Hopeful Stakes (Japan)
Grade 1 race
Paddock (2016)
LocationNakayama Racecourse
Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Inaugurated1984(as Radio Tanpa Hai Sansai Hinba Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance2,000 meters (about 10 furlongs / 1.1/4 mile)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed (inner course)
QualificationTwo-year-old, Colts & Fillies
WeightColt 55 kg, Filly 54 kg
Purse¥152,200,000 (as of 2023)
1st: ¥ 70,000,000

The Hopeful Stakes (ホープフルステークス) is the only Grade 1 middle-distance race for two-year-old thoroughbreds in the JRA. This race was started as the Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Hinba Stakes (Grade 3), a mile race that was held at Hanshin Racecourse for two-year-old fillies. In 1991, not fillies but colts were allowed to run, with the distance extended to the current 2,000 meters. Its name was changed several times (Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Stakes (1991-2000), Radio Tampa Hai Nisai Stakes (2001-2005) and Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes (2006-2013)). This race was considered important because no other graded race over 2,000 meters for two-year-olds existed in those days. In particular, it was a good chance for horses with ambition for Triple Crown Races to experience a middle-distance race. In fact, some triple crown race winners had previously won this race. Logi Universe (2008) and One and Only (2013) won the Japanese Derby, Victoire Pisa (also Dubai World Cup winner) (2009) won the Satsuki Shō, and Epiphaneia (2012) won the Kikuka Shō.

In 2014, the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes, a grade 1 race for two-year-old colts previously held at Nakayama Racecourse, was moved to Hanshin Racecourse. Then the Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes was moved to Nakayama Racecourse. With this transfer, its name was changed to Hopeful Stakes, and the grade of the race was elevated to Grade 2. The race was promoted to Grade 1 level in 2017.

The winner in 2016, Rey de Oro, became the Japanese Derby winner in 2017. Contrail, who won the race in 2019, became the winner of the Triple Crown in 2020.

Until 2016, this race was held on Arima Kinen day. But since 2017, it was moved to December 28, which is the final day of the JRA racing season.

Winners since 2014

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2014Shining LeiYuga KawadaTomokazu TakanoU Carrot Farm2:01.9
2015HartleyHugh BowmanTakahisa TezukaSunday Racing2:01.8
2016Rey de OroChristophe LemaireKazuo FujisawaU Carrot Farm2:01.3
2017Time FlyerCristian DemuroKunihide MatsudaSunday Racing2:01.4
2018SaturnaliaMirco DemuroKazuya NakatakeU Carrot Farm2:01.6
2019ContrailYuichi FukunagaYoshito YahagiShinji Maeda2:01.4
2020Danon The KidYuga KawadaTakayuki YasudaDanox2:02.8
2021Killer AbilityTakeshi YokoyamaTakashi SaitoCarrot Farm Co. Ltd.2:00.6
2022Dura EredeBauyrzhan MurzabayevManabu IkezoeThree H Racing2:01.5
2023RegaleiraChristophe LemaireTetsuya KimuraSunday Racing2:00.2

Winners during the Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Himba Stakes era

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1984Nihon Pillow VickyHiroshi KawachiKotaro TanakaHyakutaro Kobayashi1:35:9
1985Dyna CampariHiroshi HiguchiMitsumasa HamadaShadai Race Horse1:37:1
1986DokanjoNobuyuki TajimaYasuo IkeeArai Kogyo1:35:5
1987Princess SkiYoshiyasu TajimaKota TanakaKiyoharu Okuyama1:36.6
1988Tanino TargetSadahiro KojimaTameo ToyamaYuzo Tanimizu1:36.1
1989Legacy WiceYutaka TakeMasahiro SakaguchiHorse Tajima1:35.8
1990Isono RoublesTadashi IgarashiHisao ShimizuToshio Isono1:35:0

Winners during the Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Stakes era

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1991Northern ContactShinji FujitaShuji ItoShadai Race Horse2:05:9
1992Narita TaishinEiji ShimizuMasaaki OkuboHidenori Yamaji2:05.8
1993Namura KokuoHiroyuki UemuraAkihiko NomuraNobushige Namura2:05.7
1994Tayasu TsuyoshiSadahiro KojimaAkio TsurudomeKanichi Yokose2:03.4
1995Royal TouchOlivier PeslierYuji ItoYoshimi Ota2:02.7
1996Mejiro BrightMikio MatsunagaKuniichi AsamiMejiro Farm2:03.1
1997Lord AxYukio OkabeKazuo FujisawaLord Horse Club2:03.8
1998Admire VegaYutaka TakeMitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo2:04.1
1999Rugger RegulusTetsuzo SatoMasaaki OkuboKeiji Okumura2:03:7
2000 Agnes Tachyon Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki Nagahama Takao Watanabe 2:00.8

Winners during the Radio Tampa Hai Nisai Stakes era

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2001Mega StardomKunihiko WatanabeShoji YamamotoNorth Hills Management2:03.4
2002That's the PlentyHiroshi KawachiKojiro HashiguchiShadai Race Horse2:04.5
2003Cosmo BulkFuyuki IgarashiKazunori TabeMisako Okada2:01.6
2004VermillionYutaka TakeSei IshisakaSunday Racing2:03.5
2005Sakura Mega WonderKatsumi AndoYasuo TomomichiSakura Commerce2:01.9

Winners during the Radio NIKKEI Hai Nisai Stakes era

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2006Fusaichi Ho OKatsumi AndoKunihide MatsudaFusao Sekiguchi2:02:1
2007SubjectOlivier PeslierYasuo IkeeNorth Hills Management2:07:0
2008Logi UniverseNorihiro YokoyamaKiyoshi HagiwaraMasaaki Kumeta2:01:7
2009Victoire PisaYutaka TakeKatsuhiko SumiiYoshimi Ichikawa2:01:3
2010Danon BalladeYutaka TakeYasuo IkeeDanox2:02:2
2011Adam SpeakChristophe LemaireSei IshisakaCarrot Farm Co. Ltd.2:02:4
2012EpiphaneiaYuichi FukunagaKatsuhiko SumiiCarrot Farm Co. Ltd.2:05:4
2013One and OnlyChristophe LemaireKojiro HashiguchiNorth Hills2:04.3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ホープフルS". Netkeiba.
  2. ↑ "Hopeful Stakes". Netkeiba.


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