Tenno Sho

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The Tennō Shō (天皇賞, "Emperor's Prize") is a horse race held twice a year in Japan, once in the spring and once in the autumn. "Tenno" means "Emperor of Japan". The races are both International Grade I races. Prior to the 2007 races, both Tenno Sho races were Japanese domestic Grade I races.[1]

Spring[]

Tenno Sho (Spring)
Int'l Grade 1 race
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The 145th Tenno Sho (2012)
LocationKyoto Racecourse, Kyoto
Inaugurated1938
Race typeThoroughbred
Websitejapanracing.jp
Race information
Distance3200 meters
(About 16 furlongs / 2 miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
Qualification4-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight4-y-o & up 58 kg
Allowances
2 kg for fillies and mares
Purse¥ 325,000,000 (as of 2018)
1st: ¥ 150,000,000

The Spring Tenno Sho is held at Kyoto Racecourse, in late April or early May. It is run over a distance of 3,200 metres (10,500 ft), making it the longest Grade I race in Japan.

Deep Impact won the 2006 version of the race setting the world record for a 3200 metre race with a time of 3:13.4. beating the World Record set in the 1988 Wellington Cup by Daria’s Fun, held for almost 20 years of 3:15.59, the closest time run in The Melbourne Cup is 3:16.3. [2][3] Deep Impact's record stood until Kitasan Black won in 3:12.5 in 2017. The average time 1990-2018 of the Tenno Sho is 3:16.7, the Melbourne Cup 3:21.1, a difference of 4.4 seconds.

Winners since 1990[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1990 5 Yutaka Take Syuuzi Itou Makoto Kaneko 3:21.9
1991 Mejiro McQueen 4 Yutaka Take 3:18.8
1992 Mejiro McQueen 5 Yutaka Take 3:20.0
1993 Rice Shower 4 3:17.1
1994 4 Yukio Okabe Mitsumasa Hamada 3:22.6
1995 Rice Shower 6 3:19.9
1996 5 3:17.8
1997 Mayano Top Gun 5 Masahiro Sakaguchi Yuu Tadokoro 3:14.4
1998 4 Hidekazu Asami 3:15.3
1999 Special Week 4 Yutaka Take 3:17.1
2000 T M Opera O 4 3:17.6
2001 T M Opera O 5 3:16.2
2002 Manhattan Cafe 4 Masayoshi Ebina Futoshi Kojima Ken Nishikawa 3:19.5
2003 4 Masaru Sayama Masaichiro Abe 3:17.0
2004 5 Yoshinami Shimizu Chizu Yoshida 3:18.4
2005 Suzuka Mambo 4 Mitsuru Hashida 3:16.5
2006 Deep Impact 4 Yutaka Take Makoto Kaneko 3:13.4
2007 Meisho Samson 4 3:14.1
2008 5 Yasunari Iwata Yasuo Tomomichi Riichi Kondo 3:15.1
2009 6 Sakae Kunieda Ruffian Thoroughbred Club 3:14.4
2010 6 Craig Williams Noriyuki Hori Ken Yoshida 3:15.7
2011 4 Mitsugu Kon Hashimoto Bokujo 3:20.6
2012 5 Hitoshi Nakamura Koji Maeda 3:13.8
2013 Fenomeno 4 Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 3:14.2
2014 Fenomeno 5 Masayoshi Ebina Hirofumi Toda Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 3:15.1
2015 Gold Ship 6 Norihiro Yokoyama Naosuke Sugai Kobayashi Eiichi Holdings 3:14.7
2016 Kitasan Black 4 Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu Ono Shoji 3:15.3
2017 Kitasan Black 5 Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu Ono Shoji 3:12.5
2018 Rainbow Line 5 Yasunari Iwata Hidekazu Asami Masahiro Mita 3:16.2
2019 Fierement 4 Christophe Lemaire Takahisa Tezuka Sunday Racing 3:15.0
2020 Fierement 5 Christophe Lemaire Takahisa Tezuka Sunday Racing 3:16.5
2021* World Premiere 5 Yuichi Fukunaga Yasuo Tomomichi Ryoichi Otsuka 3:14.7

*The 2021 Spring Tennō Shō was contested at Hanshin Racecourse, due to construction at Kyoto Racecourse.[4]

Earlier winners[]

