The Swan Stakes (Japanese スワンステークス) is a Japanese Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over run in October over a distance of 1,400 metres at Kyoto Racecourse.
It was first run in 1958 as a 1800 metre race in spring for older horses before being shortened to 1600 metres in 1972. The race was promoted to Grade 2 in 1984 when it was reduced from 1600 metres to its current distance, moved from spring to autumn, and was opened to 3 year olds as well.
The race also serves as a trial race for the Mile Championship, with the winner of the Swan Stakes being given an entry slot for the race since 2014.
Weight 55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.
Allowances:
2 kg for fillies / mares 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
If a graded stakes race has been won within a year: 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares) 1 kg for a grade 2 win If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year: 1 kg for a grade 1 win
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2000 Daitaku Yamato 6 Teruo Eda Isao IshikazaKazuko Nakamura 1:20.4 2001 Behind The Mask 5 Mikio Matsunaga Shuji KitahashiSunday Racing 1.20.8 2002 Shonan Kampf 4 Shinji Fujita Yokichi OkuboTetsuhide Kunimoto 1.19.8 2003 Gallant Arrow 3 Hideaki Miyuki Hiroki SakiyamaAtsuko Tomizawa 1:20.2 2004 Tamamo Hot Play 3 Masaru Honda Katsumi MinaiTamamo 1:21.9 2005 Cosmo Sunbeam 4 Masaru Honda Shozo SasakiMisako Okada 1:21.5 2006 Precise Machine 7 Masami Matsuoka Kiyoshi HagiwaraSeiichi Iketani 1:20.3 2007 Super Hornet 4 Yusuke Fujioka Yoshito YahagiTokuo Morimoto 1:20.7 2008 Meiner Rainier 4 Tetsuzo Sato Masato NishizonoThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:19.9 2009 Kinshasa No Kiseki 6 Christophe Soumillon Noriyuki HoriKazumi Yoshida 1:20.3 2010 Maruka Phoenix 6 Yuichi Fukunaga Masahiro MatsunagaKawacho Sangyo 1:21.0 2011 Ridill 4 Futoshi Komaki Kojiro HashiguchiKoji Maeda 1:19.4 2012 Grand Prix Boss 4 Hiroyuki Uchida Yoshito YahagiGrand Prix 1:20.5 2013 Copano Richard 3 Kota Fujioka Toru MiyaSachiaki Kobayashi 1:20.8 2014 Mikki Isle 3 Suguru Hamanaka Hidetaka OtonashiMizuki Noda 1:20.3 2015 Albiano 3 Andrasch Starke Tetsuya KimuraKazumi Yoshida 1:20.2 2016 Satono Aladdin 5 Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi IkeeHajime Satomi 1:20.7 2017 Sungrazer 3 Cristian Demuro Hidekazu AsamiG1 Racing 1:22.4 2018 Lord Quest 5 Mirco Demuro Shigeyuki KojimaLord Horse Club 1:21.5 2019 Diatonic 4 Christophe Soumillon Takayuki YasudaSilk Racing 1:21.3 2020 Katsuji 5 Yasunari Iwata Kaneo IkezoeKanayama Holdings 1:21.2 2021 Danon Fantasy 5 Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaDanox 1:20.8 2022 Diatonic 7 Yasunari Iwata Takayuki YasudaSilk Racing 1:19.82023Win Greatest6Masami MatsuokaYoshihiro HatakeyamaWin1:19.92024Danon McKinley3Kohei MatsuyamaHideaki FujiwaraDanox1:20.52025Off Trail4Akira SugawaraKeiji YoshimuraGodolphin1:18.9
Earlier winners
1958 - Number 11 1959 - Goal Might 1960 - Minshu 1961 - Kodama 1962 - Caesar 1963 - Shimofusa Homre 1964 - Meizui 1965 - Asahoko 1966 - Ballymore Nisei 1967 - Epsom 1968 - Ryu Pharos 1969 - Daiichi O 1970 - Riki Eikan 1971 - Fast Bamboo 1972 - Takara Rose 1973 - Fuseno Suzuran 1974 - Fujino Takawashi 1975 - Itto 1976 - Long Fast 1977 - Flowcan Boy 1978 - Riki Taiko 1979 - Hokuto Boy 1980 - Agnes Press 1981 - Satsuki Rainbow 1982 - Agnes Venture 1983 - Hagino Kamuio 1984 - Nihon Pillow Winner 1985 - Korin O 1986 - Nippon Teio 1987 - Pot Tesco Lady 1988 - Shin Wind 1989 - Bamboo Memory 1990 - Narcisse Noir 1991 - K S Miracle 1992 - Dictar Girl 1993 - Shinko Lovely 1994 - Sakura Bakushin O 1995 - Hishi Akebono 1996 - Sugino Hayakaze 1997 - Taiki Shuttle 1998 - Royal Suzuka 1999 - Black Hawk
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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