| Grade 3 race | |
![]() Silk Fortune wins the 2011 Procyon Stakes at Kyoto  | |
| Location | Chukyo Racecourse | 
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1989 | 
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing | 
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1400 metres | 
| Surface | Dirt | 
| Track | Left-handed | 
| Qualification | 3-y-o+ | 
| Weight | 4-y-o+ 56kg, 3-y-o 53kg. Fillies & mares allowed 2kg. | 
| Purse | ¥77,360,000 (total), ¥36,000,000 (winner) | 
The Procyon Stakes (Japanese プロキオンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in July over a distance of 1400 metres on dirt at Chukyo Racecourse.[1]
It was first run over the current distance in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. It was run at Hanshin Racecourse before moving to Chukyo in 2012.
Winners since 1996
| Year | 
Winner | 
Age | 
Jockey | 
Trainer | 
Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Namura Kakuo | 5 | Hiroyuki Uemura | Akihiko Nomura | 1:23.6 | 
| 1997 | Battle Line | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | 1:22.9 | 
| 1998 | Tempai | 5 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Nobuharu Fukushima | 1:22.7 | 
| 1999 | Tayasu K Point | 4 | Kazuhiro Kato | Kiyohiro Tadokoro | 1:23.2 | 
| 2000 | Gold Tiara | 4 | Yutaka Take | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:21.9 | 
| 2001 | Broad Appeal | 7 | Kent Desormeaux | Kunihide Matsuda | 1:22.9 | 
| 2002 | Sterling Rose | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | 1:22.9 | 
| 2003 | Sterling Rose | 6 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Shuji Kitahashi | 1:23.0 | 
| 2004 | Nihon Pillow Cert | 6 | Futoshi Komaki | Tatsuya Meno | 1:22.3 | 
| 2005 | Blue Concorde | 5 | Hideaki Miyuki | Toshiyuki Hattori | 1:21.9 | 
| 2006 | Meisho Battler | 6 | Tetsuzo Sato | Shigetada Takahashi | 1:22.0 | 
| 2007 | Wild Wonder | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Takashi Kubota | 1:22.7 | 
| 2008 | Vaincre Tateyama | 6 | Kotaro Akagi | Hiroshi Takeda | 1:22.0 | 
| 2009 | Lanzarote | 6 | Yutaka Take | Yasutoshi Ikee | 1:22.7 | 
| 2010 | Keiai Gerbera | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Osamu Hirata | 1:21.8 | 
| 2011 | Silk Fortune | 5 | Kota Fujioka | Norio Fujisawa | 1:22.1 | 
| 2012 | Toshi Candy | 6 | Manabu Sakai | Shoichi Temma | 1:22.6 | 
| 2013 | Admire Royal | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:21.9 | 
| 2014 | Best Warrior | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Sei Ishizaka | 1:22.6 | 
| 2015 | Best Warrior | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Sei Ishizaka | 1:22.5 | 
| 2016 | Nobo Baccara | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Shoichi Temma | 1:22.1[2] | 
| 2017 | King's Guard | 6 | Yusuke Fujioka | Ryo Terashima | 1:22.9[3] | 
| 2018 | Matera Sky | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | 1:20.3[4] | 
| 2019 | Arctos | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Toru Kurita | 1:21.2 | 
| 2020 | Sunrise Nova | 6 | Fuma Matsuwaka | Hidetaka Otonashi | 1:21.8 | 
| 2021 | Meisho Kazusa | 4 | Kohei Matsuyama | Akio Adachi | 1:40.9 | 
| 2022 | Gempachi Lucifer | 6 | Yuga Kawada | Shozo Sasaki | 1:43.7 | 
| 2023 | Don Frankie | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Takashi Saito | 1:23.0 | 
- Prior 2012, the race ran at Hanshin Racecourse.
- In 2006 and 2011, it was run at Kyoto Racecourse.
 
 - It was moved to Chukyo Racecourse since 2012.
- In 2020, it was run again at Hanshin Racecourse.
 - In 2021 and 2022, it was run at Kokura Racecourse over 1700 meters.
 
 
See also
References
- ↑ "Musashino Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
 - ↑ "2016 result". Racing Post. 10 July 2016.
 - ↑ "2017 result". Racing Post. 9 July 2017.
 - ↑ "2018 result". Racing Post. 8 July 2018.
 - ↑ "プロキオンS". Netkeiba.
 - ↑ "Procyon Stakes". Netkeiba.
 
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