Satsuki Shō

Satsuki Shō
Japanese 2,000 Guineas
皐月賞
Grade 1 race
2021 Satsuki Shō winner Efforia
LocationNakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba
InauguratedApril 29, 1939
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2000 meters
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification3-y-o, Colts & Fillies
Weight57 kg
Allowance: Fillies 2 kg
Purse¥ 432,000,000 (as of 2024)
1st: ¥ 200,000,000
2nd: ¥ 80,000,000
3rd: ¥ 50,000,000
BonusesClassic Triple Crown
Winner of Satsuki Shō, Tokyo Yūshun, Kikuka Shō[1]
¥ 300,000,000

The Satsuki Shō (皐月賞) is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1+1⁄4 mile) at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba, in April.

It was first run in 1939 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas. (Note that the original 2,000 Guineas is currently run at 1,609 metres, or one mile, about two furlongs shorter than the Satsuki Shō.)

Trial races

Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.[2]

Race Grade Racecourse Distance Condition
Yayoi Sho II Nakayama 2,000 meters Top 3 horses
Wakaba Stakes Listed Hanshin 2,000 meters Top 2 horses
Spring Stakes II Nakayama 1,800 meters Top 3 horses

Winners since 1990

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1990 Haku Taisei Katsumi Minai Tadashi Fuse Shigeo Watanabe 2:02.2
1991 Tokai Teio Takayuki Yasuda Shouichi Matsumoto Masanori Uchimura 2:01.8
1992 Mihono Bourbon Sadahiro Kojima Tameo Toyama Mihono International 2:01.4
1993 Narita Taishin Yutaka Take Masaaki Okubo Hidenori Yamaji 2:00.2
1994 Narita Brian Katsumi Minai Masaaki Okubo Hidenori Yamaji 1:59.0
1995 Genuine Yukio Okabe Yasuhisa Matsuyama Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 2:02.5
1996 Ishino Sunday Hirofumi Shii Kenji Yamauchi Ishino Co Ltd 2:00.7
1997 Sunny Brian Naohiro Onishi Senji Nakao Moriyasu Miyazaki 2:02.0
1998 Seiun Sky Norihiro Yokoyama Kazutaka Yasuda Masayuki Nishiyama 2:01.3
1999 T M Opera O Ryuji Wada Ichizo Iwamoto Masatsugu Takezono 2:00.7
2000 Air Shakur Yutaka Take Hideyuki Mori Lucky Field Co Ltd 2:01.8
2001 Agnes Tachyon Hiroshi Kawachi Hiroyuki Nagahama Takao Watanebe 2:00.3
2002 No Reason Brett Doyle Yasuo Ikee Shinji Maeda 1:58.5
2003 Neo Universe Mirco Demuro Tsutomu Setoguchi Shadai Race Horse 2:01.2
2004 Daiwa Major Mirco Demuro Hiroyuki Uehara Daiwa Shoji Co. 1:58.6
2005 Deep Impact Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee Makoto Kaneko 1:59.2
2006 Meisho Samson Mamoru Ishibashi Tsutomu Setoguchi Yoshio Matsumoto 1:59.9
2007 Victory Katsuharu Tanaka Hidetaka Otonashi Hideko Kondo 1:59.9
2008 Captain Thule Yuga Kawada Hideyuki Mori Shadai Race Horse 2:01.7
2009 Unrivaled Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Tomomichi Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:58:7
2010 Victoire Pisa Yasunari Iwata Katsuhiko Sumii Yoshimi Ichikawa 2:00.8
2011[a] Orfevre Kenichi Ikezoe Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 2:00.6
2012 Gold Ship Hirouki Uchida Naosuke Sugai Hidekazu Kobayashi 2:01.3
2013 Logotype Mirco Demuro Tsuyoshi Tanaka Teruya Yoshida 1:58.0
2014 Isla Bonita Masayoshi Ebina Hironori Kurita Shadai Race Horse 1:59.6
2015 Duramente Mirco Demuro Noriyuki Hori Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:58.2
2016 Dee Majesty Masayoshi Ebina Yoshitaka Ninomiya Masaru Shimada 1:57.9
2017 Al Ain Kohei Matsuyama Yasutoshi Ikee Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:57.8
2018 Epoca d'Oro Keita Tosaki Hideaki Fujiwara K Hidaka Breeders Union 2:00.8
2019 Saturnalia Christophe Lemaire Katsuhiko Sumii U Carrot Farm 1:58.1
2020 Contrail Yuichi Fukunaga Yoshito Yahagi Shinji Maeda 2:00.7
2021 Efforia Takeshi Yokoyama Yuichi Shikato U.Carrot Farm 2:00.6
2022 Geoglyph Yuichi Fukunaga Tetsuya Kimura Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:59.7
2023 Sol Oriens Takeshi Yokoyama Takahisa Tezuka Shadai Race Horse 2:00.6
2024 Justin Milano Keita Tosaki Yasuo Tomomichi Masahiro Miki 1:57.1[b]
  1. ^ The 2011 race took place at Tokyo Racecourse due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
  2. ^ Set the current course record

Earlier winners

  • 1939 - Rock Park
  • 1940 - World Mine
  • 1941 - St Lite
  • 1942 - Arbeit
  • 1943 - Dielec
  • 1944 - Kuri Yamato
  • 1945 - no race
  • 1946 - no race
  • 1947 - Tokitsukaze
  • 1948 - Hide Hikari
  • 1949 - Tosa Midori
  • 1950 - Kumono Hana
  • 1951 - Tokino Minoru
  • 1952 - Kurino Hana
  • 1953 - Bostonian
  • 1954 - Dainana Hoshu
  • 1955 - Kegon
  • 1956 - Hekiraku
  • 1957 - Kazuyoshi
  • 1958 - Taisei Hope
  • 1959 - Wildeal
  • 1960 - Kodama
  • 1961 - Shin Tsubame
  • 1962 - Yamano O
  • 1963 - Meizui
  • 1964 - Shinzan
  • 1965 - Chitose O
  • 1966 - Nihon Pillow Ace
  • 1967 - Ryuzuki
  • 1968 - Martis
  • 1969 - Wild More
  • 1970 - Tanino Moutiers
  • 1971 - Hikaru Imai
  • 1972 - Land Prince
  • 1973 - Haiseiko
  • 1974 - Kitano Kachidoki
  • 1975 - Kaburaya O
  • 1976 - Tosho Boy
  • 1977 - Hard Berge
  • 1978 - Fantast
  • 1979 - Bingo Garoo
  • 1980 - Hawaiian Image
  • 1981 - Katsu Top Ace
  • 1982 - Azuma Hunter
  • 1983 - Mr. C.B.
  • 1984 - Symboli Rudolf
  • 1985 - Miho Shinzan
  • 1986 - Dyna Cosmos
  • 1987 - Sakura Star O
  • 1988 - Yaeno Muteki
  • 1989 - Doctor Spurt

See also

References

  1. ^ "同一年度に本会が定める競走に優勝した馬に対する褒賞金交付基準" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association.
  2. ^ "競馬番組一般事項(Horseracing Program General Information) - Page 19" (PDF). JRA. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "皐月賞". Netkeiba.
  4. ^ "Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas)". Netkeiba.