Diamond Stakes
ダイヤモンドステークス
Grade 3 race
Fame Game win the 2018 Diamond Stakes
LocationTokyo Racecourse
Inaugurated1951
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance3400 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
WeightHandicap
Purse¥87,960,000 (total), ¥41,000,000 (winner)

The Diamond Stakes (Japanese ダイヤモンドステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in February over a distance of 3400 metres on turf at Tokyo Racecourse.[1]

The Diamond Stakes was first run in 1951 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. In its early years, the race was usually run at Nakayama Racecourse and returned to that track in 1985, 1986 and 2003. It was usually run over 2600 metres, until 1964.

Winners since 2000

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Time
2000 Yusei Top Run 7 Hiroki Goto Hidetaka Otonashi 3:17.5
2001 Ibuki Yamano O 6 Olivier Peslier Maazo Ryoke 3:18.0
2002 King The Fact 5 Hiroki Goto Kiyoshi Tani 3:19.8
2003 Ingrandire 4 Junichi Kobayashi Yoshinami Shimizu 3:23.7
2004 Namura Thanks 5 Kunihiko Watanabe Yoshiharu Matsunaga 3:31.9
2005 Win Glanz 5 Masami Matsuoka Keiji Takaichi 3:33.5
2006 Macky Max 6 Shinji Fujita Hideaki Fujiwara 3:30.3
2007 Tokai Trick 5 Christophe Lemaire Shoichi Matsumoto 3:30.6
2008 Admire Monarch 7 Katsumi Ando Hiroyoshi Matsuda 3:33.6
2009 Monte Kris S 4 Hiroshi Kitamura Kunihide Matsuda 3:29.4
2010 Forgettable 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee 3:32.6
2011 Cosmo Meadow 4 Anthony Crastus Shigenori Hatakeyama 3:31.9
2012 Keiai Dosojin 6 Yutaka Yoshida Yasuhito Tamura 3:36.8
2013 Admire Rakti 5 Hiroyuki Uchida Tomoyuki Umeda 3:31.9
2014 Fame Game 4 Hitoshi Kitamura Yoshitada Munakata 3:30.2
2015 Fame Game 5 Hitoshi Kitamura Yoshitada Munakata 3:31.9
2016 Twinkle 5 Masaki Katsuura Kazuya Makita 3:37.8
2017 Albert 6 Ryan Moore Noriyuki Hori 3:35.2[2]
2018 Fame Game 8 Christophe Lemaire Yoshitada Munakata 3:31.6[3]
2019 You Can Smile 4 Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Tomomichi 3:31.5[4]
2020 Miraieno Tsubasa 7 Daishi Ito Yasuo Tomomichi 3:31.2
2021 Grandiose 6 Kosei Miura Yasuhito Tamura 3:31.2
2022 T O Royal 4 Yuji Hishida Inao Okada 3:30.1
2023 Mixology 4 Atsuya Nishimura Yasuyuki Tsujino 3:29.1

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Dai Sekitai
  • 1985 - Hokkai Pegasus
  • 1986 - Trademark
  • 1987 - Dolsa Sport
  • 1988 - Dyna Breeze
  • 1989 - Slew O Dyna
  • 1990 - Slew O Dyna
  • 1991 - North Shuttle
  • 1992 - Mr Cyclennon
  • 1993 - Matikanetannhauser
  • 1994 - Sengoku Silver
  • 1995 - Air Dublin
  • 1996 - Yu Sensho
  • 1997 - Yu Sensho
  • 1998 - Yusei Top Run
  • 1999 - Tamamo Inazuma

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Diamond Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 18 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "2018 result". Racing Post. 17 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "2019 result". Racing Post. 16 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "ダイヤモンドS". Netkeiba.
  6. ↑ "Diamond Stakes". Netkeiba.
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