Shūka Sho

Shūka Sho
秋華賞
Race information
Grade 1 race
Location	Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Inaugurated	1996
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	2000 meters
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	3-y-o, Fillies
Weight	55 kg
Purse	¥ 168,900,000 (as of 2014) 1st: ¥ 89,000,000

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.

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 Co Ltd	1:58.4
2011	Aventura	Yasunari Iwata	Katsuhiko Sumii	Carrot Farm	1:58.2
2012	Gentildonna	Yasunari Iwata	Sei Ishizaka	Sunday Racing Co., Ltd.	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

List of Japanese Grade I horse races

Japan Racing Association (JRA) GI Races (International GI)	February Stakes (dirt) Takamatsunomiya Kinen Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas; 3-year-old fillies) Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Spring) NHK Mile Cup (3-year-olds) Victoria Mile (fillies and mares) Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks; 3-year-old fillies) Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby; 3-year-olds) Yasuda Kinen Takarazuka Kinen Sprinters Stakes Shūka Sho (3-year-old fillies) Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger; 3-year-olds) Tenno Sho (Autumn) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (fillies and mares) Mile Championship Japan Cup (invitational) Champions Cup (dirt) Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2-year-old fillies) Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes (2-year-olds) Arima Kinen (Grand Prix)

National Association of Racing (NAR) JpnI and GI Races (Domestic or international GI races, dirt)	Kawasaki Kinen Kashiwa Kinen Teio sho Japan Dirt Derby (3-year-old) Mile Championship Nambu Hai Japan Breeding farm's Cup (Sprint - Ladies' Classic [fillies and mares] - Classic) Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (2-year-olds) Tokyo Daishōten (international)

JRA Steeplechase Races (J-GI races)	Nakayama Grand Jump (international) Nakayama Daishogai (international)

Domestic Grade I Equivalent Races	Haneda Hai (Ohi) Tokyo Derby (Ohi) Ban'ei Kinen (Ban'ei, Obihiro)

See also	Japan Racing Association National Association of Racing Horse racing in Japan

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