Japan
Nakayama · 26.12.26
Hopeful Stakes
Saturday 26 December · Start time to be confirmed
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The last three winners
2025Lovcenby World Premiere × Songwriting
2024Croix du Nordby Kitasan Black × Rising Cross
2023Regaleiraby Suave Richard × Roca
All winners since 2020 →Purse€ 961,200 · US$1.1M
Distance2000 metres
SurfaceTurf
Conditions2-year-old colts and fillies
This edition has not been run yet. The field appears here once the declarations are published, the result once the race has been run. Nothing is estimated.
Last year’s race
2025Hopeful Stakes 2025
Full resultPedigree of last year’s winner
Lovcen
Lovcen is out of Songwriting (Giant's Causeway), a placed mare who raced in Japan. Her sixth foal, Lovcen is the fifth winner she has produced. Second dam Embur's Song (Unbridled's Song) was Champion Older Mare in Canada and a three-time graded winner in the US and Canada. Third dam Embur Sunshine (Bold Ruckus). The family also includes Exaggerator, winner of a Grade 1 Classic in the US and a sire. Songwriting has a yearling colt by Copano Rickey and was covered again by the same stallion.
Explore the pedigreeAll winners since 2020
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LovcenWorld Premiere × Songwriting | Haruki SugiyamaKohei Matsuyama | Forest RacingNorthern Farm | ||
| 2024 | Croix du NordKitasan Black × Rising Cross | Takashi SaitoYuichi Kitamura | Sunday Racing Co.,Ltd.Northern Farm | ||
| 2023 | RegaleiraSuave Richard × Roca | Tetsuya KimuraChristophe Lemaire | Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.Northern Farm | ||
| 2022 | Dura EredeDuramente × Marchesa | Manabu IkezoeBauyrzhan Murzabayev | Three H Racing Co. Ltd.Northern Farm | ||
| 2021 | Killer AbilityDeep Impact × Killer Graces | Takashi SaitoTakeshi Yokoyama | U.Carrot FarmNorthern Farm | ||
| 2020 | Danon the KidJust a Way × Epic Love | Takayuki YasudaYuga Kawada | Danox Co. Ltd.Northern Farm |