| Grade 2 race | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Bellagio_Opera_20230319.jpg) Bellagio Opera, winner of the 2023 Spring Stakes | |
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba. |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1952 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o Colts & Fillies |
| Weight | 57 kg Allowance: Fillies 2 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 117,540,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 54,000,000 2nd: ¥ 22,000,000 3rd: ¥ 14,000,000 |
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.[1]
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.
- ^ "SPRING STAKES (G2)". japanracing.jp.