Kisaragi Sho
Horse race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Horse race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Grade 3 race | |
.jpg) World Ace wins the 2012 Kisaragi Sho | |
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1961 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1800 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o |
| Weight | Colts 56 kg, fillies 54 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 41,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
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.
| 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 [b] | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsugu Kon | 2:00.5 |
| 2023 | Hrimfaxi [b] | Yuga Kawada | Naosuke Sugai | 1:59.7 |
| 2024 | Byzantine Dream | Rene Piechulek | Tomoyasu Sakaguchi | 1:46.8 |
a The 2015 winner Rouge Buck was a filly.
b The 2021, 2022, and 2023 race was run over 2000 metres at Chukyo.
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