Past Performances of Foreign Horses in Sprinters Stakes (G1) Year Horse CTY S&A Sire Dam Sire of Dam Owner Trainer Jockey Results Finish Time Winner / Winning Time 1994 Soviet Problem (USA) USA F4 Moscow Ballet Nopro Blama Dimaggio Harris & Valpredo Greg Gilchrist Christopher McCarron 7th / 14 1:08.4 1994 Honor The Hero (USA) USA G6 Hero's Honor Homewrecker Buckaroo U B A Winner Thoroughbreds Douglas Oliver Yukio Okabe 8th / 14 1:08.4 Sakura Bakushin O (JPN) 1:07.1 1994 Zieten (USA) GB C4 Danzig Blue Note Habitat Laura de Seroux John Gosden Yutaka Take 9th / 14 1:08.5 1995 So Factual (USA) UAE H5 Known Fact Sookera Roberto Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor Olivier Peslier 3rd / 16 1:08.4 Hishi Akebono (USA) 1:08.1 1995 Wild Zone (USA) CAN H5 Wild Again Muzic Zone The Minstrel Frank Stronach Michael Doyle Todd Kabel 10th / 16 1:09.4 1996 Flower Park (JPN) 1:08.8 1997 Receiver (USA) USA C4 Phone Trick Bruces Blue Lou Storm Bird Lazy E Racing Stables Inc Joseph Petalino Willie Martinez 8th / 16 1:09.1 1997 Men's Exclusive (USA) USA G4 Exclusive Ribot Men's Number Meneval Hartsel Eugene Reed Wesley Ward Juan Matos 12th / 16 1:09.7 Taiki Shuttle (USA) 1:07.8 1997 Kistena (FR) FR F4 Miswaki Mabrova Prince Mab Wertheimer et Frere Christiane Head-Maarek Thierry Jarnet 14th / 16 1:10.1 1998 Meiner Love (USA) 1:08.6 1999 Black Hawk (GB) 1:08.2 2000 Best of the Best (USA) HK G5 Rahy Tuscan Tune Fappiano Alexander Lee Chun Hung Tang Ping Wong Douglas Whyte 15th / 16 1:10.2 Daitaku Yamato (JPN) 1:08.6 2001 Trot Star (JPN) 1:07.0 2002 Believe (JPN) 1:07.7 2003 Durandal (JPN) 1:08.0 2004 Cape of Good Hope (GB) HK G6 Inchinor Cape Merino Clantime James Alexander Carstairs David Oughton Brett Prebble 3rd / 16 1:10.6 2004 Ashdown Express (IRE) GB G5 Ashkalani Indian Express Indian Ridge William John Pollok Jackson Christian Wall Hiroki Goto 13th / 16 1:11.7 Calstone Light O (JPN) 1:09.9 2004 Fayr Jag (IRE) GB G5 Fayruz Lominda Lomond Jonathan Gill Timothy Easterby Norihiro Yokoyama 16th / 16 1:13.3 2005 Silent Witness (AUS) HK G6 El Moxie Jade Tiara Bureaucracy Arthur da Silva Anthony Cruz Felix Coetzee 1st / 16 1:07.3 Silent Witness (AUS) 1:07.3 2005 Cape of Good Hope (GB) HK G7 Inchinor Cape Merino Clantime James Alexander Carstairs David Oughton Brett Prebble 11st / 16 1:08.0 2006 Takeover Target (AUS) AUS G7 Celtic Swing Shady Stream Archregent Joseph Janiak Joseph Janiak Jay Ford 1st / 16 1:08.1 2006 Silent Witness (AUS) HK G7 El Moxie Jade Tiara Bureaucracy Arthur da Silva Anthony Cruz Felix Coetzee 4th / 16 1:08.5 Takeover Target (AUS) 1:08.1 2006 Benbaun (IRE) GB G5 Stravinsky Escape to Victory Salse Ransley Birks Hillen Mark Wallace Daragh O'Donohoe 5th / 16 1:08.6 2006 Les Arcs (USA) GB G6 Arch La Sarto Cormorant Willie Mckay Timothy Pitt Eric Saint-Martin 7th / 16 1:08.7 2007 Aston Machan (JPN) 1:09.4 2008 Sleepless Night (JPN) 1:08.0 2009 Scenic Blast (AUS) AUS G5 Scenic Daughter's Charm Delgado Elio Galante Daniel Morton Mark Zahra 16th / 16 1:08.6 Laurel Guerreiro (JPN) 1:07.5 2010 Ultra Fantasy (AUS) HK G8 Encosta de Lago Belle Anglaise Sir Ivor Tai Fai Lam Poon Fai Yiu Hoi Wing Lai 1st / 16 1:07.4 Ultra Fantasy (AUS) 1:07.4 2010 Green Birdie (NZ) HK G7 Catbird Mrs.Squillionaire Last Tycoon Roger Ka Chun Li Caspar Fownes Mark Du Plessis 7th / 16 1:07.8 Alfredo Leonardo 2011 Rocket Man (AUS) SIN G6 Viscount Macrosa McGinty Patrick Shaw Felix Coetzee 4th / 15 1:07.8 Arnaldo Crabbia Dr Chang Fuk To Curren Chan (JPN) 1:07.4 2011 Lucky Nine (IRE) HK G4 Dubawi Birjand Green Desert Caspar Fownes Brett Prebble 5th / 15 1:07.9 & Maria Chang Lee Ming Shum 2011 Green Birdie (NZ) HK G8 Catbird Mrs.Squillionaire Last Tycoon Roger Ka Chun Li Caspar Fownes Tye Angland 8th / 15 1:08.0 Dr Chang Fuk To 2012 Lucky Nine (IRE) HK G5 Dubawi Birjand Green Desert Caspar Fownes Brett Prebble 5th / 16 1:07.0 & Maria Chang Lee Ming Shum Lord Kanaloa (JPN) 1:06.7R 2012 Little Bridge (NZ) HK G6 Faltaat Golden Rose Gold Brose Kam Piu Ko Chap Shum Zachary Purton 10th / 16 1:07.4 2012 Captain Obvious (AUS) SIN G7 Verglas Shathor Tirol Phooi Yee Leong Steven Burridge Oscar Chavez 15th / 16 1:07.8 2013 Lord Kanaloa (JPN) 1:07.2 2014 Snow Dragon (JPN) 1:08.8 S S Silas Yang T W Wong 2015 Rich Tapestry (IRE) HK G7 Holy Roman Emperor Genuine Charm Sadler's Wells Chun Wai Chang Christophe Lemaire 6th / 15 1:08.3 Straight Girl (JPN) 1:08.1 C K Ho&Y T Cheung 2016 Red Falx (JPN) 1:07.6 2017 Blizzard (AUS) HK G6 Starcraft Stormy Choice Redoute's Choice Infinitude Syndicate Poon Fai Yiu Gerald Mosse 5th / 16 1:07.8 Red Falx (JPN) 1:07.6 *1 The race was designated an international race in 1994. *2 The race was temporarily held at Niigata Racecourse in place of Nakayama Racecourse in 2014..