# Stayers Stakes

The Stayers Stakes (Japanese ステイヤーズステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over run in December over a distance of 3,600 metres at Nakayama Racecourse.
It was first run in early Autumn of 1967 before being moved to December from 1972. The Stayers Stakes was promoted to Grade 3 in 1984, and later to Grade 2 in 1997.

## Weight

55 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.
Allowances:
* 2 kg for fillies / mares
* 2 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 | Owner | Time |
| 2000 | Hot Secret | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Yoshiyuki Goto | Makoto Kaneko | 3:45.6 |
| 2001 | Erimo Brian | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Izumi Shimizu | Shinichi Yamamoto | 3:43.3 |
| 2002 | Hot Secret | 6 | Yukio Okabe | Yoshiyuki Goto | Makoto Kaneko | 3:45.6 |
| 2003 | Chakra | 3 | Hiroki Goto | Akio Adachi | Eiko Tadokoro | 3:48.2 |
| 2004 | Daitaku Bertram | 6 | Mirco Demuro | Kojiro Hashiguchi | Taiyo Farm | 3:44.8 |
| 2005 | Delta Blues | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Katsuhiko Sumii | Sunday Racing | 3:47.7 |
| 2006 | Eye Popper | 6 | Olivier Peslier | Izumi Shimizu | Sunday Racing | 3:43.4 |
| 2007 | Makihata Cyborg | 5 | Yutaka Yoshida | Megumu Shinkawa | Makimoto Bokujo | 3:44.9 |
| 2008 | Air Zipangu | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hideaki Fujiwara | Lucky Field | 3:48.1 |
| 2009 | Forgettable | 3 | Christophe Soumillon | Yasutoshi Ikee | Makoto Kaneko | 3:51.3 |
| 2010 | Cosmo Helenos | 3 | Masami Matsuoka | Masatatsu Kikukawa | Big Red Farm | 3:43.4 |
| 2011 | Meiner Kitz | 8 | Kousei Miura | Sakae Kunieda | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 3:50.8 |
| 2012 | Tokai Trick | 10 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Kenji Nonaka | Masanori Uchimura | 3:46.5 |
| 2013 | Desperado | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Akio Adachi | Yoshimi Ichikawa | 3:45.2 |
| 2014 | Desperado | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Akio Adachi | Yoshimi Ichikawa | 3:47.8 |
| 2015 | Albert | 4 | Ryan Moore | Noriyuki Hori | Masamichi Hayashi | 3:45.9 |
| 2016 | Albert | 5 | Ryan Moore | Noriyuki Hori | Masamichi Hayashi | 3:47.8 |
| 2017 | Albert | 6 | Ryan Moore | Noriyuki Hori | Masamichi Hayashi | 3:43.0 |
| 2018 | Ridge Man | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Yasushi Shono | Tsuji Bokujo | 3:45.2 |
| 2019 | Mondo Intero | 7 | William Buick | Takahisa Tezuka | Silk Racing | 3:46.1 |
| 2020 | Ocea Great | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Masatatsu Kikukawa | IHR | 3:52.0 |
| 2021 | Divine Force | 5 | Hironobu Tanabe | Ryo Terashima | Haruya Yoshida | 3:47.6 |
| 2022 | Silver Sonic | 6 | Damian Lane | Yasutoshi Ikee | Shadai Race Horse | 3:46.3 |
| 2023 | Iron Barows | 6 | Shu Ishibashi | Hiroyuki Uemura | Hirotsugu Inokuma | 3:45.4 |
| 2024 | Chevalier Rose | 6 | Yuichi Kitamura | Hisashi Shimizu | Carrot Farm Co. Ltd. | 3:46.7 |

## Earlier winners

* 1984 - Kane Kuroshio
* 1985 - Hokkai Pegasus
* 1986 - See Nan Lady
* 1987 - Mount Nizon
* 1988 - Slew O Dyna
* 1989 - Slew O Dyna
* 1990 - Doctor Spurt
* 1991 - Meisho Vitoria
* 1992 - Ayrton Symboli
* 1993 - Ayrton Symboli
* 1994 - Air Dublin
* 1995 - Stage Champ
* 1996 - Sage Wells
* 1997 - Mejiro Bright
* 1998 - Inter Flag
* 1999 - Painted Black