Nikkei Sho

Flat horse race in Japan
Horse race
Nikkei Sho
日経賞
Grade 2 race
2012 Nikkei Sho
LocationNakayama Racecourse
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2500 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
WeightSpecial Weight
Purse¥ 145,220,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 67,000,000
2nd: ¥ 27,000,000
3rd: ¥ 17,000,000

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]

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

The race is run at Nakayama Racecourse over a distance of 2,500 meters on turf using the inner curve.

Weight

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

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner Time
2000 Leo Ryuho 5 Takanori Kikuzawa Hiroaki Sugiura Leo 2:35.4
2001 Meisho Doto 5 Yasuhiko Yasuda Isao Yasuda Yoshio Matsumoto 2:33.7
2002 Active Bio 5 Hiroki Goto Hiroki Sakiyama Bio 2:37.0
2003 Ingrandire 4 Junichi Kobayashi Yoshinami Shimizu Chizu Yoshida 2:31.3
2004 Win Generale 4 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda WIN 2:32.8
2005 Yukina Sun Royal 8 Jiro Ono Sueo Masuzawa Motoyuki Ito 2:33.3
2006 Lincoln 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Hidetaka Otonashi Eiko Kondo 2:33.0
2007 Never Bouchon 4 Hiroshi Kitamura Masanori Ito T H 2:31.8
2008 Matsurida Gogh 5 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda Fumie Takahashi 2:32.7
2009 Al Nasrain 5 Masayoshi Ebina Shigeki Matsumoto Sunday Racing 2:31.2
2010 Meiner Kitz 7 Masami Matsuoka Sakae Kunieda Thoroughbred Club Ruffian 2:34.1
2011 To The Glory [1] 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasutoshi Ikee Carrot Farm 2:25.4
2012 Neko Punch 6 Teruo Eda Shinobu Hoshino Shigeru Kiritani 2:37.4
2013 Fenomeno 4 Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing 2:32.0
2014 Win Variation 6 Yasunari Iwata Masahiro Matsunaga WIN 2:34.4
2015 Admire Deus 4 Yasunari Iwata Mitsuru Hashida Riichi Kondo 2:30.2
2016 Gold Actor 5 Hayato Yoshida Tadashige Nakagawa Kaname Ishiro 2:36.8[3]
2017 Sciacchetra 4 Hironobu Tanabe Katsuhiko Sumii Makoto Kaneko 2:32.8[4]
2018 Ganko 5 Yusuke Fujioka Shigeki Matsumoto Mitsuo Sugisawa 2:33.9[5]
2019 Meisho Tekkon 4 Yutaka Take Yoshitada Takahashi Yoshio Matsumoto 2:34.2
2020 Mikki Swallow 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Takanori Kikuzawa Mizuki Noda 2:32.9
2021 Win Marilyn 4 Takeshi Yokoyama Takahisa Tezuka WIN 2:33.3
2022 Titleholder 4 Kazuo Yokoyama Toru Kurita Hiroshi Yamada 2:35.4
2023 Titleholder 5 Kazuo Yokoyama Toru Kurita Hiroshi Yamada 2:36.8
2024 Struve 5 Katsuma Sameshima Noriyuki Hori Katsuko Muraki 2:31.4

1 The 2011 race took place at Hanshin Racecourse over a distance of 2,400 metres.

Earlier winners

  • 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

References

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  1. ^ "Nikkei Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  3. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 26 March 2016.
  4. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 25 March 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 24 March 2018.
  6. ^ "日経賞". Netkeiba.
  7. ^ "Nikkei Sho". Netkeiba.
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