:40.9
2022 Gempachi Lucifer 6 Yuga Kawada Shozo Sasaki 1:43.7
2023 Don Frankie 4 Kenichi Ikezoe Takashi Saito 1:23.0
2024 Yamanin Ours 4 Yutaka Take Takashi Saito 1:42.7
  • Prior 2012, the race ran at Hanshin Racecourse.
  • It was moved to Chukyo Racecourse since 2012.
    • In 2020, it was run again at Hanshin Racecourse.
    • In 2021 and 2022, it was run at Kokura Racecourse at 1,700 meters.
    • In 2025 and onwards, it will be run at 1,800 meters.


See also

References

  1. "Musashino Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2025年度の競馬番組等について (Changes regarding to the 2025 Horse Racing Programme)" (PDF). jra.jp. 2024-12-30. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  3. "2016 result". Racing Post. 10 July 2016.
  4. "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 July 2017.
  5. "2018 result". Racing Post. 8 July 2018.
  6. "プロキオンS". Netkeiba.
  7. "Procyon Stakes". Netkeiba.
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