Nikkei Sho
| 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 (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[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.