  • 1938 - Hase Park
  • 1939 - Sugenuma
  • 1940 - Toki no Chikara
  • 1941 - Marutake
  • 1942 - Minami Mor[5]
  • 1943 - Grand Lite
  • 1944 - Hiro Sakura
  • 1945 - No race
  • 1946 - No race
  • 1947 - Olite[6]
  • 1948 - Cyma[7][8]
  • 1949 - Miharu O
  • 1950 - Owens
  • 1951 - Takakura Yama
  • 1952 - Mitsuhata
  • 1953 - Leda
  • 1954 - Hakuryou
  • 1955 - Taka O
  • 1956 - Meiji Hikari
  • 1957 - Kitano O
  • 1958 - Onward There
  • 1959 - Tosa O
  • 1960 - Kuripero
  • 1961 - Yamanin More[9]
  • 1962 - Onslaught[10]
  • 1963 - Korehisa
  • 1964 - Hikaru Pola[11]
  • 1965 - Asahoko
  • 1966 - Hakuzuikou
  • 1967 - Speed Symboli
  • 1968 - Hikarutakai
  • 1969 - Takeshiba O
  • 1970 - Riki Eikan
  • 1971 - Mejiro Musashi
  • 1972 - Bell Wide
  • 1973 - Tai Tehm[12]
  • 1974 - Take Hope
  • 1975 - Ichifuji Isami
  • 1976 - Erimo George
  • 1977 - Ten Point
  • 1978 - Green Grass
  • 1979 - Kashuu Chikara
  • 1980 - Nichidou Taro
  • 1981 - Katsura no Haiseiko
  • 1982 - Monte Prince
  • 1983 – Amber Shadai
  • 1984 – Monte Fast
  • 1985 - Symboli Rudolf
  • 1986 - Kushiro King
  • 1987 - Miho Shinzan
  • 1988 - Tamamo Cross
  • 1989 - Inari One

Autumn[]

Tenno Sho (Autumn)
Int'l Grade 1 race
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Daiwa Major wins the 134th Tennō Shō
LocationTokyo Racecourse, Fuchu, Tokyo
Inaugurated1937
Race typeThoroughbred
Websitejapanracing.jp
Race information
Distance2000 meters
(About 10 furlongs / 1+1⁄4 miles)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification3-y-o & Up, Thoroughbreds
Weight3-y-o 56 kg \ 4-y-o & up 58 kg
Allowances
2 kg for fillies and mares
Purse¥ 325,000,000 (as of 2017)
1st: ¥ 150,000,000

The Autumn Tenno Sho is held at Tokyo Racecourse, in late October. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). It is considered the first leg of the Japanese Autumn Triple Crown (the other two are the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen).

Originally, the Autumn Tenno Sho was run over a distance of 3,200 metres (10,500 ft), but was shortened to its current distance to promote middle-distance horses and to promote 3-year-old horses as a shorter-distance alternative to the Kikuka Sho, the Japanese St. Leger, which is 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).

Winners since 1990[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1990 5 Yukio Okabe Mitsuo Ogino 1:58.2
1991 * 4 Terumaso Yano Tazima Nirou Sakai 2:03.9
1992 5 K Hashiguchi Diners Club Japan 1:58.6
1993 4 Tadashi Doi 1:58.9
1994 4 Akira Huse Daimaru Enterprise 1:58.6
1995 5 1:58.8
1996 Bubble Gum Fellow 3 Masayoshi Ebina Kazuo Fujisawa 1:58.7
1997 Air Groove 4 Yutaka Take Yasunori Ito Lucky Field Co Ltd 1:59.0
1998 7 Yoshitomi Shibata Shuho Kato Takao Watanabe 1:59.3
1999 Special Week 4 Yutaka Take 1:58.0
2000 T M Opera O 4 1:59.9
2001 Agnes Digital 4 Takao Watanabe 2:02.0
2002 Symboli Kris S@ 3 Yukio Okabe Kazuo Fujisawa 1:58.5
2003 Symboli Kris S 4 Olivier Peslier Kazuo Fujisawa 1:58.0
2004 Zenno Rob Roy 4 Olivier Peslier Kazuo Fujisawa Shinobu Oohasa 1:58.9
2005 5 Masashi Yamamoto Nosohiruzu Management 2:00.1
2006 Daiwa Major 5 Hiroyuki Uehara Keizou Ooshiro 1:58.8
2007 Meisho Samson 4 Yutaka Take 1:58.4
2008 Vodka 4 Yutaka Take Katsuhiko Sumii Yuzo Tanimizu 1:57.2
2009 # 8 Hidetaka Otonashi Eiko Kondou 1:57.2
2010 Buena Vista 4 Christophe Soumillon Hiroshi Matsuda Sunday Racing Co Ltd 1:58.2
2011 5 Nicola Pinna Takaya Shimakawa 1:56.1
2012 5 Toyomitsu Hirai 1:57.3
2013 Just A Way 4 Yuichi Fukunaga Akatsuki Yamatoya 1:57.5
2014 Spielberg 5 Hiroshi Kitamura Kazuo Fujisawa Hidetoshi Yamamoto 1:59.7
2015 Lovely Day 5 Suguru Hamanaka Yasutoshi Ikee Kaneko Makoto Holdings 1:58.4
2016 Maurice 5 Ryan Moore Noriyuki Hori Kazumi Yoshida 1:59.3
2017 Kitasan Black 5 Yutaka Take Hisashi Shimizu Ono Shoji 2:08.3
2018 Rey de Oro 4 Christophe Lemaire Kazuo Fujisawa U Carrot Farm 1:56.8
2019 Almond Eye 4 Christophe Lemaire Sakae Kunieda Silk Racing 1:56.2
2020 Almond Eye 5 Christophe Lemaire Sakae Kunieda Silk Racing 1:57.8
* Mejiro McQueen finished first in 1991 but was demoted to last place following a Stewards' Inquiry.
@ The 2002 Autumn Tennō Shō was contested at Nakayama Racecourse, due to construction at Tokyo Racecourse.
# Also Japanese record of flat racing for oldest horse winning first G1 race.

