Spring Stakes (Japan)

Spring Stakes
スプリングステークス
Grade 2 race
Bellagio Opera, winner of the 2023 Spring Stakes
LocationNakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba.
Inaugurated1952
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o Colts & Fillies
Weight57 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.

  1. ^ "SPRING STAKES (G2)". japanracing.jp.