The Rose Stakes (Japanese ローズステークス) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Hyōgo Prefecture for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1800 metres at Hanshin Racecourse in September, having been run over 2000 metres until 2006.
The Rose Stakes was first run in 1983 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984. It serves as a trial race for the Shuka Sho, which is run in October and is the final leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown. Winners of the Rose Stakes have included Daiwa Scarlet, Gentildonna and Sinhalite.
Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Nihon Pillow Swan Yuichi Fukunaga Tanaka KotaroHyakutaro Kobayashi 2:00.3 2001 Diamond Biko Mikio Matsunaga Kazuo FujisawaShinobu Osako 2:01.9 2002 Fine Motion Mikio Matsunaga Yuji ItoTatsuo Fushikida 2:00.1 2003 Admire Groove Yutaka Take Mitsuru HashidaRiichi Kondo 2:01.5 2004 Les Clefs d'Or Katsumi Ando Yasuo IkeeSunday Racing 1:59.0 2005 Air Messiah Yutaka Take Yasunori ItoLucky Field 2:00.1 2006 Admire Kiss Yutaka Take Hiroyoshi MatsudaRiichi Kondo 1:58.2 2007 Daiwa Scarlet Katsumi Ando Kunihide MatsudaKeizo Oshiro 1:46.1 2008 Meine Ratsel Yuga Kawada Tadao IgarashiThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:47.3 2009 Broad Street Shinji Fujita Hideaki FujiwaraShimokobe Farm 1:44.7 2010 Animate Bio Hiroki Goto Koji MakiBio 1:45.8 2011 Whale Capture Kenichi Ikezoe Kiyotaka TanakaKen Shimada 1:48.1 2012 Gentildonna Yasunari Iwata Sei IshizakaSunday Racing 1:46.8 2013 Denim And Ruby Hiroyuki Uchida Katsuhiko SumiiKaneko Makoto Holdings 1:47.7 2014 Nuovo Record Yasunari Iwata Makoto SaitoReiko Hara 1:46.0 2015 Touching Speech Christophe Lemaire Sei IshizakaSunday Racing 1:45.2 2016 Sinhalite Kenichi Ikezoe Sei IshizakaCarrot Farm 1:46.7 2017 Rabbit Run Ryuji Wada Katsuhiko SumiiKazuko Yoshida 1:45.5 2018 Cantabile Christophe Lemaire Kazuya NakatakeTatsue Ishikawa 1:45.7 2019 Danon Fantasy Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaDanox 1:44.4 2020 Ria Amelia Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaSilk Racing 1:59.9 2021 Andvaranaut Yuichi Fukunaga Manabu IkezoeSunday Racing 2:00.0 2022 Art House Yuga Kawada Mitsumasa NakauchidaH. H. Sheikh Fahad 1:58.5 2023 Masked Diva Mirai Iwata Yasuyuki TsujinoShadai Race Horse 1:43.02024Queen's WalkYuga KawadaMitsumasa NakauchidaSunday Racing1:59.92025KamunyakYuga KawadaYasuo TomomichiKaneko Makoto Holdings1:43.52026Monroe WalkKeita TosakiHiroyuki UemuraM's Racing1:44.5
Earlier winners
1983 - Long Grace 1984 - Long Leather 1985 - Takeno Hinami 1986 - Mejiro Ramonu 1987 - Max Beauty 1988 - Shiyono Roman 1989 - Shadai Kagura 1990 - Katsuno Jo 1991 - Rinden Lily 1992 - El Casa River 1993 - Star Ballerina 1994 - Hishi Amazon 1995 - Silent Happiness 1996 - Hishi Natalie 1997 - Kyoei March 1998 - Phalaenopsis 1999 - Hishi Pinnacle
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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