| Grade 1 race | |
.jpg) 2021 Shūka Sho winner Akaitorino Musume | |
| Location | Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1996 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2000 meters |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | 3-y-o, Fillies |
| Weight | 55 kg |
| Purse | ¥ 238,100,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 110,000,000 2nd: ¥ 44,000,000 3rd: ¥ 28,000,000 |
| Bonuses | Fillies Triple Crown Winner of Oka Sho, Yushun Himba, Shūka Sho ¥ 100,000,000 |
The Shūka Shō (秋華賞) is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 1/4 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October.
The Shūka Shō is the final leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown, preceded by the Oka Sho and the Yushun Himba. In 1996 it was established as Domestic Grade 1 race, and in 2009 it was granted International Grade 1 status.
Trial races
Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified.
| Race | Grade | Racecourse | Distance | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shion Stakes | II | Nakayama | 2,000 meters | Top 3 horses |
| Rose Stakes | II | Hanshin | 1,800 meters | Top 3 horses |
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Fabulous la Fouine | Mikio Mastunaga | Hiroyuki Nagahama | Kazuko Yoshida | 1:58.1 |
| 1997 | Mejiro Dober | Yutaka Yoshida | Yokichi Okubo | Mejiro Shoji | 2:00.1 |
| 1998 | Phalaenopsis | Yutaka Take | Mitsumasa Hamada | North Hills Management Co Ltd | 2:02.4 |
| 1999 | Buzen Candle | Yasuhiko Yasuda | Hiroyoshi Matsuda | Ueda Bokujo | 1:59.3 |
| 2000 | Tico Tico Tac | Koshiro Take | Masahiro Matsuda | Bamboo Bokujo | 1:59.9 |
| 2001 | T M Ocean | Masaru Honda | Katsuichi Nishiura | Masatsugu Takezono | 1:58.5 |
| 2002 | Fine Motion | Yutaka Take | Yuji Ito | Tatsuo Fushikida | 1:58.1 |
| 2003 | Still in Love | Hideaki Miyuki | Shoichi Matsumoto | North Hills Management Co Ltd | 1:59.1 |
| 2004 | Sweep Tosho | Kenichi Ikezoe | Akio Tsurudome | Tosho Sangyo | 1:58.4 |
| 2005 | Air Messiah | Yutaka Take | Yuji Ito | Lucky Field Co., Ltd. | 1:59.2 |
| 2006 | Kawakami Princess | Masaru Honda | Katsuichi Nishiura | Mitsuishi Kawakami Bokujo | 1:58.2 |
| 2007 | Daiwa Scarlet | Katsumi Ando | Kunihide Matsuda | Keizo Oshiro | 1:59.1 |
| 2008 | Black Emblem | Yasunari Iwata | Shigeyuki Kojima | Kunio Tahara | 1:58.4 |
| 2009 | Red Desire | Hirofumi Shii | Mikio Matsunaga | Tokyo Horse Racing Co., Ltd. | 1:58.2 |
| 2010 | Apapane | Masayoshi Ebina | Sakae Kunieda | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 1:58.4 |
| 2011 | Aventura | Yasunari Iwata | Katsuhiko Sumii | U Carrot Farm | 1:58.2 |
| 2012 | Gentildonna | Yasunari Iwata | Sei Ishizaka | Sunday Racing | 2:00.4 |
| 2013 | Meisho Mambo | Koshiro Take | Akihiro Iida | Yoshio Matsumoto | 1:58.6 |
| 2014 | Shonan Pandora | Suguru Hamanaka | Tomokazu Takano | Tetsuhide Kunimoto | 1:57.0 |
| 2015 | Mikki Queen | Suguru Hamanaka | Yasutoshi Ikee | Mizuki Noda | 1:56.9 |
| 2016 | Vivlos | Yuichi Fukunaga | Yasuo Tomomichi | Kazuhiro Sasaki | 1:58.6 |
| 2017 | Deirdre | Christophe Lemaire | Mitsuru Hashida | Toji Morita | 2:00.2 |
| 2018 | Almond Eye | Christophe Lemaire | Sakae Kunieda | Silk Racing | 1:58.5 |
| 2019 | Chrono Genesis | Yuichi Kitamura | Takashi Saito | Sunday Racing | 1:59.9 |
| 2020 | Daring Tact | Kohei Matsuyama | Haruki Sugiyama | Normandy Thoroughbred Racing | 2:00.6 |
| 2021 | Akaitorino Musume | Keita Tosaki | Sakae Kunieda | Kaneko Makoto Holdings | 2:01.2 |
| 2022 | Stunning Rose | Ryusei Sakai | Tomokazu Takano | Sunday Racing | 1:58.6 |
| 2023 | Liberty Island | Yuga Kawada | Mitsumasa Nakauchida | Sunday Racing | 2.01.1 |
| 2024 | Cervinia | Christophe Lemaire | Tetsuya Kimura | Sunday Racing | 1:57.1 |
The 2021 and 2022 runnings were contested at Hanshin Racecourse, due to construction at Kyoto Racecourse.
See also
References
- Netkeiba:
- Racing Post:
- "同一年度に本会が定める競走に優勝した馬に対する褒賞金交付基準" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Racing Association.
- "競馬番組一般事項(Horseracing Program General Information) - Page 19" (PDF). JRA. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- "秋華賞". Netkeiba.
- "Shuka Sho". Netkeiba.
| List of Japanese Grade I horse races | |
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| Japan Racing Association (JRA) GI Races (International GI) |
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| National Association of Racing (NAR) GI Races (international GI, dirt) | |
| National Association of Racing (NAR) JpnI Races (Domestic GI, dirt) |
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| JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GI races) |
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| Domestic Grade I Equivalent Ban'ei Races |
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