March Stakes (Japan)

Horse race

March Stakes
マーチステークス
Race information
Grade 3 race
Testa Matta after winning the 2011 March Stakes
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	1994
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	Handicap
Purse	¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 38,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The March Stakes (Japanese マーチステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in March over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Nakayama Racecourse.^[1]

It was first run in 1994 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 2011.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Tamamo Strong	5	Koike Takao	Shinobu Yoshinaga	1:49.7
2001	Island Oja	5	Eiji Nakadate	Masakatsu Sakai	1:50.8
2002	Mambo Twist	7	Katsumi Ando	Taira Furukawa	1:51.3
2003	Smart Boy	8	Naoto Ito	Keizo Ito	1:52.0
2004	En Dehors	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Hiroyuki Nagahama	1:53.0
2005	Koolinger	6	Ryuji Wada	Ichizo Iwamato	1:52.0
2006	Hishi Atlas	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Takao Nakano	1:51.4
2007	Quiet Day	7	Koichi Tsunoda	Shoichi Matsumoto	1:51.4
2008	Nanayo Himawari	7	Yoshiyuki Obara	Isami Obara	1:51.6
2009	Espoir City	4	Masami Matsuoka	Akio Adachi	1:51.9
2010	Makoto Sparviero	7	Hiroki Goto	Ippo Sameshima	1:51.9
2011	Testa Matta	5	Hirofumi Shii	Akira Murayama	1:50.0
2012	Silent Melody	5	Hiroki Goto	Sakae Kunieda	1:51.0
2013	Grand City	6	Akihide Tsumura	Ikuo Aizawa	1:52.6
2014	Solor	4	Masayoshi Ebina	Kazuya Nakatake	1:51.2
2015	Meiner Crop	5	Yuji Tannai	Yuzo Iida	1:52.7
2016	Shonan Apollon	6	Masami Matsuoka	Fumiaki Koga	1:52.7
2017	Incantation	7	Masaki Katsuura	Tomohiko Hatsuki	1:52.0^[2]
2018	Centurion	6	Hideaki Miyuki	Yauhito Tamura	1:52.1^[3]
2019	Satono Titan	6	Shu Ihibashi	Noriyuki Hori	1:52.3^[4]
2020	Suave Aramis	5	Kota Fujioka	Naosuke Sugai	1:51.3
2021	Rapier Wit	6	Shu Ihibashi	Noriyuki Hori	1:51.0
2022	Meisho Hario	5	Suguru Hamanaka	Inao Okada	1:50.2
2023	Hayabusa Nandekun	7	Akihide Tsumura	Keiji Yoshimura	1:51.4
2024	Walzer Schall	5	Arata Saito	Noboru Takagi	1:50.7

Earlier winners

1994 - Bamboo Genesis
1995 - Toyo Lyphard
1996 - Ami Cyclone
1997 - Wild Bluster
1998 - Wild Bluster
1999 - Tayasu K Point

References

Netkeiba:^[5]^[6]
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^ "March Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 26 March 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 25 March 2018.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 24 March 2019.
^ "マーチS". Netkeiba.
^ "March Stakes". Netkeiba.

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