Kokura Nisai Stakes

The Kokura Nisai Stakes (Japanese 小倉2歳ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in September over a distance of 1200 metres at Kokura Racecourse.^[1]

Kokura Nisai Stakes
小倉2歳ステークス

Grade 3 race
The Grandstand at Kokura
Location	Kokura Racecourse
Inaugurated	1961
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1200 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	2-y-o
Weight	54 kg
Purse	¥66,660,000 (total), ¥31,000,000 (winner)

The race was first run in 1961 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Riki Serenade	Yuichi Fukunaga	Tsutomu Setoguchi	1:11.1
2001	Tamuro Cherry	Takao Koike	Masato Nishizono	1:10.6
2002	Maple Road	Jun'ichi Serizawa	Hidetaka Tadokoro	1:09.8
2003	Meisho Bowler	Yuichi Fukunaga	Toshiaki Shirai	1:09.3
2004	Cosmo Valenti	Koshiro Take	Tadashi Kayo	1:08.2
2005	Alluring Voice	Yutaka Take	Akihiko Nomura	1:09.1
2006	Aston Machan	Ryota Sameshima	Sei Ishizaka	1:08.4
2007	Marubutsu Easter	Ryuji Wada	Hiroaki Sugiura	1:09.3
2008	De Gratia	Suguru Hamanaka	Hiroshi Miyamoto	1:09.1
2009	Jewel of Nile	Ryota Sameshima	Yoshiyuki Arakawa	1:09.0
2010	Brown Wild	Suguru Hamanaka	Masanori Sakaguchi	1:08.7
2011	Epice Arome	Suguru Hamanaka	Sei Ishizaka	1:08.8
2012	Meiner Eternel	Ryuji Wada	Masato Nishizono	1:07.9
2013	Horai Akiko	Ryuji Wada	Katsumi Minai	1:08.8
2014	Omi Alice	Yusaku Kokubun	Norio Fujisawa	1:08.4
2015	Shuji	Yasunari Iwata	Kojiro Hashiguchi	1:08.9
2016	Reine Minoru	Suguru Hamanaka	Masaru Honda	1:08.0 ^[2]
2017	Asakusa Genki	Yutaka Take	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:09.1 ^[3]
2018	Fantasist	Yutaka Take	Tomoyuki Umeda	1:08.9 ^[4]
2019	Meiner Grit	Yusaku Kokubun	Naohiro Yoshida	1:10.5
2020	Meikei Yell	Yutaka Take	Hidenori Take	1:09.6
2021	Namura Clair	Suguru Hamanaka	Kodai Hasegawa	1:07.9
2022	London Plan	Kohei Matsuyama	Hiroshi Miyamoto	1:08.1
2023	Ask One Time	Mirai Iwata	Tomoyuki Umeda	1:08.6

Earlier winners

• 1984 - Dyna Super
• 1985 - Kyowa Shinzan
• 1986 - Sankin Hayate
• 1987 - Pot Naopoleon
• 1988 - Dandy Apollo
• 1989 - Hagino High Touch
• 1990 - T M Lisme
• 1991 - Zinc Tamon O
• 1992 - Maruka Iris
• 1993 - Nagara Flash
• 1994 - Eishin Sansan
• 1995 - Eishin Itto O
• 1996 - Godspeed
• 1997 - Takeichi Kento
• 1998 - Koei Roman
• 1999 - Alluring Act

See also

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

References

• Netkeiba:^[5][6]
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1. "Kokura Nisai Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
2. "2016 result". Racing Post. 4 September 2016.
3. "2017 result". Racing Post. 3 September 2017.
4. "2018 result". Racing Post. 2 September 2018.
5. "小倉2歳S". Netkeiba.
6. "Kokura Nisai Stakes". Netkeiba.