Grade 2 race | |
![]() 2012 Nikkei Sho | |
Location | Nakayama Racecourse |
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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 (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 |
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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
- ^ "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.