| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Grade 3 |
| Horse Race: | Queen Stakes クイーンステークス |
| Location: | Sapporo Racecourse |
| Inaugurated: | 1953 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Distance: | 1800 meters |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | 3-y-o+ fillies and mares |
| Weight: | Special Weight |
The Queen Stakes (Japanese クイーンステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three and over, run in late July or early August over a distance of 1800 meters on turf at Sapporo Racecourse.[1]
The Queen Stakes was first run in 1953 and has held Grade 3 status since 1984. The distance of the race was originally 2000 meters but was reduced to 1800 meters in 1996. The race was usually run at either Tokyo Racecourse or Nakayama Racecourse before moving to its current venue in 2000.
51 kg for three-year-old, 55 kg for four-year-old and above.[2]
Allowances:
Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | To The Victory | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Yasuo Ikee | 1:46.8 | |
| 2001 | Yamakatsu Suzaran | 4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Kaneo Ikezoe | 1:47.4 | |
| 2002 | Mitsuwa Top Lady | 5 | Teruhiko Chida | Sakae Watanabe | 1:48.1 | |
| 2003 | Osumi Haruka | 3 | Shinji Kawashima | Masatoshi Ando | 1:47.7 | |
| 2004 | Osumi Haruka | 4 | Shinji Kawashima | Masatoshi Ando | 1:47.5 | |
| 2005 | Les Clefs d'Or | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Yasuo Ikee | 1:46.7 | |
| 2006 | Daring Heart | 4 | Shinji Fujita | Hideaki Fujiwara | 1:46.7 | |
| 2007 | Asahi Rising | 4 | Yoshitomi Shibata | Masaaki Koga | 1:46.7 | |
| 2008 | Yamaninmerveilleux | 6 | Yuichi Shibayama | Hironori Kurita | 1:48.1 | |
| 2009 | Piena Venus | 5 | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Katsumi Minai | 1:48.2 | |
| 2010 | Apricot Fizz | 3 | Yutaka Take | Futoshi Kojima | 1:47.6 | |
| 2011 | Aventura | 3 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:46.6 | |
| 2012 | I'm Yours | 3 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:47.2 | |
| 2013 | I'm Yours | 4 | Keita Tosaki | Takahisa Tezuka | 1:49.4 | |
| 2014 | Quatre Feuilles | 5 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Katsuhiko Sumii | 1:45.7 | |
| 2015 | Meisho Suzanna | 6 | Daisaku Matsuda | Yoshitada Takahashi | 1:47.1 | |
| 2016 | Makoto Brillar | 6 | Hirofumi Shii | Ippo Sameshima | 1:47.7[3] | |
| 2017 | Aerolithe | 3 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Takanori Kikuzawa | 1:45.7[4] | |
| 2018 | Deirdre | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Mitsuru Hashida | 1:46.2[5] | |
| 2019 | Mikki Charm | 4 | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | 1:47.0 | |
| 2020 | Red Anemos | 4 | Hayato Yoshida | Yasuo Tomomichi | 1:45.9 | |
| 2021 | Terzetto | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Shoichiro Wada | 1:47.8 | |
| 2022 | Terzetto | 5 | Kenichi Ikezoe | Shoichiro Wada | 1:47.8 | |
| 2023 | Dura | 3 | Arata Saito | Yasuyuki Takahashi | 1:46.7 | |
| 2024 | Koganeno Sora | 3 | Yuji Tannai | Takanori Kikuzawa | 1:47.4 |