Antares Stakes

The Antares Stakes (Japanese アンタレスステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in April over a distance of 1800 metres on dirt at Hanshin Racecourse.

The Antares Stakes was first run in 1996 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. The race was run at Kyoto Racecourse from 1997 to 2011.

Race details
The race is run at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 meters on dirt.

Weight
57 kg for four-year-olds and above. Allowances:

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
 * 2 kg for fillies / mares
 * 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds


 * If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
 * 3 kg for a grade 1 win (2 kg for fillies / mares)
 * 2 kg for a grade 2 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
 * 1 kg for a grade 3 win


 * If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
 * 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
 * 1 kg for a grade 2 win