Kyoto Nisai Stakes

The Kyoto Nisai Stakes (Japanese: 京都2歳ステークス) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for two-year-old Thoroughbreds run in November over a distance of 2000 metres at Kyoto Racecourse.^[1]

Kyoto Nisai Stakes
京都2歳ステークス

2021 Kyoto Nisai Stakes winner Justin Rock
Class	Grade 3
Location	Kyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated	1959
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2000 metres
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	2-y-o
Weight	56 kg Allowance: Fillies 1 kg
Purse	¥ 70,880,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 33,000,000 2nd: ¥ 13,000,000 3rd: ¥ 8,000,000

The race was first run in 1959 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2014. It was run over a variety of distances but has been contested over 2000 metres since 2002. Past winners have included Narita Brian, Victoire Pisa and Epiphaneia.

Winners since 2014

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2014	Bell Lap	William Buick	Naosuke Sugai	Sunday Racing	2:04.8
2015	Dreadnoughtus	Yutaka Take	Yoshito Yahagi	Carrot Farm	2:01.3
2016	Cadenas	Yuichi Fukunaga	Kazuya Nakatake	Koji Maeda	2:02.6
2017	Grail	Yutaka Take	Kenji Nonaka	Kanayama Holdings	2:01.6
2018	Courageux Guerrier	João Moreira	Yasutoshi Ikee	Carrot Farm	2:01.5
2019	My Rapsody	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Tomomichi	Kieffers	2:01.5
2020	Wonderful Town [a]	Ryuji Wada	Yoshitada Takahashi	Masahiro Mita	2:01.6
2021	Justin Rock [a]	Kohei Matsuyama	Tatsuya Yoshioka	Masahiro Miki	2:03.3
2022	Gruner Green [a]	Mirco Demuro	Ikuo Aizawa	Mitsumasa Saito	2:00.5
2023	Shin Emperor	João Moreira	Yoshito Yahagi	Shin Fujita	1:59.8
2024	Eri King	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	Shin Fujita	2:00.9

^a The 2020, 2021, & 2022 races took place at Hanshin Racecourse.

Earlier winners

• 2002 – Eishin Champ
• 2003 – Mystic Age
• 2004 – Rosenkreuz
• 2005 – Maruka Schenk
• 2006 – Gold Kirishima
• 2007 – Al Kazan
• 2008 – Executive
• 2009 – Victoire Pisa
• 2010 – Marvelous Kaiser
• 2011 – Trip
• 2012 – Epiphaneia
• 2013 – Tosen Stardom

See also

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