Swan Stakes

Horse race

Swan Stakes
スワンステークス
Race information
Grade 2 race
Lord Quest winning the Swan Stakes in 2018
Location	Kyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated	1958
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o +
Weight	4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 54kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥128,140,000 (total), ¥59,000,000 (winner)

The Swan Stakes (Japanese スワンステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over run in October over a distance of 1,400 metres at Kyoto Racecourse.^[1]

It was first run in 1958 and was promoted to Grade 2 in 1984 when its distance was reduced from 1600 metres.

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
2000	Daitaku Yamato	6	Teruo Eda	Isao Ishikaza	1:20.4
2001	Behind The Mask	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	1.20.8
2002	Shonan Kampf	4	Shinji Fujita	Yokichi Okubo	1.19.8
2003	Gallant Arrow	3	Hideaki Miyuki	Hiroki Sakiyama	1:20.2
2004	Tamamo Hot Play	3	Masaru Honda	Katsumi Minai	1:21.9
2005	Cosmo Sunbeam	4	Masaru Honda	Shozo Sasaki	1:21.5
2006	Precise Machine	7	Masami Matsuoka	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	1:20.3
2007	Super Hornet	4	Yusuke Fujioka	Yoshito Yahagi	1:20.7
2008	Meiner Rainier	4	Tetsuzo Sato	Masato Nishizono	1:19.9
2009	Kinshasa No Kiseki	6	Christophe Soumillon	Noriyuki Hori	1:20.3
2010	Maruka Phoenix	6	Yuichi Fukunaga	Masahiro Matsunaga	1:21.0
2011	Ridill	4	Futoshi Komaki	Kojiro Hashiguchi	1:19.4
2012	Grand Prix Boss	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Yoshito Yahagi	1:20.5
2013	Copano Richard	3	Kota Fujioka	Toru Miya	1:20.8
2014	Mikki Isle	3	Suguru Hamanaka	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:20.3
2015	Albiano	3	Andrasch Starke	Tetuya Kimura	1:20.2
2016	Satono Aladdin	5	Yuga Kawada	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:20.7^[2]
2017	Sungrazer	3	Cristian Demuro	Hidekazu Asami	1:22.4^[3]
2018	Lord Quest	5	Mirco Demuro	Shigeyuki Kojima	1:21.5^[4]
2018	Lord Quest	5	Mirco Demuro	Shigeyuki Kojima	1:21.5^[5]
2019	Diatonic	4	Christophe Soumillon	Takayuki Yasuda	1:21.3
2020	Katsuji	5	Yasunari Iwata	Kaneo Ikezoe	1:21.2
2021^[a]	Danon Fantasy	5	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:20.8
2022^[a]	Diatonic	7	Yasunari Iwata	Takayuki Yasuda	1:19.8
2023	Win Greatest	6	Masami Matsuoka	Yoshihiro Hatakeyama	1:19.9^[6]

^a The 2021 and 2022 runnings took place at Hanshin while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

Earlier winners

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

References

Netkeiba:^[7]^[8]
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^ "Swan Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 29 October 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 28 October 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 27 October 2018.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 27 October 2018.
^ "MBS SHO SWAN STAKES (G2) Full Result | 28 OCT 2023 R11 Kyoto Racing Information (JRA)". netkeiba.com. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
^ "スワンS". Netkeiba.
^ "Mbs Sho Swan Stakes". Netkeiba.

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