The Hyacinth Stakes is an international listed flat horse race in Japan open to three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. It is run at Tokyo Racecourse over a distance of 1,600 meters.
The race was first run in 1969 as an open race for two year as the Hyacinth Tokubetsu, before becoming the Hyacinth Sho in 1970. The race became an open race in 1989, when it was changed to a turf race over a distance of 1,400 meters, before returning to dirt race in 1997, where the distance was extended to the current 1,600 meters, except for 2003 when it was held at Nakayama Racecourse over a course of 1,800 meters. In 2017, the race began to be included as part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series.Hyacinth Stakes (JPN)
Winners since 2003 YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerTime2026Lucky KidMirai IwataYukihiro KatoGodolphin1:36.72025Luxor CafeRachel KingNoriyuki HoriKoichi Nishikawa1:37.62024RamjetKousei MiuraShozo SasakiNorth Hills Co Ltd1:36.22023PerriereYuichi FukunagaYoichi KuroiwaYuji Hasegawa1:37.22022CombustionYuga KawadaKeizo ItoGodolphin1:35.320212021 Hyacinth StakesLa PerouseChristophe LemaireKazuo FujisawaNobutaka Tada1:36.82020Hyacinth Stakes (Listed Race) (3yo) (Dirt)Cafe PharoahMirco DemuroNoriyuki HoriKoichi Nishikawa1.37.7 20192019 Hyacinth StakesOval AceMasayoshi EbinaNoboru TakagiIsao Nishimori1:38.62018SumahamaYusuke FujiokaRyo TakahashiSanshisuimei Co Ltd1:38.52017Epicharis earns Kentucky Derby invitationEpicharisChristophe LemaireKiyoshi HagiwaraCarrot Farm Co Ltd1:37.82016Gold DreamHironobu TanabeOsamu HirataKatsumi Yoshida1:35.42015Golden BarowsKeita TosakiNoriyuki HoriHirotsugu Inokuma1:36.72014EkimaeTeruo EdaTadashige NakagawaTomohiro Furukawa1:37.52013Charlie BraveWilliam BuickTomohito OzekiMasamichi Hayashi1:36.62012Fleet StreetYasunari IwataKatsuhiko SumiiGodolphin1:38.72011La Vie en ClaireMirco DemuroNobuhiro SuzukiShadai Racehorse Co Ltd1:38.22010Birdie BirdieMasami MatsuokaYasuo IkeeMieko Satomi1:37.42009Kanetoshi KoshoKatsuharu TanakaAkira MurayamaToshio Kanematsu1:38.42008Success BrockenNorihiro YokoyamaHideaki FujiwaraTetsu Takashima1:37.02007Ferrari PisaYasunari IwataToshiaki ShiraiYoshimi Ichikawa1:35.92006Flamme de PassionYutaka TakeKatsuhiko SumiiSunday Racing Co Ltd1:38.22005Don CoolShigefumi KumazawaShinobu UmeuchiKoichi Yamada1:37.02004Cafe OlympusYoshitomi ShibataYasuhisa MatsuyamaKoichi Nishikawa1:37.12003Big WolfMirco DemuroTadashi NakaoU.Big1:53.0
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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