| Grade 2 race | |
.jpg) Lord Quest winning the Swan Stakes in 2018 | |
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1958 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o + |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 128,140,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 59,000,000 2nd: ¥ 24,000,000 3rd: ¥ 15,000,000 |
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.
It was first run in 1958 and was promoted to Grade 2 in 1984 when its distance was reduced from 1600 metres.
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 |
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 |
| 2017 | Sungrazer | 3 | Cristian Demuro | Hidekazu Asami | 1:22.4 |
| 2018 | Lord Quest | 5 | Mirco Demuro | Shigeyuki Kojima | 1:21.5 |
| 2018 | Lord Quest | 5 | Mirco Demuro | Shigeyuki Kojima | 1:21.5 |
| 2019 | Diatonic | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:21.3 |
| 2020 | Katsuji | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:21.2 |
| 2021 | Danon Fantasy | 5 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:20.8 |
| 2022 | Diatonic | 7 | Yasunari Iwata | Takayuki Yasuda | 1:19.8 |
| 2023 | Win Greatest | 6 | Masami Matsuoka | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | 1:19.9 |
| 2024 | Danon McKinley | 3 | Kohei Matsuyama | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:20.5 |
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
See also
References
- Netkeiba:
- "Swan Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- "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.