Capella Stakes

The Capella Stakes (Japanese カペラステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds aged three and above. Organized by the Japan Racing Association, it is run in December over a distance of 1200 metres on dirt at Nakayama Racecourse.^[1]

Capella Stakes
カペラステークス

Class	Grade 3
Location	Nakayama Racecourse
Inaugurated	2008
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1200 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o+
Weight	Special Weight
Purse	¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 38,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The race was first run in 2008 and has held Grade 3 status since 2009.

Weight

56 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.^[2]

Allowances:

• 2 kg for fillies / mares
• 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds

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 fillies / mares)
  • 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
  • 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 fillies / mares)
  • 1 kg for a grade 2 win

Winners since 2008

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Victory Tetsuni	4	Norihiro Yokoyama	Hiroyuki Mori	Yoshinori Sakae	1:08.7
2009	Million Disk	5	Issei Murata	Yoshiyuki Arakawa	Shadai Race Horse	1:09.6
2010	Sei Crimson	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Toshiyuki Hattori	Seiki Kaneda	1:09.7
2011	Keiai Gerbera	5	Shinichiro Akiyama	Osamu Hirata	Keiai Orthopedic Appliance Co., Ltd.	1:09.1
2012	Silk Fortune	6	Norihiro Yokoyama	Norio Fujisawa	Silk	1:10.8
2013	Northern River	5	Yoshitomi Shibata	Hidekazu Asami	Masamichi Hayashi	1:10.7
2014	Danon Legend	4	Kyosuke Maruta	Akira Murayama	Danox	1:09.5
2015	Kikuno Storm	6	Hiroyuki Uchida	Naohiro Yoshida	Goro Kikuchi	1:09.7
2016	Nobo Baccara	4	Hiroyuki Uchida	Shoichi Temma	LS.M	1:10.2[3]
2017	Dios Corrida	3	Akihide Tsumura	Yoshitada Takahashi	Shoji Nojima	1:11.0[4]
2018	Copano Kicking	3	Daichi Shibata	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	1:10.2[5]
2019	Copano Kicking	4	Nanako Fujita	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	1:09.3
2020	Justin	4	Ryusei Sakai	Yoshito Yahagi	Yoshio Oda	1:09.8
2021	Dancing Prince	5	Kousei Miura	Keisuke Miyata	Chizu Yoshida	1:09.5
2022	Remake	3	Yuichi Fukunaga	Koichi Shintani	Koji Maeda	1:08.9
2023	T M Tokkyu	5	Akihide Tsumura	Kazuyoshi Kihara	Masatsugu Takezono	1:09.3
2024	Gabby's Sister	3	Hayato Yoshida	Kazutomo Mori	Kazuhiko Nagashima	1:10.1

See also

• Horse racing in Japan
• List of Japanese flat horse races