Rose Stakes

The Rose Stakes (Japanese ローズステークス) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Hyōgo Prefecture for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1800 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in September, having been run over 2000 metres until 2006.[1]

Rose Stakes

Grade 2 race
2010 Rose Stakes winner
Location	Hanshin Racecourse
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1800 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o fillies
Weight	54kg
Purse	¥112,520,000 (total) ¥52,000,000 (winner)

The Rose Stakes was first run in 1983 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It serves as a trial race for the Shuka Sho. Winners of the race have included Daiwa Scarlet, Gentildonna and Sinhalite.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Nihon Pillow Swan	Yuichi Fukunaga	Tanaka Kotaro	2:00.3
2001	Diamond Biko	Mikio Matsunaga	Kazuo Fujisawa	2:01.9
2002	Fine Motion	Mikio Matsunaga	Yuji Ito	2:00.1
2003	Admire Groove	Yutaka Take	Mitsuru Hashida	2:01.5
2004	Les Clefs d'Or	Katsumi Ando	Yasuo Ikee	1:59.0
2005	Air Messiah	Yutaka Take	Yasunori Ito	2:00.1
2006	Admire Kiss	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:58.2
2007	Daiwa Scarlet	Katsumi Ando	Kunihide Matsuda	1:46.1
2008	Meine Ratsel	Yuga Kawada	Tadao Igarashi	1:47.3
2009	Broad Street	Shinji Fujita	Hideaki Fujiwara	1:44.7
2010	Animate Bio	Hiroki Goto	Koji Maki	1:45.8
2011	Whale Capture	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kiyotaka Tanaka	1:48.1
2012	Gentildonna	Yasunari Iwata	Sei Ishizaka	1:46.8
2013	Denim And Ruby	Hiroyuki Uchida	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:47.7
2014	Nuovo Record	Yasunari Iwata	Makoto Saito	1:46.0
2015	Touching Speech	Christophe Lemaire	Sei Ishizaka	1:45.2
2016	Sinhalite	Kenichi Ikezoe	Sei Ishizaka	1:46.7[2]
2017	Rabbit Run	Ryuji Wada	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:45.5[3]
2018	Cantabile	Christophe Lemaire	Kazuya Nakatake	1:45.7[4]
2019	Danon Fantasy	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:44.4
2020	Ria Amelia ^[1]	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:59.9

¹ The 2020 race took place at Chukyo Racecourse over 2000 metres.

Earlier winners

• 1983 - Long Grace
• 1984 - Long Leather
• 1985 - Takeno Hinami
• 1986 - Mejiro Ramonu
• 1987 - Max Beauty
• 1988 - Shiyono Roman
• 1989 - Shadai Kagura
• 1990 - Katsuno Jo
• 1991 - Rinden Lily
• 1992 - El Casa River
• 1993 - Star Ballerina
• 1994 - Hishi Amazon
• 1995 - Silent Happiness
• 1996 - Hishi Natalie
• 1997 - Kyoei March
• 1998 - Phalaenopsis
• 1999 - Hishi Pinnacle

See also

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

References

1. "Rose Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 18 September 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 17 September 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 16 September 2018.