The Nikkei Sho (Japanese 日経賞) is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for Thoroughbreds of at least four years of age. It is run over a distance of 2,500 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in March.[1]
| Grade 2 race | |
.jpg) 2012 Nikkei Sho | |
| Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2500 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 4-y-o+ |
| Weight | Special Weight |
| Purse | ¥ 145,220,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 67,000,000 2nd: ¥ 27,000,000 3rd: ¥ 17,000,000 |
The Nikkei Sho was first run in 1953 and was elevated to Grade 2 status in 1984.
Among the winners of the race have been Symboli Rudolf, Rice Shower, Meisho Doto, Matsurida Gogh, Fenomeno and Gold Actor.
Race details edit
The race is run at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 2,500 meters on turf using the inner curve.
Weight edit
56 kg for four-year-olds, and 57 kg for five-year-olds and above.[2]
Allowances:
2 kg for fillies / mares
- 1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds
Penalties:
- If a graded stakes race has been won within a year, 2 kg for a grade one win (1 kg for fillies / mares), 1 kg for a grade two win
- If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year (excluding two-year-old race performance), 1 kg for a grade one win
Winners since 2000 edit
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Leo Ryuho | 5 | Takanori Kikuzawa | Hiroaki Sugiura | 2:35.4 |
| 2001 | Meisho Doto | 5 | Yasuhiko Yasuda | Isao Yasuda | 2:33.7 |
| 2002 | Active Bio | 5 | Hiroki Goto | Hiroki Sakiyama | 2:37.0 |
| 2003 | Ingrandire | 4 | Junichi Kobayashi | Yoshinami Shimizu | 2:31.3 |
| 2004 | Win Generale | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Sakae Kunieda | 2:32.8 |
| 2005 | Yukina Sun Royal | 8 | Jiro Ono | Sueo Masuzawa | 2:33.3 |
| 2006 | Lincoln | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Hidetaka Otonashi | 2:33.0 |
| 2007 | Never Bouchon | 4 | Hiroshi Kitamura | Masanori Ito | 2:31.8 |
| 2008 | Matsurida Gogh | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Sakae Kunieda | 2:32.7 |
| 2009 | Al Nasrain | 5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Shigeki Matsumoto | 2:31.2 |
| 2010 | Meiner Kitz | 7 | Masami Matsuoka | Sakae Kunieda | 2:34.1 |
| 2011 | To The Glory [1] | 4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasutoshi Ikee | 2:25.4 |
| 2012 | Neko Punch | 6 | Teruo Eda | Shinobu Hoshino | 2:37.4 |
| 2013 | Fenomeno | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Hirofumi Toda | 2:32.0 |
| 2014 | Win Variation | 6 | Yasunari Iwata | Masahiro Matsunaga | 2:34.4 |
| 2015 | Admire Deus | 4 | Yasunari Iwata | Mitsuru Hashida | 2:30.2 |
| 2016 | Gold Actor | 5 | Hayato Yoshida | Tadashige Nakagawa | 2:36.8[3] |
| 2017 | Sciacchetra | 4 | Hironobu Tanabe | Katsuhiko Sumii | 2:32.8[4] |
| 2018 | Ganko | 5 | Yusuke Fujioka | Shigeki Matsumoto | 2:33.9[5] |
| 2019 | Meisho Tekkon | 4 | Yutaka Take | Yoshitada Takahashi | 2:34.2 |
| 2020 | Mikki Swallow | 6 | Norihiro Yokoyama | Takanori Kikuzawa | 2:32.9 |
| 2021 | Win Marilyn | 4 | Takeshi Yokoyama | Takahisa Tezuka | 2:33.3 |
| 2022 | Titleholder | 4 | Kazuo Yokoyama | Toru Kurita | 2:35.4 |
| 2023 | Titleholder | 5 | Kazuo Yokoyama | Toru Kurita | 2:36.8 |
| 2024 | Struve | 5 | Katsuma Sameshima | Noriyuki Hori | 2:31.4 |
1 The 2011 race took place at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 2,400 metres.
Earlier winners edit
- 1983 - Asahi Teio
- 1984 - Hayate Mig
- 1985 - Symboli Rudolf
- 1986 - Chestnut Valley
- 1987 - Miho Shinzan
- 1988 - Mejiro Fulmar
- 1989 - Running Free
- 1990 - Osumi Shadai
- 1991 - Kiri Sancy
- 1992 - Mejiro Ryan
- 1993 - Rice Shower
- 1994 - Stage Champ
- 1995 - Inter Liner
- 1996 - Hokkai Rousseau
- 1997 - Rosen Kavalier
- 1998 - Tenjin Shogun
- 1999 - Seiun Sky
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Nikkei Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
- ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 26 March 2016.
- ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 25 March 2017.
- ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 24 March 2018.
- ^ "日経賞". Netkeiba.
- ^ "Nikkei Sho". Netkeiba.