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Kisaragi Sho

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Kisaragi Sho
きさらぎ賞
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¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 41,000,000
2nd: ¥ 16,000,000
3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

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.

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

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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.

Earlier winners

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  • 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

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References

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  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.
  5. ^ "きさらぎ賞". Netkeiba.
  6. ^ "Kisaragi Sho (NHK Sho)". Netkeiba.