# Queen Stakes

The Queen Stakes (Japanese クイーンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over, run in late July or early August over a distance of 1800 meters on turf at Sapporo Racecourse.
The Queen Stakes was first run in 1953 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The distance of the race was originally 2000 meters but was reduced to 1800 meters in 1996. The race was usually run at either Tokyo Racecourse or Nakayama Racecourse before moving to its current venue in 2000.

## Weight

51 kg for three-year-old, 55 kg for four-year-old and above.
Allowances:
* 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-old
* 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred four-year-old
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
* If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
** 3 kg for a grade 1 win
** 2 kg for a grade 2 win
** 1 kg for a grade 3 win
* If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
** 2 kg for a grade 1 win
** 1 kg for a grade 2 win

## Winners since 2000

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 2000 | To The Victory | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Yasuo Ikee | 1:46.8 |
| 2001 | Yamakatsu Suzaran | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:47.4 |
| 2002 | Mitsuwa Top Lady | 5 | Teruhiko Chida | Sakae Watanabe | 1:48.1 |
| 2003 | Osumi Haruka | 3 | Shinji Kawashima | Masatoshi Ando | 1:47.7 |
| 2004 | Osumi Haruka | 4 | Shinji Kawashima | Masatoshi Ando | 1:47.5 |
| 2005 | Les Clefs d'Or | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Yasuo Ikee | 1:46.7 |
| 2006 | Daring Heart | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:46.7 |
| 2007 | Asahi Rising | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masaaki Koga | 1:46.7 |
| 2008 | Yamaninmerveilleux | 6 | Yuichi Shibayama | Hironori Kurita | 1:48.1 |
| 2009 | Piena Venus | 5 | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Katsumi Minai | 1:48.2 |
| 2010 | Apricot Fizz | 3 | Yutaka Take | Futoshi Kojima | 1:47.6 |
| 2011 | Aventura | 3 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:46.6 |
| 2012 | I'm Yours | 3 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:47.2 |
| 2013 | I'm Yours | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:49.4 |
| 2014 | Quatre Feuilles | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:45.7 |
| 2015 | Meisho Suzanna | 6 | Daisaku Matsuda | Yoshitada Takahashi | 1:47.1 |
| 2016 | Makoto Brillar | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Ippo Sameshima | 1:47.7 |
| 2017 | Aerolithe | 3 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Takanori Kikuzawa | 1:45.7 |
| 2018 | Deirdre | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:46.2 |
| 2019 | Mikki Charm | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:47.0 |
| 2020 | Red Anemos | 4 | Hayato Yoshida | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:45.9 |
| 2021 | Terzetto | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Shoichiro Wada | 1:47.8 |
| 2022 | Terzetto | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Shoichiro Wada | 1:47.8 |
| 2023 | Dura | 3 | Arata Saito | Yasuyuki Takahashi | 1:46.7 |
| 2024 | Koganeno Sora | 3 | Yuji Tannai | Takanori Kikuzawa | 1:47.4 |

## Earlier winners

* 1984 - Happy Uroton
* 1985 - Asakusa Scale
* 1986 - Royal Silky
* 1987 - Strong Lady
* 1988 - Free Talk
* 1989 - Mejiro Monterey
* 1990 - Winners Gold
* 1991 - Inazuma Cross
* 1992 - Shinko Lovely
* 1993 - Yukino Bijin
* 1994 - Hishi Amazon
* 1995 - Sakura Candle
* 1996 - Rainbow Queen
* 1997 - Promotion
* 1998 - Air Deja Vu
* 1999 - Air Zion