Kisaragi Sho

The Kisaragi Sho (Japanese きさらぎ賞) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in February over a distance of 1800 metres at Kyoto Racecourse.[1] The race is also known as the NHK Sho.

Kisaragi Sho
Grade 3 race
World Ace wins the 2012 Kisaragi Sho
LocationKyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated1961
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance1800 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o
WeightColts 56 kg, fillies 54 kg
Purse¥81,880,000 (total), ¥38,000,000 (winner)

The race was first run in 1961 and was elevated to Grade 3 status in 1984. It was usually run at Chukyo Racecourse before being moved to its current venue in 1987. The race serves as a trial race for the Satsuki Sho. Past winers of the race include Special Week, Neo Universe, Tosen Ra and Satono Diamond.

Winners since 2000

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Time
2000 Silver Cockpit Yutaka Take Takayuki Yasuda 1:48.0
2001 Agnes Gold Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki Nagahama 1:47.9
2002 Mejiro Meyer Yuji Iida Yoshiyasu Tajima 1:47.6
2003 Neo Universe Yuichi Fukunaga Tsutomu Setoguchi 1:49.6
2004 Meiner Brook Shinji Fujita Yasuhito Tamura 1:48.0
2005 Kongo Rikishio Shinji Fujita Kenji Yamauchi 1:48.5
2006 Dream Passport Katsumi Ando Ryuichi Inaba 1:47.4
2007 Asakusa Kings Koshiro Take Ryuji Okubo 1:48.8
2008 Rainbow Pegasus Olivier Peslier Ippo Sameshima 1:48.8
2009 Reach The Crown Yutaka Take Hiroaki Sugiura 1:48.9
2010 Neo Vendome Mirco Demuro Hideaki Fujiwara 1:48.6
2011 Tosen Ra Mirco Demuro Hideaki Fujiwara 1:47.6
2012 World Ace Futoshi Komaki Yasutoshi Ikee 1:47.0
2013 Tamamo Best Play Ryuji Wada Katsumi Minai 1:48.9
2014 Tosen Stardom Yutaka Take Yasutoshi Ikee 1:47.6
2015 Rouge Buck [a] Keita Tosaki Masahiro Otake 1:48.6
2016 Satono Diamond Christophe Lemaire Yasutoshi Ikee 1:46.9
2017 America's Cup Fuma Matsuwaka Hidetaka Otonashi 1:50.1 [2]
2018 Satono Favor Yoshihiro Furukawa Katsumi Minai 1:48.8[3]
2019 Danon Chaser Yuga Kawada Yasutoshi Ikee 1:49.0[4]
2020 Cortesia Kohei Matsuyama Takashi Suzuki 1:48.3
2021 Lagom [b] Yuichi Kitamura Takashi Saito 2:01.0
2022 Matenro Leo Norihiro Yokoyama Mitsugu Kon 2:00.5
2023 Hrimfaxi Yuga Kawada Naosuke Sugai 1:59.7

a The 2015 winner Rouge Buck was a filly.

b The 2021 race was run over 2000 metres at Chukyo.

Earlier winners

  • 1984 - Gold Way
  • 1985 - Ibuki Kaner
  • 1986 - Fumino Applause
  • 1987 - Tochino Ruler
  • 1988 - Meiner Frisse
  • 1989 - Nice Nice Nice
  • 1990 - Haku Taisei
  • 1991 - Shin Horisky
  • 1992 - Hishi Masaru
  • 1993 - Tsuji Utopian
  • 1994 - Samson Big
  • 1995 - Ski Captain
  • 1996 - Royal Touch
  • 1997 - Hiroki Gumo
  • 1998 - Special Week
  • 1999 - Narita Top Road

See also

References

  1. "Kisaragi Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 February 2017.
  3. "2018 result". Racing Post. 4 February 2018.
  4. "2019 result". Racing Post. 3 February 2019.
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