Fantasy Stakes (Japan)

Fantasy Stakes
ファンタジーステークス
	2020 Fantasy Stakes winner Meikei Yell
Class	Grade 3
Location	Kyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated	1996
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1400 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	2-y-o
Weight	55 kg
Purse	¥ 62,840,000 (as of 2024); 1st: ¥ 29,000,000; 2nd: ¥ 12,000,000; 3rd: ¥ 7,000,000

The Fantasy Stakes (Japanese ファンタジーステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run in November over a distance of 1400 metres at Kyoto Racecourse.^[1]

Quick facts Class, Location ...

The race was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since.

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1996	She's Princess	Hirofumi Shii	Shuji Ito	1:21.2
1997	London Bridge	Mikio Matsunaga	Kenta Nakao	1:21.2
1998	Primo Ordine	Yuichi Fukunaga	Toyoji Nishihashi	1:21.7
1999	Tennessee GIrl	Kazuhiro Yamada	Masanao Tsubo	1:22.1
2000	Tashiro Spring	Kenichi Ikezoe	Akio Tsurudome	1:21.3
2001	Kitasan Hibotan	Naosuke Sugai	Hikozo Sugai	1:22.6
2002	Peace of World	Yuichi Fukunaga	Masahiro Sakaguchi	1:22.2
2003	Sweep Tosho	Koichi Tsunoda	Sakae Watanabe	1:22.6
2004	Rhein Kraft	Yuichi Fukunaga	Tsutomu Setoguchi	1:21.6
2005	Alluring Voice	Yutaka Take	Akihiko Nomura	1:21.4
2006	Aston Machan	Yutaka Take	Sei Ishizaka	1:20.3
2007	Odile	Katsumi Ando	Kojiro Hashiguchi	1:21.1
2008	Inazuma Amaryllis	Kenichi Ikezoe	Shigeki Matsumoto	1:23.7
2009	Tagano Elizabeth	Yuga Kawada	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:21.2
2010	Marumo Sarah	Ken Tanaka	Kazuyoshi Kihara	1:22.3
2011	I'm Yours	Ioritz Mendizabal	Takahisa Tazuka	1:21.3
2012	Sound Rihanna	Mirco Demuro	Masao Sato	1:20.8
2013	Bel Canto	Yutaka Take	Koichi Tsunoda	1:21.1
2014	Cool Hotarubi	Futoshi Komaki	Hisashi Shimizu	1:21.7
2015	Candy Barows	Christophe Lemaire	Yoshito Yahagi	1:21.9
2016	Mi Suerte	Yuga Kawada	Yasutoshi Ikee	1:21.8 ^[2]
2017	Beluga	Cristian Demuro	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:22.9 ^[3]
2018	Danon Fantasy	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:21.8 ^[4]
2019	Resistencia	Yuichi Kitamura	Takeshi Matsushita	1:20.7
2020	Meikei Yell^[a]	Yutaka Take	Hidenori Take	1:20.1
2021	Water Navillera^[a]	Yutaka Take	Koshiro Take	1:21.1
2022	Rivara^[a]	Shu Ishibashi	Mizuki Takayanagi	1:21.3
2023	Culture Day	Manabu Sakai	Hirofumi Shii	1:20.4
2024	Dantsu Elan	Taisei Danno	Masaru Honda	1:22.8

Past Winners