Procyon Stakes

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.

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.

Weight
53 kg for three-year-olds, 57 kg for four-year-olds and above.

Allowances:


 * 2 kg for fillies / mares
 * 2 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
 * 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred four-year-olds

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):


 * 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)
 * 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

Winners since 1996

 * 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.