How To Bet on Hopeful Stakes
Race Details:
Date: 2024.12.28
Grade: 1
Open To: 2 Year Olds, Fillies and Colts
Track: Turf
Length: 2,000 Metres
Location: Japan
The Hopeful Stakes is a Grade 1 race for two-year old thoroughbreds. The race is open to horses in the Japan Racing Association.

2023 Winner:
Regaleira, the top contender, set a new record in this year's Hopeful Stakes, finishing in 2:00.2. She is the first female horse to win the race since it achieved Grade 1 status in 2017.
Jockey: Christophe Lemaire
Trainer: Tetsuya Kimura
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This race has been held under all sorts of different names in the past, though has recently been dubbed the Hopeful Stakes. The prize pool is a bit over 150 million Yen, with the winning horse and its team receiving 70 million Yen.
This race will elevated to a Grade 1 level in 2017.
The most recent winner of the race was Saturnalia, who turned in a time of 2:01.6. The horse was ridden by Mirco Demuro, trained by Kazuya Nakatake and owned by Sunday Racing, which has won multiple times at this event.
This is a fairly new event, as it was first held in 1984 under the name of "Radio Tanpa hai Sansai Hinba Stakes".
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