Teio Sho

The Teio Sho (帝王賞) is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 race for thoroughbred horses aged four years and over. This race began in 1978 as a spring championship race of southern Kanto region horseracing.

Teio Sho

2006 Teio Sho winner, Adjudi Mitsuo
Class	Domestic Grade I (Jpn I)
Location	Ohi
Inaugurated	1978
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	2,000 meters
Surface	Dirt
Track	right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o & Up
Weight	4-y-o & up horses & geldings 57kg / mares 55 kg
Purse	¥ 136,000,000 (as of 2025) 1st: ¥ 80,000,000 2nd: ¥ 28,000,000 3rd: ¥ 16,000,000

It was later opened to Japan Racing Association (JRA) horses in 1986. Then, there were few opportunities for JRA and National Association of Racing (NAR) horses to run in the same race, because JRA and NAR were individually operated. This trial promoted an expansion of exchanges between the two organizations. In 1997, it was graded as Domestic Grade 1.

The race is run over 2000 metres at Ohi Racecourse in late June. Hokuto Vega, Admire Don, Vermilion, Espoir City and Hokko Tarumae won the race before winning the JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse.

Most successful horses (2 wins):

• Champion Star – 1988, 1991
• Furioso – 2008, 2010
• Hokko Tarumae – 2013, 2015
• Meisho Hario – 2022, 2023

Winners since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Organization	Time
2000	Fast Friend	7	Masayoshi Ebina	Keiji Takaichi	Hiroaki Takezaki	JRA	2:05.6
2001	Makiba Sniper	6	Kent Desormeaux	Mitsuhiro Okabayashi	Tomoya Nitta	Funabashi	2:04.4
2002	Kanetsu Flueve	5	Mikio Matsunaga	Shyoji Yamamoto	Laurel Racing Co.	JRA	2:03.7
2003	Name Value	5	Takashi Sato	Masayuki Kawashima	Hino Bokujyou Ltd.	Funabashi	2:04.6
2004	Admire Don	5	Katsumi Ando	Matsuda Hiroyoshi	Riichi Kondo	JRA	2:04.0
2005	Time Paradox	7	Yutaka Take	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Shadai Racehorse Ltd.	JRA	2:03.5
2006	Adjudi Mitsuo	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Masayuki Kawashima	Masao Orido	Funabashi	2:02.1
2007	Bonneville Record	5	Fumio Mataba	Masahiro Horii	Kiyoshi Shioda	JRA	2:04.3
2008	Furioso	4	Keita Tosaki	Masayuki Kawashima	Darley Japan K.K.	Funabashi	2:04.7
2009	Vermillion	7	Yutaka Take	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Ltd.	JRA	2:03.6
2010	Furioso	6	Keita Tosaki	Masayuki Kawashima	Darley Japan K.K.	Funabashi	2:03.4
2011	Smart Falcon	6	Yutaka Take	Ken Kozaki	Toru Okawa	JRA	2:01.1
2012	Gold Blitz	5	Yuga Kawada	Naohiro Yoshida	U Carrot Farm	JRA	2:03.0
2013	Hokko Tarumae	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Katsuichi Nishiura	Koichi Yabe	JRA	2:03.0
2014	Wonder Acute	8	Yutaka Take	Masao Sato	N Yamamoto	JRA	2:03.5
2015	Hokko Tarumae	6	Hideaki Miyuki	Katsuichi Nishiura	Michiaki Yabe	JRA	2:02.7
2016	Copano Rickey	6	Yutaka Take	Akira Murayama	Sachiaki Kobayashi	JRA	2:03.5
2017	K T Brave	4	Yuichi Fukunaga	Tetsuya Meno	Okano Bokujo	JRA	2:04.4
2018	Gold Dream	5	Christophe Lemaire	Osamu Hirata	Katsumi Yoshida	JRA	2:04.2
2019	Omega Perfume	4	Damian Lane	Shogo Yasuda	Reiko Hara	JRA	2:04.4
2020	Chrysoberyl	4	Yuga Kawada	Hidetaka Otonashi	U Carrot Farm	JRA	2:05.3
2021	T O Keynes	4	Kouhei Matsuyama	Shogo Yasuda	Tomoya Ozasa	JRA	2:02.7
2022	Meisho Hario	5	Suguru Hamanaka	Inao Okada	Yoshio Matsumoto	JRA	2:03.3
2023	Meisho Hario	6	Suguru Hamanaka	Inao Okada	Yoshio Matsumoto	JRA	2:01.9
2024	King's Sword	5	Yusuke Fujioka	Ryo Terashima	Hidaka Breeders Union Co. Ltd.	JRA	2:06.9
2025	Mikki Fight	4	Christophe Lemaire	Hiroyasu Tanaka	Mizuki Noda	JRA	2:03.1

Past winners

Past winners include:

1978: Rose Jack 1979: Hatsu Mamoru 1980: Katsu R 1981: Azuma King 1982: Konan Ruby 1983: Trust Hawk 1984: Suzuyu 1985: Rocky Tiger 1986: Tom Count 1987: Tetsuno Kachidoki

1988: Champion Star 1989: Fate Northern 1990: Osaichi Bravest 1991: Champion Star 1992: Narita Hayabusa and Russian Gold (co-winners) 1993: Hashiru Shogun 1994: Stabilizer 1995: Lively Mount 1996: Hokuto Vega 1997: Concert Boy 1998: Abukuma Poro 1999: Meisei Opera