Silk Road Stakes

The Silk Road Stakes (Japanese シルクロードステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in January over a distance of 1200 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.

The Silk Road Stakes was first run as a graded race in 1996 with Grade 3 status, and has held on to that status ever since.

Past winners
* The 2021, 2022, and 2023 races took place at Chukyo Racecourse.

Previous Silk Road Stakes
From 1989 to 1995, a listed race of the same name was held at Kyoto Racecourse. The race was held over a distance of 1600m in 1989 while the race in subsequent years were held at 1200m.