Nikkei Sho

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Nikkei Sho
Grade 2 race
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2012 Nikkei Sho
LocationNakayama Racecourse
Race typeThoroughbred Flat racing
Race information
Distance2500 metres
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o+
Weight4-y-o 54kg, 5-y-o 55kg, fillies & mares allowed 2kg
Purse¥145,120,000 (total)
¥67,000,000 (winner)

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, , Matsurida Gogh, Fenomeno and .

Winners since 2000[]

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 5 Hayato Yoshida Tadashige Nakagawa 2:36.8[2]
2017 Sciacchetra 4 Hironobu Tanabe Katsuhiko Sumii 2:32.8[3]
2018 Ganko 5 Yusuke Fujioka Shigeki Matsumoto 2:33.9[4]
2019 Meisho Tekkon 4 Yutaka Take Yoshitada Takahashi 2:34.2
2020 Mikki Swallow 6 Takanori Kikuzawa 2:32.9
2021 Win Marilyn 4 Takeshi Yokoyama Takahisa Tezuka 2:33.3

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[]

  1. ^ "Nikkei Sho". Horse Racing in Japan.
  2. ^ "2016 result". Racing Post. 26 March 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 25 March 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 24 March 2018.
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