Niigata Nisai Stakes

Horse race

Niigata Nisai Stakes
新潟2歳ステークス
Race information
Grade 3 race
Harp Star wins the Niigata Nisai Stakes in 2013
Location	Niigata Racecourse
Inaugurated	1981
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1600 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	2-y-o
Weight	54 kg
Purse	¥66,660,000 (total), ¥31,000,000 (winner)

The Niigata Nisai Stakes (Japanese 新潟2歳ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in August over a distance of 1600 metres at Niigata Racecourse.^[1]

The race was first run in 1981 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984. Originally run over 1200 metres the race was increased in distance to 1400 metres 1997 and to its current distance in 2002. It was run over 1200 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in 1996 and 2000.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Daiwa Rouge	Hiroshi Kitamura	Hiroyuki Uehara	1:11.1
2001	Balance of Game	Hatsuhiro Kowata	Yoshitada Munakata	1:21.7
2002	Wana	Katsuharu Tanaka	Yoshitada Munakata	1:33.8
2003	Daiwa Bandit	Masayoshi Ebina	Sueo Masuzawa	1:35.0
2004	Meiner Recolte	Hiroki Goto	Masahiro Horii	1:34.8
2005	Shonan Tachyon	Katsuharu Tanaka	Hiroyuki Uehara	1:35.0
2006	Gold Aguli	Katsumi Ando	Hirofumi Toda	1:35.2
2007	F T Maia	Masayoshi Ebina	Susumu Yano	1:34.1
2008	Seiun Wonder	Yasunari Iwata	Masazo Ryoke	1:35.4
2009	Shimmei Fuji	Yasunari Iwata	Takayuki Yasuda	1:34.4
2010	Meine Isabel	Masami Matsuoka	Takahiro Mizuno	1:34.5
2011	Monstre	Yoshitomi Shibata	Tomohito Ozaki	1:33.8
2012	Sarastro	Masami Matsuoka	Yoshinori Muto	1:33.5
2013	Harp Star	Yuga Kawada	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:34.5
2014	Musee Sultan	Yoshitomi Shibata	Satoshi Oehara	1:33.4
2015	Lord Quest	Hironobu Tanabe	Shigeyuki Kojima	1:33.8
2016	Vous Etes Jolie	Yuichi Fukunaga	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:34.3^[2]
2017	Frontier	Yasunari Iwata	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:34.6^[3]
2018	Cadence Call	Shu Ihibashi	Takayuki Yasuda	1:35.5^[4]
2019	Woman's Heart	Kota Fujioka	Katsuichi Nishiura	1:35.0
2020	Shock Action	Keita Tosaki	Ryuji Okubo	1:34.6
2021	Serifos	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:33.8
2022	Kita Wing	Keita Tosaki	Shigeyuki Kojima	1:35.9
2023	Ascoli Piceno	Hiroshi Kitamura	Yoichi Kuroiwa	1:33.8

Earlier winners

1984 - Dyna Shoot
1985 - Dyna Acorn
1986 - Cool Heart
1987 - Green Molly
1988 - Meiner Mut
1989 - Daikatsu Ryusei
1990 - Big Fight
1991 - Uto Jane
1992 - Pegasus
1993 - Excellence Robin
1994 - Tosho Phenoma
1995 - Tayasu Da Vinci
1996 - Personality One
1997 - Courir Cyclone
1998 - Rosado
1999 - Gaily Funky

References

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^ "Niigata Nisai Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 28 August 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 27 August 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 26 August 2018.
^ "新潟2歳S". Netkeiba.
^ "Niigata Nisai Stakes". Netkeiba.

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