Earlier winners[]

  • 1937 – Happy Might
  • 1938 - Hisatomo
  • 1939 - Tetsumon
  • 1940 – Rocky Mor[13]
  • 1941 - Estates
  • 1942 - Ni Patois
  • 1943 - Kuri Hikari
  • 1944 - No race
  • 1945 - No race
  • 1946 - No race
  • 1947 - Toyo Ume
  • 1948 - Katsu Fuji
  • 1949 - Newford
  • 1950 - Yashima Daughter
  • 1951 - Hatakaze
  • 1952 - Track O
  • 1953 - Queen Narubi
  • 1954 - Opal Orchid[14]
  • 1955 - Dainana Hoshu
  • 1956 - Midfarm
  • 1957 - Hakuchikara
  • 1958 - Cellulose[15]
  • 1959 - Garnet
  • 1960 - Ote Mon
  • 1961 - Takamagahara
  • 1962 - Kurihide
  • 1963 - Ryu Forel
  • 1964 - Yamato Kyodai
  • 1965 - Shinzan
  • 1966 - Korehide
  • 1967 - Kabuto Ciro
  • 1968 - Knit Eight
  • 1969 - Mejiro Taiyo
  • 1970 - Mejiro Asama
  • 1971 - Tomei
  • 1972 - Yamanin Wave
  • 1973 - Tani no Chikara
  • 1974 - Kami no Tesio
  • 1975 - Fujino Parthia
  • 1976 - Eyeful
  • 1977 - Hokuto Boy
  • 1978 - Tenmei
  • 1979 - Three Giants
  • 1980 - Pretty Cast
  • 1981 - Hoyo Boy
  • 1982 - Mejiro Titan
  • 1983 - Kyoei Promise
  • 1984 - Mr. C.B.
  • 1985 - Gallop Dyna
  • 1986 - Sakura Yutaka O
  • 1987 - Nippo Teio
  • 1988 - Tamamo Cross
  • 1989 - Super Creek

Multiple winners[]

Prior to 1980, a horse winning a Tennō Shō races was not allowed to participate in future editions of the race but this ban was lifted in 1981. Only two horses won the prize three times:

Apart from Kitasan Black and T M Opera O, four horses to date have won consecutive runnings, either by winning both the Spring and Autumn races in the same year or by winning the Autumn race, and following year's Spring race.

Five horses have won two non-consecutive runnings.

See also[]

References[]

Spring

Autumn

  1. ^ "2011.10.25 Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) - Preview - News - Horse Racing in Japan". Japanracing.jp. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  2. ^ "Results from the 7.40 race at KYOTO (JPN) - 30 April 2006". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  3. ^ "Drought ends with a week's free vision - Horseracing - Sport". smh.com.au. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  4. ^ "令和３年度の重賞競走の主な変更点について" (PDF) (in Japanese). 日本中央競馬会. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  6. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  7. ^ Family Tables of Racinghorses Vol.IV, Edited by Thoroughbred Pedigree Center / In collaboration with France Galop,Published by Japan Racing Association and The Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association,2003
  8. ^ According to Romanization of Japanese,Shîmâ(pronounced as 'seemer').
  9. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  10. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  11. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  12. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  13. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  14. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
  15. ^ JBIS Japan Bloodstock Information System (Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association)
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