Satsuki Shō
Grade 1 race | |
Location | Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba |
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Inaugurated | 1939 |
Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 2000 meters |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | 3-y-o, Colts & Fillies |
Weight | Colt 57 kg, Filly 55 kg |
Purse | ¥ 184,700,000 (as of 2015) 1st: ¥ 97,000,000 |
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.)
Winners since 1990[]
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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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 | Brett Doyle | Yasuo Ikee | 1:58.5 | ||
2003 | Neo Universe | Tsutomu Setoguchi | Shadai Race Horse | 2:01.2 | |
2004 | Daiwa Major | Hiroyuki Uehara | Daiwa Shoji Co. | 1:58.6 | |
2005 | Deep Impact | Yutaka Take | Makoto Kaneko | 1:59.2 | |
2006 | Meisho Samson | 1:59.9 | |||
2007 | Katsuharu Tanaka | Hidetaka Otonashi | Hideko Kondo | 1:59.9 | |
2008 | Yuuga Kawada | Hideyuki Mori | Shadai Race Horse | 2:01.7 | |
2009 | Unrivaled | Yasunari Iwata | Yasuo Tomomichi | Sunday Racing | 1:58:7 |
2010 | Victoire Pisa | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | Yoshimi Ichikawa | 2:00.8 |
2011[1] | 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 | Tsuyoshi Tanak | Teruya Yoshida | 1:58.0 | |
2014 | Isla Bonita | Masayoshi Ebina | Hironori Kurita | Shadai Race Horse | 1:59.6 |
2015 | Duramente | 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 |
1 The 2011 race took place at Tokyo Racecourse due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
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[]
Categories:
- Horse races in Japan
- Turf races in Japan
- Flat horse races for three-year-olds