Kisaragi Sho
World Ace wins the 2012 Kisaragi Sho | |
| Class | Grade 3 |
|---|---|
| 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 57 kg, fillies 55 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 87,960,000 (as of 2025) 1st: ¥ 41,000,000 2nd: ¥ 16,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000 |
The Kisaragi Sho (Japanese きさらぎ賞) is a Japanese 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, run in April. Past winners of the race include Special Week, Neo Universe, Tosen Ra and Satono Diamond.
Winners since 2000
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Silver Cockpit | Yutaka Take | Takayuki Yasuda | Makoto Kaneko | 1:48.0 |
| 2001 | Agnes Gold | Hiroshi Kawachi | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Takao Watanabe | 1:47.9 |
| 2002 | Mejiro Meyer | Yuji Iida | Yoshiyasu Tajima | Mejiro Farm | 1:47.6 |
| 2003 | Neo Universe | Yuichi Fukunaga | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Shadai Race Horse | 1:49.6 |
| 2004 | Meiner Brook | Shinji Fujita | Yasuhito Tamura | Thoroughbred Club Ruffian | 1:48.0 |
| 2005 | Kongo Rikishio | Shinji Fujita | Kenji Yamauchi | Hisao Kaneoka | 1:48.5 |
| 2006 | Dream Passport | Katsumi Ando | Ryuichi Inaba | Joy Race Horse | 1:47.4 |
| 2007 | Asakusa Kings | Koshiro Take | Ryuji Okubo | Keiko Tabara | 1:48.8 |
| 2008 | Rainbow Pegasus | Olivier Peslier | Ippo Sameshima | Toshiharu Yoshimura | 1:48.8 |
| 2009 | Reach The Crown | Yutaka Take | Hiroaki Sugiura | Hiroyoshi Usuda | 1:48.9 |
| 2010 | Neo Vendome | Mirco Demuro | Hideaki Fujiwara | Kimiyuki Kobayashi | 1:48.6 |
| 2011 | Tosen Ra | Mirco Demuro | Hideaki Fujiwara | Takaya Shimakawa | 1:47.6 |
| 2012 | World Ace | Futoshi Komaki | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing | 1:47.0 |
| 2013 | Tamamo Best Play | Ryuji Wada | Katsumi Minai | Tamamo | 1:48.9 |
| 2014 | Tosen Stardom | Yutaka Take | Yasutoshi Ikee | Takaya Shimakawa | 1:47.6 |
| 2015 | Rouge Buck [a] | Keita Tosaki | Masahiro Otake | Carrot Farm | 1:48.6 |
| 2016 | Satono Diamond | Christophe Lemaire | Yasutoshi Ikee | Hajime Satomi | 1:46.9 |
| 2017 | America's Cup | Fuma Matsuwaka | Hidetaka Otonashi | Tatsuo Tanikake | 1:50.1 [2] |
| 2018 | Satono Favor | Yoshihiro Furukawa | Katsumi Minai | Satomi Horse Company | 1:48.8[3] |
| 2019 | Danon Chaser | Yuga Kawada | Yasutoshi Ikee | Danox | 1:49.0[4] |
| 2020 | Cortesia | Kohei Matsuyama | Takashi Suzuki | Koji Maeda | 1:48.3 |
| 2021 | Lagom [b] | Yuichi Kitamura | Takashi Saito | Masamichi Hayashi | 2:01.0 |
| 2022 | Matenro Leo [b] | Norihiro Yokoyama | Mitsugu Kon | Chiyono Terada | 2:00.5 |
| 2023 | Hrimfaxi [b] | Yuga Kawada | Naosuke Sugai | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 1:59.7 |
| 2024 | Byzantine Dream | Rene Piechulek | Tomoyasu Sakaguchi | Kazumi Yoshida | 1:46.8 |
| 2025 | Satono Shining | Atsuya Nishimura | Haruki Sugiyama | Hajime Satomi | 1:47.0 |
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
- 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
- ^ "Kisaragi Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 5 February 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 4 February 2018.
- ^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 3 February 2019.
- ^ "きさらぎ賞". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Kisaragi Sho (NHK Sho)". Netkeiba.