Oka Sho

Oka Sho
Japanese 1,000 Guineas
桜花賞

Grade 1 race
Location	Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo
Inaugurated	1939
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1600 meters
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed (outer course)
Qualification	3-y-o , Fillies
Weight	55 kg
Purse	¥ 168,900,000 (as of 2015) 1st: ¥ 89,000,000

The Oka Sho (桜花賞) is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at the Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyōgo in April.

It was first run in 1939 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English 1,000 Guineas.

Winners since 2001

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1996	Fight Gulliver	S Tabara	K Nakao		1:34.4
1997	Kyoei March	Mikio Matsunaga	Akihiko Nomura	M Matsuoka	1:36.9
1998	Phalaenopsis	Yutaka Take	M Hamada	North Hills Management Co Ltd	1:34.0
1999	Primo Ordine	Toyoji Nishihashi	Yuichi Fukunaga	Hidekazu Date	1:35.5
2000	Cheers Grace	Kenji Yamauchi	Mikio Matsunaga	Kazue Kitamura	1:34.9
2001	T M Ocean	Masaru Honda	Katsuichi Nishiura	Masatsugu Takezono	1:34.4
2002	Arrow Carry	Ken'ichi Ikezoe	Kenji Yamauchi	Hideharu Yano	1:34.3
2003	Still in Love	Hideaki Miyuki	Shoichi Matsumoto	North Hills Management Co.	1:33.9
2004	Dance in the Mood	Yutaka Take	Kazuo Fujisawa	Shadai Racehorse co.	1:33.6
2005	Rhein Kraft	Yūichi Fukunaga	Tsutomu Setoguchi	Shigemasa Ōsawa	1:33.5
2006	Kiss to Heaven	Katsumi Andō	Hirofumi Toda	Kazuko Yoshida	1:34.6
2007	Daiwa Scarlet	Katsumi Andō	Kunihide Matsuda	Keizo Ōshiro	1:33.7
2008	Reginetta	Futoshi Komaki	Hidekazu Asami	Shadai Racehorse	1:34.4
2009	Buena Vista	Katsumi Andō	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Sunday Racing.	1:34.0
2010	Apapane	Masayoshi Ebina	Sakae Kunieda	Kaneko Makoto Holdings	1:33.3
2011	Marcellina	Katsumi Andō	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	Shadai Racehorse co.	1:33.9
2012	Gentildonna	Yasunari Iwata	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd	1:34.6
2013	Ayusan	Cristian Demuro	Takahisa Tezuka	Juichi Hoshin	1:35.0
2014	Harp Star	Yuga Kawada	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	U Carrot Farm	1:33.3
2015	Let's Go Donki	Yasunari Iwata	Tomoyuki Umeda	Toshihiro Hirosaki	1:36.0
2016	Jeweler	Mirco Demuro	Kenichi Fujioka	Yoichi Aoyama	1:33.4

Earlier winners

• 1939 - Soul Lady
• 1940 - Tairei
• 1941 - Brand Sol
• 1942 - Banner Goal
• 1943 - Miss Theft
• 1944 - Yamaiwai
• 1945 - no race
• 1946 - no race
• 1947 - Browny
• 1948 - Hamakaze
• 1949 - Yashima Daughter
• 1950 - Tosa Mitsuru
• 1951 - Tsuki Kawa
• 1952 - Swee Sue
• 1953 - Kansei
• 1954 - Yamaichi
• 1955 - Yashima Belle
• 1956 - Miss Lilas
• 1957 - Miss Onward
• 1958 - Hoshu Queen
• 1959 - Kiyo Take
• 1960 - Tokino Kiroku
• 1961 - Sugi Hime
• 1962 - Kenho
• 1963 - Miss Masako
• 1964 - Kane Keyaki
• 1965 - Hatsuyuki
• 1966 - Wakakumo
• 1967 - Sea Ace
• 1968 - Koyu
• 1969 - Hide Kotobuki
• 1970 - Tamami
• 1971 - Nasuno Kaori
• 1972 - Achieve Star
• 1973 - Nitto Chodori
• 1974 - Takaeno Kaori
• 1975 - Tesco Gaby
• 1976 - Titania
• 1977 - Inter Gloria
• 1978 - Oyama Tesco
• 1979 - Horsemen Tesco
• 1980 - Hagino Top Lady
• 1981 - Brocade
• 1982 - Riesengross
• 1983 - Shadai Sophia
• 1984 - Diana Tholon
• 1985 - Erebus
• 1986 - Mejiro Ramonu
• 1987 - Max Beauty
• 1988 - Ara Hotoku
• 1989 - Shadai Kagura
• 1990 - Agnes Flora
• 1991 - Sister Tosho
• 1992 - Nishino Flower
• 1993 - Vega
• 1994 - Oguri Roman
• 1995 - Wonder Perfume