# Spring Stakes (Japan)

The Spring Stakes (スプリングステークス, supuringu sutēkusu) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1,800 metres at Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. The race is run in March and serves as a major trial race for the Satsuki Sho.
It was first run in 1952. Among the winners of the race have been Shinzan, Narita Brian, Bubble Gum Fellow, Neo Universe, Meisho Samson and Orfevre.

## Winners since 1994

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 1994 | Narita Brian | Katsumi Minai | Masaaki Ookubo | 1:49.1 |
| 1995 | Narita King O | Katsumi Minai | Kentaro Nakao | 1:54.5 |
| 1996 | Bubble Gum Fellow | Yukio Okabe | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:50.1 |
| 1997 | Big Sunday | Masayoshi Ebina | Tadashi Nakao | 1:52.2 |
| 1998 | Courir Cyclone | Masayoshi Ebina | Ryuichi Inaba | 1:49.8 |
| 1999 | Wonder Fang | Miyuki Hideaki | Masazo Ryoke | 1:51.2 |
| 2000 | Daitaku Riva | Ryo Takahashi | Kojiro Hashiguchi | 1:49.1 |
| 2001 | Agnes Gold | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hiroyuki Nagahama | 1:50.1 |
| 2002 | Tanino Gimlet | Hirofumi Shii | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:46.9 |
| 2003 | Neo Universe | Mirco Demuro | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 1:48.2 |
| 2004 | Black Tide | Norihiro Yokoyama | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:48.3 |
| 2005 | Dance in the More | Masayoshi Ebina | Ikuo Aizawa | 1:47.3 |
| 2006 | Meisho Samson | Mamoru Ishibashi | Tsutomu Setoguchi | 1:48.9 |
| 2007 | Flying Apple | Noriyuki Hori | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:49.0 |
| 2008 | Smile Jack | Futoshi Komaki | Satoru Kobiyama | 1:48.9 |
| 2009 | Unrivaled | Yasunari Iwata | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:50.8 |
| 2010 | Aliseo | Norihiro Yokoyama | Noriyuki Hori | 1:48.2 |
| 2011 | Orfevre | Kenichi Ikezoe | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:46.4 |
| 2012 | Grandezza | Mirco Demuro | Oamu Hirata | 1:50.7 |
| 2013 | Logotype | Cristian Demuro | Tsuyoshi Tanaka | 1:47.8 |
| 2014 | Rosa Gigantea | Mirco Demuro | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:48.4 |
| 2015 | Kitasan Black | Hiroshi Kitamura | Hisashi Shimizu | 1:49.1 |
| 2016 | Mount Robson | Andrasch Starke | Noriyuki Hori | 1:48.1 |
| 2017 | Win Bright | Masami Matsuoka | Yoshihiro Hatakeyama | 1:48.4 |
| 2018 | Stelvio | Christophe Lemaire | Tetsuya Kimura | 1:48.1 |
| 2019 | Emeral Fight | Yukito Ishikawa | Ikuo Aizawa | 1:47.8 |
| 2020 | Galore Creek | Lyle Hewitson | Hiroyuki Uehara | 1:49.8 |
| 2021 | Victipharus | Kenichi Ikezoe | Manabu Ikezoe | 1:52.0 |
| 2022 | Be Astonished | Yasunari Iwata | Yuzo Iida | 1:48.4 |
| 2023 | Bellagio Opera | Takeshi Yokoyama | Hiroyuki Uemura | 1:48.9 |
| 2024 | Sixpence | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | 1:49.4 |
| 2025 | Piko Chan Black | Shu Ishibashi | Yuki Uehara | 1:51.5 |

## Earlier winners

* 1952 - Asatomo
* 1953 - Cheerio
* 1954 - Taka O
* 1955 - Nancy Shine
* 1956 - Kitano O
* 1957 - Hikaru Meiji
* 1958 - Daigo Homare
* 1959 - Meitai
* 1960 - Kodama
* 1961 - Yukiro
* 1962 - Kanetsu Seki
* 1963 - Meizui
* 1964 - Shinzan
* 1965 - Dai Koter
* 1966 - Shogun
* 1967 - Mejiro Flame
* 1968 - Marchs
* 1969 - Wild More
* 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
* 1971 - Mejiro Gekko
* 1972 - Tai Tehm
* 1973 - Haiseko
* 1974 - Kitano Kochidoki
* 1975 - Long Hawk
* 1976 - Ten Point
* 1977 - Yoshino Ryujin
* 1978 - Takeden
* 1979 - Rikiai O
* 1980 - Sir Pen Prince
* 1981 - Sanei Tholon
* 1982 - Hagino Kamui O
* 1983 - Takeno Hien
* 1984 - Bizen Nihiki
* 1985 - Miho Shinzan
* 1986 - Sunny Light
* 1987 - Material
* 1988 - Mogami Nine
* 1989 - Narcisse Noir
* 1990 - Azuma East
* 1991 - Shin Horisky
* 1992 - Mihono Bourbon
* 1993 - Multi Max