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The Satsuki Shō (皐月賞) is a 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, and scheduled to take place each year at mid April.

The Satsuki Shō was first contested in 1939 as Yokohama Norinsho Shoten Yonsai Yobiuma (横浜農林省賞典四歳呼馬) over a distance of 1,850 metres at Negishi Racecourse in Yokohama, Kanagawa, and is regarded as the Japanese equivalent of the 2,000 Guineas. (Note that the original 2,000 Guineas is run at 1,609 metres, or one mile, about two furlongs shorter than the Satsuki Shō.)

The race was run at Negishi Racecourse until 1942, but the course was closed due to the World War II in 1943 and it was staged at Tokyo Racecourse over a distance of 1,800 metres until 1944. After a two-year hiatus, the race was resumed at Tokyo Racecourse from 1947 to 1948, then it was renamed to the Satsuki Shō and settled at Nakayama Racecourse since 1949. The distance was first set to 1,950 metres, then extended to 2,000 metres in 1950. The race was also run at Tokyo in 1956, 1963-1964, 1974, 1976, 1988 and 2011.

It is one of Japan’s five Classic races, and it also serves as the opening leg of the Triple Crown, followed by the Tōkyō Yūshun (Japanese Derby) and the Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger).

Trial races

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

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

Other step races

Races listed below does not provide automatic berths, but still important steps for this race.

Race Grade Racecourse Distance
Keisei Hai GIII Nakayama 2,000 meters
Wakakoma Stakes Listed Kyoto 2,000 meters
Kisaragi Sho GIII Kyoto 1,800 meters
Kyodo Tsushin Hai GIII Tokyo 1,800 meters
Sumire Stakes Listed Hanshin 2,200 meters
Mainichi Hai GIII Hanshin 1,800 meters

Winners since 1983

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1983 Mr. C. B. Masato Yoshinaga Yasuhisa Matsuyama Marunuma Onsen Hotel 2:08.3
1984 Symboli Rudolf Yukio Okabe Yuji Nohira Symboli Bokujo 2:01.1
1985 Miho Shinzan Masato Shibata Tomojiro Tanaka K.Tsutsumi 2:02.1
1986 Dyna Cosmos Yukio Okabe Minetsugu Sawa Shadai Race Horse 2:02.1
1987 Sakura Star O Shinji Azuma Yuji Hirai Sakura Commerce 2:01.9
1988 Yaeno Muteki Katsuichi Nishiura Mitsuo Ogino Fuji 2:01.3
1989 Doctor Spurt Hitoshi Matoba Takashi Tsukazaki Satoru Matsuoka 2:05.2
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 Watanabe 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 Hiroyuki 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
2025 Museum Mile João Moreira Daisuke Takayanagi Sunday Racing Co. Ltd. 1:57.0
2026 Lovcen Kohei Matsuyama Haruki Sugiyama Forest Racing 1:56.5[b]
  1. ^ The 2011 race took place at Tokyo Racecourse due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
  2. ^ Set the current race 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

See also

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