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Nikkei Sho

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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

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

Weight

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56 kg for four-year-olds, and 57 kg for five-year-olds and above.[2]
Allowances:
2 kg for fillies / mares

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

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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

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  • 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

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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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