Track Notes
Course Summary
Extreme right-handed flat marathon over two and a half laps of Nakayama’s inner loop. Eight corners and three climbs up the steep finishing hill make this one of the harshest stamina checks in the game.
Fun Facts
• The Stayers Stakes started as a non-graded race, became G3 in 1984, and was elevated to G2 in 1997.
• Ayrton Symboli not only won the Stayers Stakes as his first graded race, but despite a tough career against other famous horses of the era, including Mayano Top Gun, Sakura Chitose O, Hishi Amazon, Narita Brian, Biwa Hayahide, Mejiro McQueen, and many more, won the Stayers Stakes in back-to-back years, proving himself as a worthy long-distance rival.
• The hill is climbed three times, creating a severe Stamina and Guts demand.
• Ayrton Symboli not only won the Stayers Stakes as his first graded race, but despite a tough career against other famous horses of the era, including Mayano Top Gun, Sakura Chitose O, Hishi Amazon, Narita Brian, Biwa Hayahide, Mejiro McQueen, and many more, won the Stayers Stakes in back-to-back years, proving himself as a worthy long-distance rival.
• The hill is climbed three times, creating a severe Stamina and Guts demand.
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