Turquoise Stakes
| Grade 3 race | |
 Smile Kana wins the 2020 Turquoise Stakes | |
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 2015 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1600 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ fillies and mares |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | ¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 38,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The Turquoise Stakes (Japanese ターコイズステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over, run in December over a distance of 1600 metres on turf at Nakayama Racecourse.[1]
It was first run in 2015 and has held Grade 3 status since 2017.
Winners since 2015
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sing With Joy | 3 | Keita Tosaki | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:35.7 |
| 2016 | Magic Time | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Tadashige Nakagawa | 1:33.6 |
| 2017 | Miss Panthere | 3 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsugu Kon | 1:34.2 |
| 2018 | Miss Panthere | 4 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsugu Kon | 1:32.7 |
| 2019 | Contra Check | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Kazuo Fujisawa | 1:32.2 |
| 2020 | Smile Kana | 3 | Daichi Shibata | Yoshiyasu Takahashi | 1:34.6 |
| 2021 | Miss New York | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Haruki Sugiyama | 1:32.8 |
| 2022 | Miss New York | 5 | Mirco Demuro | Haruki Sugiyama | 1:33.5 |
| 2023 | Fierce Pride | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | 1:32.7 |
| 2024 | Argine | 4 | Atsuya Nishimura | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:33.2 |
See also
References
- ^ "Turquoise Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "ターコイズS". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Turquoise Stakes". Netkeiba.