Silk Road Stakes

Horse race

Silk Road Stakes
シルクロードステークス

Lord Kanaloa win the 2012 Silk Road Stakes

Class| Grade 3
Location| Kyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated| 1996
Race type| Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance| 1200 metres
Surface| Turf
Track| Right-handed
Qualification| 4-y-o+
Weight| Handicap
Purse| ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2025)
1st: ¥ 41,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Silk Road Stakes (Japanese シルクロードステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.[1]

The Silk Road Stakes was first run as a graded race in 1996 with Grade 3 status, and has held on to that status ever since.

## Past winners

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Year
| Winner
| Age
| Jockey
| Trainer
| Time

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1996[2] | Flower Park  | 4  | Seiki Tabara  | Shoichi Matsumoto  | 1:07.6
1997  | Eishin Berlin  | 5  | Katsumi Minai  | Masanori Sakaguchi  | 1:06.9
1998  | Seeking The Pearl  | 3  | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori  | 1:08.6
1999  | Meiner Love  | 4  | Mikio Matsunaga  | Ryuichi Inaba  | 1:08.7
2000  | Broad Appeal  | 6  | Koshiro Take | Kunihide Matsuda  | 1:09.5
2001  | Trot Star  | 5  | Masayoshi Ebina | Eiji Nakano  | 1:08.7
2002  | Gaily Flash  | 9  | Tetsuya Kobayashi  | Isao Yasuda  | 1:08.7
2003  | T M Sunday  | 7  | Shinichiro Akiyama  | Masaru Fukushima  | 1:08.6
2004  | Keeneland Swan  | 6  | Andreas Suborics | Hideyuki Nori  | 1:08.6
2005  | Precious Cafe  | 5  | Masayoshi Ebina  | Futoshi Kojima  | 1:08.1
2006  | Tamamo Hot Play  | 5  | Kunihiko Watanabe  | Katsumi Minai  | 1:08.9
2007  | M O Winner  | 6  | Futoshi Komaki  | Toshiyuki Hattori  | 1:07.8
2008  | Fine Grain | 5  | Hideaki Miyuki  | Hiroyuki Nagahama  | 1:09.1
2009  | Urban Street  | 5  | Yuichi Fukunaga | Akihiko Nomura  | 1:08.5
2010  | Ultima Thule  | 6  | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masashi Okuhira  | 1:08.1
2011  | Jo Cappuccino | 5  | Kota Fujioka  | Kazuya Nakatake  | 1:08.2
2012  | Lord Kanaloa | 4  | Yuichi Fukunaga  | Takayuki Yasuda  | 1:08.3
2013  | Dream Valentino  | 6  | Kohei Matsuyama  | Tadashi Kayo  | 1:08.6
2014  | Straight Girl | 5  | Yasunari Iwata | Hideaki Fujiwara  | 1:07.4
2015  | Am Ball Bleiben  | 6  | Ken Tanaka  | Nobuharu Fukushima  | 1:07.9
2016  | Dance Director  | 6  | Suguru Hamanaka  | Kazuhide Sasada  | 1:07.9
2017  | Dance Director  | 7  | Yutaka Take  | Kazuhide Sasada  | 1:07.8[3]
2018  | Fine Needle | 5  | Yuga Kawada | Yoshitada Takahashi  | 1:08.3[4]
2019  | Danon Smash | 4  | Yuichi Kitamura  | Takayuki Yasuda  | 1:08.3[5]
2020  | A Will A Way  | 4  | Yuga Kawada  | Tomokazu Takano  | 1:09.0
2021*  | Shivaji  | 6  | Yuichi Fukunaga  | Kenji Nonaka  | 1:08.3
2022*  | Meikei Yell  | 4  | Kenichi Ikezoe | Hidenori Take  | 1:08.1
2023*  | Namura Clair  | 4  | Suguru Hamanaka  | Kodai Hasegawa  | 1:07.3
2024  | Lugal  | 4  | Atsuya Nishimura  | Haruki Sugiyama  | 1:07.7
2025  | A Shin Fencer  | 5  | Kenji Kawamata  | Keiji Yoshimura  | 1:08.2

*The 2021, 2022, and 2023 races took place at Chukyo Racecourse.

## Previous Silk Road Stakes

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From 1989 to 1995, a listed race of the same name was held at Kyoto Racecourse. The race was held over a distance of 1600m in 1989 while the race in subsequent years were held at 1200m.

Year
| Winner
| Age
| Jockey
| Trainer
| Time

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1989[6] | Shiyono Roman  | 4  | Yutaka Take  | Hozumi Shono  | 1:35.7
1990[7] | Eiko Caesar  | 5  | Yutaka Take  | Isao Yasuda  | 1:10.9
1991[8] | Meisho Machina  | 4  | Yoshiyasu Tajima  | Nao Takahashi  | 1:09.9
1992[9] | Yuki Top Run  | 4  | Yutaka Take  | Masaru Sayama  | 1:09.4
1993[10] | Yutaka Take  | 5  | Hiroshi Kawachi  | Masaru Sayama  | 1:09.5
1994[11] | Gold Mountain  | 5  | Koichi Tsunoda  | Masaru Sayama  | 1:08.8
1995[12] | Gold Mountain  | 6  | Shigehiko Kishi  | Masaru Sayama  | 1:07.9

## See also

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

## References

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* Netkeiba:[13][14]
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2. ^ "第1回シルクロードS(G3)". netkeiba.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-17.
3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 29 January 2017.
4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 28 January 2018.
5. ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 27 January 2019.
6. ^ "シルクロードS". netkeiba.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-17.
7. ^ "シルクロードS". netkeiba.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-17.
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* Nakayama Kimpai
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* Marine Cup
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* Kakitsubata Kinen
* Hokkaido Sprint Cup
* Sparking Lady Cup
* Mercury Cup
* Cluster Cup
* Breeders' Gold Cup
* Summer Champion
* Hakusan Daishoten
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* Tokyo Jump Stakes
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* Kyoto Jump Stakes

Defunct|

* Mermaid Stakes
* Kyoto Himba Stakes
* Kokura Nisai Stakes

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* Japan Racing Association
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