# Procyon Stakes

The Procyon Stakes (Japanese プロキオンステークス) is a Grade 2 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1,800 meters on dirt at Chukyo Racecourse.
It was first run over the distance of 1,400 meters in 1996, open to three and over, and has held Grade 3 status ever since. It was run at Hanshin Racecourse before moving to Chukyo in 2012. In 2025, the race will be promoted to Grade 2 status and will be run in January over a distance of 1,800 meters. The race will now serve as a trial for the February Stakes.

## Weight

56 kg for four-year-olds, 57 kg for five-year-olds and above.
Allowances:
* 2 kg for fillies / mares
* 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred four-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 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 |
| 2017 | King's Guard | 6 | Yusuke Fujioka | Ryo Terashima | 1:22.9 |
| 2018 | Matera Sky | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | 1:20.3 |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Yamanin Ours | 4 | Yutaka Take | Takashi Saito | 1:42.7 |
| 2025 | Sunday Funday | 5 | Katsuma Sameshima | Katsuma Sameshima | 1:50.6 |
* 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 at 1,700 meters.
** In 2025 and onwards, it will be run at 1,800 meters.