Heian Stakes

The Heian Stakes (Japanese 平安ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in May over a distance of 1900 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]

Heian Stakes

Grade 3 race
Incantation win the 2015 Heian Stakes
Location	Kyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated	1986
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1900 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	56 kg, fillies and mares allowed 2 kg
Purse	¥84,740,000 (total), ¥39,000,000 (winner)

The Heian Stakes was first run in 1986 and has held Grade 3 status since 1994. The distance was originally 1400 metres before being increased to 1800 metres in 1994 and to 1900 metres in 2013. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1994.

Winners since 1994

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1994	Toyo Lyphard	4	Masahiro Matsunaga	Yoshiharu Matsunaga	1:52.8
1995	Lively Mount	4	Mamoru Ishibashi	Fujio Shibata	1:52.9
1996	Admire Bosatsu	6	Junichi Serizawa	Mitsuru Hashida	1:50.5
1997 (dh)	Shinko Windy Toyo Seattle	4 4	Hirofumi Shii Masahiro Matsunaga	Kiyotaka Tanaka Yoshiharu Matsunaga	1:49.9
1998	M I Blanc	6	Yutaka Take	Shuji Ito	1:48.5
1999	Osumi Jet	5	Hirofumi Shii	Toshiaki Shirai	1:49.9
2000	Osumi Jet	6	Hirofumi Shii	Toshiaki Shirai	1:49.8
2001	Mambo Twist	6	Hirofumi Shii	Taira Furakawa	1:48.7
2002	Smart Boy	7	Naoto Ito	Keizo Ito	1:50.9
2003	Smart Boy	8	Naoto Ito	Keizo Ito	1:49.7
2004	Time Paradox	6	Mitsuaki Ando	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:51.3
2005	Hishi Atlas	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Takao Nakano	1:50.3
2006	Tagano Guernica	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	1:50.2
2007	Meisho Tokon	5	Mamoru Ishibashi	Isao Yasuda	1:51.0
2008	Quiet Day	8	Koichi Tsunoda	Shoichi Matsumoto	1:51.0
2009	Wonder Speed	7	Futoshi Komaki	Tomohiko Hastuki	1:50.4
2010	Roll of the Dice	5	Yasunari Iwata	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:51.1
2011	Daishin Orange	6	Yuga Kawada	Yasushi Shono	1:51.5
2012	Hiraboku King	5	Yusuke Fujioka	Ryuji Okubo	1:48.1
2013	Nihonpiro Ours	6	Manabu Sakai	Yuki Ohashi	1:56.9
2014	Kurino Star O	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Yoshitada Takahashi	1:56.6
2015	Incantation	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Tomohiko Hastuki	1:55.1
2016	Asukano Roman	5	Keisuke Dazai	Yoshihiko Kawamura	1:56.2
2017	Great Pearl	4	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:55.7[2]
2018	Sunrise Soar	4	Mirco Demuro	Hiroshi Kawachi	1:57.3[3]
2019	Chuwa Wizard	4	Yuga Kawada	Ryuji Okubo	1:58.1[4]
2020	Omega Perfume	5	Yuichi Kitamura	Shogo Yasuda	1:56.0

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races

References

1. "Heian Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 20 May 2017.
3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 19 May 2018.
4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 18 May 2019.