Procyon Stakes

Horse race

Procyon Stakes
プロキオンステークス
Race information
Grade 3 race
Silk Fortune wins the 2011 Procyon Stakes at Kyoto
Location	Chukyo Racecourse
Inaugurated	1989
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1400 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 53kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg.
Purse	¥77,360,000 (total), ¥36,000,000 (winner)

The Procyon Stakes (Japanese プロキオンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 1400 metres on dirt at Chukyo Racecourse.^[1]

It was first run over the current distance in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. It was run at Hanshin Racecourse before moving to Chukyo in 2012.

Winners since 1996

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1996	Namura Kakuo	5	Hiroyuki Uemura	Akihiko Nomura	1:23.6
1997	Battle Line	4	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:22.9
1998	Tempai	5	Norihiro Yokoyama	Nobuharu Fukushima	1:22.7
1999	Tayasu K Point	4	Kazuhiro Kato	Kiyohiro Tadokoro	1:23.2
2000	Gold Tiara	4	Yutaka Take	Kunihide Matsuda	1:21.9
2001	Broad Appeal	7	Kent Desormeaux	Kunihide Matsuda	1:22.9
2002	Sterling Rose	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	1:22.9
2003	Sterling Rose	6	Yuichi Fukunaga	Shuji Kitahashi	1:23.0
2004	Nihon Pillow Cert	6	Futoshi Komaki	Tatsuya Meno	1:22.3
2005	Blue Concorde	5	Hideaki Miyuki	Toshiyuki Hattori	1:21.9
2006	Meisho Battler	6	Tetsuzo Sato	Shigetada Takahashi	1:22.0
2007	Wild Wonder	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Takashi Kubota	1:22.7
2008	Vaincre Tateyama	6	Kotaro Akagi	Hiroshi Takeda	1:22.0
2009	Lanzarote	6	Yutaka Take	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:22.7
2010	Keiai Gerbera	4	Yasunari Iwata	Osamu Hirata	1:21.8
2011	Silk Fortune	5	Kota Fujioka	Norio Fujisawa	1:22.1
2012	Toshi Candy	6	Manabu Sakai	Shoichi Temma	1:22.6
2013	Admire Royal	6	Hirofumi Shii	Mitsuru Hashida	1:21.9
2014	Best Warrior	4	Keita Tosaki	Sei Ishizaka	1:22.6
2015	Best Warrior	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Sei Ishizaka	1:22.5
2016	Nobo Baccara	4	Mirco Demuro	Shoichi Temma	1:22.1^[2]
2017	King's Guard	6	Yusuke Fujioka	Ryo Terashima	1:22.9^[3]
2018	Matera Sky	4	Yutaka Take	Hideyuki Mori	1:20.3^[4]
2019	Arctos	4	Hironobu Tanabe	Toru Kurita	1:21.2
2020	Sunrise Nova	6	Fuma Matsuwaka	Hidetaka Otonashi	1:21.8
2021	Meisho Kazusa	4	Kohei Matsuyama	Akio Adachi	1:40.9
2022	Gempachi Lucifer	6	Yuga Kawada	Shozo Sasaki	1:43.7
2023	Don Frankie	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Takashi Saito	1:23.0

Prior 2012, the race ran at Hanshin Racecourse.
- In 2006 and 2011, it was run at Kyoto Racecourse.
It was moved to Chukyo Racecourse since 2012.
- In 2020, it was run again at Hanshin Racecourse.
- In 2021 and 2022, it was run at Kokura Racecourse over 1700 meters.

References

Netkeiba:^[5]^[6]
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^ "Musashino Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 10 July 2016.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 July 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 8 July 2018.
^ "プロキオンS". Netkeiba.
^ "Procyon Stakes". Netkeiba.

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